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Patrick
Sylvanus Setzer |
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Born: 11 May 1843, Catawba County, NC Died:
20 Apr 1923, Catawba County, NC |
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Patrick
Sylvanus Setzer was the son of
Jacob "Sawmill Jake" Lanier Setzer and Delila Deal. He was born 11 May 1843 in Catawba
County, North Carolina. Patrick was the ninth of Jake &
Delila's ten children. |
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According to
the 1850 Catawba County Census, Jake and Delila were living in
Catawba County with their nine children and a Mulato woman by
the name of Rachel Harbrok.
Patrick’s
siblings were
Marcus Elkanah Setzer
(born 1830), Lena Louise
Setzer (1832), Elizabeth Mahalya "Betsy" Setzer
(1833),
William Able Setzer (1835),
Jacob Harvey Setzer
(1837),
Noah Monroe "Joe" Setzer
(1838),
John Wilburn Setzer (1840), Ann Catherine
Setzer (1841) and
Henry Theodore Setzer (1846). |
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According to the 1850 Catawba County Census, the Jacob Setzer
family was living near Miles Rankin Witherspoon and his
family. Miles and Sarah Aderholdt Witherspoon had a
4-year-old daughter, Margaret, who would have been childhood
friends with Patrick Sylvanus Setzer (who was 6-years-old at the
time of the Census). Eventually Patrick
and Margaret would marry. |
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1850 Catawba County Census |
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First Name |
Last Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Real Estate |
Birth County |
School |
Miles |
Witherspoon |
33 |
M |
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Farmer |
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Catawba |
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Sarah |
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30 |
F |
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Margaret |
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4 |
F |
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James P. |
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2 |
M |
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John H. |
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1 |
M |
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First Name |
Last Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Real Estate |
Birth County |
School |
Jacob |
Setzer |
44 |
M |
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Farmer |
$1500 |
Catawba |
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Delilah |
Setzer |
42 |
F |
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Catawba |
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Marcus |
Setzer |
20 |
M |
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Farmer |
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Catawba |
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Abahuly |
Setzer |
18 |
F |
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Catawba |
X |
William |
Setzer |
16 |
M |
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Farmer |
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Catawba |
X |
Jacob |
Setzer |
14 |
M |
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Catawba |
X |
Noah |
Setzer |
12 |
M |
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Catawba |
X |
John |
Setzer |
10 |
M |
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Catawba |
X |
Anna |
Setzer |
9 |
F |
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Catawba |
X |
Patrick |
Setzer |
6 |
M |
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Catawba |
X |
Henry |
Setzer |
5 |
M |
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Catawba |
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Rachel |
Harbrook |
42 |
F |
Mulato |
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Catawba |
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On 14 Oct 1850, Jacob Setzer's wife, Delila, died. Jacob
married Nancy Malinda Fraisure on 23 Sep 1851 but their marriage
produced no children. |
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According to the 1860 Catawba County Census, seven of the
children were still living on the family farm. Patrick was
17-years-old at the time and still attending school. |
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1860 Catawba County Census |
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First Name |
Last Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Personal Estate |
Birth |
School |
William |
Setzer |
24 |
M |
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Farmer |
$150 |
N.C. |
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Harvey |
Setzer |
23 |
M |
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N.C. |
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Noah |
Setzer |
22 |
M |
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N.C. |
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Wilburn |
Setzer |
20 |
M |
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N.C. |
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Patrick |
Setzer |
17 |
M |
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N.C. |
X |
Theodore |
Setzer |
14 |
M |
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N.C. |
X |
Ann |
Setzer |
18 |
F |
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N.C. |
X |
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Things changed in the United States in 1861 when South Carolina
succeeded from the Union. Fighting commenced on April 12,
1861, when Confederate forces attacked a Federal military
installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. |
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All seven on Jacob & Delila Setzer's sons served in the Civil
War. On July 4, 1862, Patrick, at the age of 19, as well
as his brothers, Marcus Elkanah Setzer, William Able Setzer,
Jacob Harvey Setzer, and Henry Theodore Setzer enlisted as part
of the Confederate Army. |
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William Able Setzer,
Jacob Harvey Setzer, John Wilburn Setzer, Henry Theodore Setzer |
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Patrick was part of Company E, 57th Infantry Regiment North
Carolina. He was on rolls on 31 October 1863. |
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While Patrick was serving in the 57th Infantry, the Confederate
army engaged the Union army at Rappahannock River in Virginia.
Major-General John Sedgwick was ordered to push the Confederate
troops across the river at Rappahannock Station, VA, before
dark. All afternoon the Federal artillery kept up a vigorous
fire upon the Rebels, but apparently without effect, as the
Confederates replied just as vigorously. Just at dusk, the
Union’s Major-General Sedgwick ordered an assault that was
acknowledged to be one of the most gallant in history. The
Federal losses in the affair was 83 killed, 330 wounded and 6
missing. The Confederate losses were 6 killed, 39 wounded and
1,629 captured, besides 8 colors, a battery, 2,000 stands of
small arms and a pontoon train. |
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Patrick was taken Prisoner of War at Rappahannock Station, VA, on 07
November 1863, at the age of 20, and was confined on 11 November
1863 at Point Lookout, MD, a prison camp for Confederate
prisoners of war.
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In the two years during which the camp was in operation, 1863 to
1865, Point Lookout overflowed with inmates, surpassing its
intended capacity of 10,000 to a population numbering between
12,500 and 20,000. In all, over 50,000 men, both military and
civilian, were held prisoner there.
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Unfortunately for Patrick, the system of prisoner exchange was
suspended for the duration of the war.
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The camp was laid out into a series of streets and trenches, and
was surrounded by a fourteen foot parapet wall. Prisoners lived
sixteen or more to a tent and were continually subjected to
short rations and limited fire wood in winter. Physical
conditions were extremely difficult for prisoners. The flat
topography, sandy soil, and an elevation barely above high tide
led to poor drainage, and the area was subjected to every
imaginable extreme of weather, from blazing heat to
bone-chilling cold. There were problems with polluted water,
inadequate food, clothing, fuel, housing, and medical care.
Approximately 4,000 prisoners died there over a 22 month period. |
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Patrick’s
brother, William Able Setzer, age 28, was wounded during battle,
captured and carried to Point Lookout where he was retained for
sixteen months. His brother, Henry Theodore Setzer, age 17, was
also a POW for 16 months at Point Lookout, as was Marcus Elkanah,
age 33. All of Patrick’s siblings, however, weren’t as
fortunate. Jacob Harvey Setzer, age 26, was captured at
Rappahannock Station, VA and died in the hospital at Point
Lookout. Marcus Elkanah Setzer also died during the war at the
age of 34. |
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After 16 months
as a Prisoner of War, Patrick was paroled on 24 February 1865 at
Aiken’s Landing, VA, returning home from the war at the age of
21. |
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By 1870, the War Between the States was over and Patrick was
living back on the family farm with his father Jacob,
step-mother Malinda and brother Henry. The 1870 Census has his
age listed as 22, but since he was born in 1943, his correct age
would have been 27. Henry’s correct age would have been 24. |
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Miles Rankin Witherspoon’s family was still living near Jacob and
Malinda Setzer. Both families were listed on p. 22 on the 1870
Catawba County Census. Margaret Witherspoon was listed on
the Census as being 23 years old at the time but she was
actually around 25. Patrick's age is listed as 22 but he
was actually around 27. |
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1870 Catawba County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Age |
Sex |
Race |
Occupation |
Real Estate |
Personal Estate |
Birth |
Age 21+ |
Setzer |
Jacob |
65 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
$5000 |
$200 |
N.C. |
X |
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Malinda |
55 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
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N.C. |
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Patrick |
22 |
M |
W |
Farm Laborer |
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N.C. |
X |
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Henry |
21 |
M |
W |
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N.C. |
X |
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Patrick Sylvanus Setzer, age 28, married
Margaret Ann Elizabeth Witherspoon, age 26, on 27 Dec 1871.
Margaret was born 02 Nov 1845 to
Miles Rankin Witherspoon and
Sarah Elizabeth Aderholdt. Margaret was the oldest of seven
children born to Miles and Sarah. |
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(Above) Margaret Ann
Elizabeth Witherspoon Setzer
(Right) Patrick Sylvanus Setzer
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Patrick and Margaret marriage license was acquired on 22 Dec
1871 and they were married on 27 Dec 1871 (see bottom half of
license). |
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Marriage License for Patrick Sylvanus Setzer & Margaret Ann
Elizabeth Witherspoon |
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According to the 1880 Catawba County Census, Patrick and
Margaret had started their own family and had four sons, Jacob
Eli Setzer, Miles Ernest Setzer, Jones
Garland Setzer and John Marion Setzer. They lived on a large farm 2 miles south of
Claremont. |
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1880 Catawba County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Race |
Sex |
Age |
Relationship |
Occupation |
Birth |
Setzer |
Patrick S. |
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M |
37 |
Head/Husband |
Farmer |
N.C. |
Setzer |
Margaret |
W |
F |
34 |
Wife |
Keeping House |
N.C. |
Setzer |
Jacob E. |
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M |
7 |
Son |
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N.C. |
Setzer |
Miles E. |
W |
M |
6 |
Son |
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N.C. |
Setzer |
Jones G. |
W |
M |
3 |
Son |
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N.C. |
Setzer |
John M. |
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M |
1 |
Son |
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N.C. |
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By 1890 Patrick and Margaret had nine children. |
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Children of Patrick & Margaret Setzer
(Left to Right) Ida Lillian Setzer Loftin, Jacob Eli Setzer,
Daisy McNeill Setzer Sigmon,
John Marion Setzer and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Pearl Setzer Sigmon |
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Jacob Eli Setzer and John Marion Setzer |
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(Top Row) Lizzie Sigmon, Ida Loftin, Daisy Sigmon, Sallie Little
(Bottom Row) Emma Leola Lowrance (Mrs. John Setzer) & John
Setzer |
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29 Jul 2010
Frances
Loftin Cook recalls her
Setzer Aunts & Uncles, including:
Miles & Effie Lowrance Setzer
John & Leola Lowarance Setzer
Daisy Setzer Sigmon
and some of her favorite foods from the older women in her life
as a child
YouTube
Video |
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The 1900 Catawba County Census shows Patrick & Margaret as
living in Newton Township with seven children. Jones
Garland born 23 May 1877 had died 22 Jul 1889 and Ivy
Lee Setzer
(twin to Ida Lillian Setzer) born 25 Apr 1884 had died nine months later on 02
Feb 1885. The Census shows Miles as being married, but his
wife, Effie, is listed as a "boarder" instead of a
"Daughter-in-Law". |
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1900 Catawba County Census |
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Name |
Relation |
Race |
Sex |
Birth |
Age |
S/M/W |
Yrs
Md |
Kids |
Last |
First |
Month |
Year |
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Live |
Setzer |
Patrick S. |
Head |
W |
M |
May |
1843 |
57 |
M |
29 |
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Margaret E. |
Wife |
W |
F |
Nov |
1845 |
54 |
M |
29 |
9 |
7 |
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Miles E. |
Son |
W |
M |
May |
1874 |
26 |
M |
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John M. |
Son |
W |
M |
May |
1879 |
21 |
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Sallie A. |
Daughter |
W |
F |
Jan |
1882 |
18 |
S |
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Ida L. |
Daughter |
W |
F |
April |
1884 |
16 |
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Lizzie P. |
Daughter |
W |
F |
April |
1887 |
13 |
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Daisy M. |
Daughter |
W |
F |
Jun |
1889 |
10 |
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Setzer |
Effie |
Boarder |
W |
F |
Jul |
1880 |
19 |
M |
6m |
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Patrick's age in 1900 is listed as 57 and Margaret is 54. |
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According to the 1910 Census, Patrick, age 67, and Margaret, age
64, were living on the Claremont Rd. in Catawba County. Of
their nine children, seven were still living, but only Lizzie,
age 23, and Daisy, age 20, were still at home. |
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1910 Catawba County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Marriage Yrs. |
# Kids |
Kids Living |
Occupation |
Setzer |
Patrick S. |
Head |
M |
W |
67 |
38 |
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Farmer |
Setzer |
Margaret |
Wife |
F |
W |
64 |
38 |
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7 |
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Setzer |
Lizzie |
Daughter |
F |
W |
23 |
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Setzer |
Daisy |
Daughter |
F |
W |
20 |
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According to the 1920 Catawba County Census, Patrick, age 76,
and Margaret, age 74, were living on Island Ford Rd. The Bunker
Hill Covered Bridge had been built in 1895 when Catawba County
Commissioners called on nearby owners of Bunker Hill Farm to
build and maintain a bridge that would cross Lyle’s Creek on the
old Island Ford Road, a former Native American trail. |
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1920 Catawba County Census |
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Last Name |
First Name |
Relation |
Sex |
Race |
Age |
Read |
Write |
Occupation |
Birth |
Setzer |
Patrick S. |
Head |
M |
W |
76 |
Yes |
Yes |
Farmer |
N.C. |
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Margaret E. |
Wife |
F |
W |
74 |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
N.C. |
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Patrick Sylvanus Setzer died 20 Apr 1923
and Margaret died 06 Dec 1932.
They were buried in the
Bethlehem Methodist Church
Cemetery in Claremont, NC.
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Patrick's Death Certificate shows that he was born in 1844 but
his actual birth date was 11 May 1843 - according to his
gravestone and other records (including the 1900 Census above).
His age at time of death was 79 years, 11 months, 9 days as
the Death Certificate shows. Cause of death was listed as
"Cerebral Hemorrhage". Patrick's father is correctly
listed as "Jacob Setzer" but his mother is incorrectly listed as
"Eliza Deal" (unless that was her middle name, but if that is
the case, no other document has shown "Eliza" as her name).
Patrick's mother was "Delilah/Delia Deal" Setzer. The "Informant"
was "J. E. Setzer" (Jacob Eli Setzer, eldest son of Patrick). |
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Death Certificate for
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer |
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TIMELINE |
Patrick Sylvanus Setzer - Timeline
(1843 - 1920) |
Date |
Age |
Event |
Place |
Source |
Notes |
1843 |
0 |
BIRTH |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Headstone |
Born:
11 May 1843 |
1850 |
6 |
Residence |
Catawba
Co, NC |
1850
Census |
23 Jul
1850 (actually age 7) |
1850 |
6 |
Attended School |
Catawba
Co, NC |
1850
Census |
23 Jul
1850 (actually age 7) |
1860 |
17 |
Residence |
Catawba
Co, NC |
1860
Census |
28 Sep
1860 |
1860 |
17 |
Attended |
Catawba
Co, NC |
1860
Census |
28 Sep
1860 |
1861 |
18 |
Civil
War Begins |
Ft.
Sumter, SC |
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Entire
Family Affected |
1862 |
19 |
Enlisted Civil War |
NC |
Civil
War Records |
04 Jul
1862 - All 7 Brothers Enlisted |
1863 |
20 |
Served
in Civil War |
NC |
Civil
War Rolls |
31 Oct
1863; Comp. E, 57th Inf. |
1863 |
20 |
Prisoner of War |
Rappahannock Station, VA |
Civil
War Records |
07 Nov
1863 |
1863 |
20 |
Confined to
Prison Camp |
Point
Lookout, VA |
Civil
War Records |
11 Nov
1836 for 16 months |
1865 |
21 |
Paroled |
Aiken's
Landing
VA |
Civil
War Records |
24 Feb
1865 |
1870 |
27 |
Residence |
Hamilton Township
Catawba Station
Catawba Co, NC |
1870
Census |
29 Jul
1870
Living with Father & Step-Mother |
1871 |
28 |
Married |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Marriage License |
27 Dec
1871; Margaret Witherspoon |
1872 |
29 |
Son
Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Death
Certificate |
29 Dec
1872; Jacob Eli Setzer |
1874 |
31 |
Son
Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Headstone |
28 May
1874; Miles Ernest Setzer |
1877 |
34 |
Son
Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Find-A-Grave |
23 May
1877; Jones Garland Setzer |
1879 |
35 |
Son
Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Death
Certificate
Gravestone |
08 May
1879; John Marion Setzer |
1880 |
37 |
Residence |
Newton Township
Catawba Co, NC |
1880
Census |
21 Jun
1880; Farmer
4 children at home |
1882 |
38 |
Daughter Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Death
Certificate |
29 Jan
1882; Sallie Ann Mae Setzer |
1884 |
40 |
Daughter Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Death
Certificate |
25 Apr
1884; Ida Lillian Setzer (Twin) |
1884 |
40 |
Son
Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Family
History |
25 Apr
1884; Infant son (Twin) |
1885 |
41 |
Twin
Son Death |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Family
History |
02 Feb
1885; Ida's Twin Brother |
1887 |
43 |
Daughter Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Death
Certificate
Headstone |
20 Apr
1887; Elizabeth Pearl Setzer |
1889 |
46 |
Daughter Born |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Headstone |
15 Jun
1889; Daisy McNeill Setzer |
1889 |
46 |
Son's
Death |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Family
History |
22 Jul
1889; Jones Garland Setzer;
Died from Polio; age 12 |
1900 |
57 |
Residence |
Newton Township
Catawba Co, NC |
1900
Census |
13 Jun
1900; Farmer;
6 Children at Home |
1910 |
67 |
Residence |
Newton Township
Claremont Rd.
Catawba Co, NC |
1910
Census |
29 Apr
1910; Farmer
2 Children at Home |
1920 |
76 |
Residence |
Newton Township
Catawba Co, NC |
1920
Census |
09 Jan
1920; Farmer |
1923 |
80 |
DEATH |
Catawba
Co, NC |
Headstone |
20 Apr
1923 |
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A special thanks to Daisy Lemyre Sigmon for the
photos of Patrick & Margaret.
A special thanks to Glennie Frances Loftin Cook for the photos
of Ida Setzer Loftin & her siblings. |
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If you have additional photos or information about Patrick or
Margaret, please contact me. |
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Contact Curtis D. Loftin |
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