People and incidents
Simons, Jacob - 1893
Biographical sketch
Jacob B. Simons was a veteran of the Mexican–American War whose death near Indian Mills was reported in 1893. The surviving research points to exposure after a medical emergency as the likely explanation, while his grave records service with the 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Death near Indian Mills
Newspaper reports dated March 1893 identify Jacob Simons as an elderly war veteran found dead near Indian Mills, Burlington County. One account says workmen discovered him in or near the hut where he had been living and believed he had been dead for several days. Another says he was apparently walking home when paralysis struck; exposure then proved fatal. The clippings disagree on his age, giving approximately 73 or 75, while the grave inscription says 78.
Military and cemetery notes identify him more fully as Jacob B. Simons of Company F, 2nd Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican–American War. They report a musket wound to his left breast at Cerro Gordo on April 18, 1847, that he was left sick at Perote on June 27, and that he was discharged there. His marker carries a Grand Army of the Republic flag holder, although the GAR association should be checked because it normally commemorates Union Civil War service.
Sources and further reading
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13091188/jacob-b-simons
- http://paheritage.wpengine.com/article/pennsylvania-volunteers-war-mexico/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cerro_Gordo
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