Alexander Gaston Mort, 18461927 (aged 80 years)

Name
Alexander Gaston /Mort/
Surname
Mort
Given names
Alexander Gaston
Birth June 11, 1846 33 32
Birth of a sisterCatherine Rosetta Mort
December 2, 1848 (aged 2 years)

Death of a sisterCatherine Rosetta Mort
December 31, 1848 (aged 2 years)

Birth of a brotherJames Riley Mort
October 18, 1850 (aged 4 years)

Birth of a brotherEmanuel Buchanan Mort
June 4, 1853 (aged 6 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherMathias Mort #3
1854 (aged 7 years)

Death of a brotherWilliam Harrison Mort
May 17, 1861 (aged 14 years)

MarriageSarah Jane BowerView this family
November 22, 1865 (aged 19 years)
Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort Marriage Certificate
Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort Marriage Certificate

Note: Sarah Jane Bower was previously married to Mr Miller who was killed in the Civil War
Note: Sarah Jane Bower was previously married to Mr Miller who was killed in the Civil War
Birth of a sonGeorge Alexander Mort
October 8, 1867 (aged 21 years)

Birth of a sonSimon Sylvester Mort
May 13, 1869 (aged 22 years)

Birth of a daughterNora Belle Mort
July 8, 1871 (aged 25 years)

Birth of a daughterRebecca Virginia Mort
February 7, 1873 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a daughterMary Matilda Mort
November 13, 1874 (aged 28 years)

Birth of a daughterNancy Elizabeth Mort
January 7, 1877 (aged 30 years)

Birth of a daughterAnnie Ellen Mort
May 3, 1879 (aged 32 years)

Death of a fatherWilliam Mort
March 6, 1881 (aged 34 years)
Birth of a sonJohn Frank Mort
June 12, 1881 (aged 35 years)

Birth of a daughterLillie Blanche Mort
June 29, 1885 (aged 39 years)

Death of a motherNancy Varner
November 9, 1889 (aged 43 years)

Marriage of a childJosiah Joseph CompRebecca Virginia MortView this family
December 29, 1889 (aged 43 years)
Death of a daughterAnnie Ellen Mort
April 25, 1899 (aged 52 years)

Death of a brotherJames Riley Mort
September 30, 1899 (aged 53 years)

Death of a daughterLillie Blanche Mort
February 11, 1904 (aged 57 years)

Death of a wifeSarah Jane Bower
March 21, 1916 (aged 69 years)

Death of a brotherAllen Austin Mort
December 22, 1918 (aged 72 years)

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December 23, 1918 Allen A. Mort died yesterday at his home in Fannettsburg, Pa., from a complication of diseases, after a 3 week illness, aged 79 years, 5 months and 29 days. He was a member of the Reformed Church, and a Civil War veteran, having served with the 77th Penna. Volunteers. He is survived by 2 sons and 2 daughters: William, of Fannettsburg; John, of Harrisburg; Mrs. Florence Kent, of Fannettsburg; and Mrs. Margaret Diehl, of Waynesboro.
Funeral services in the Reformed Church on Thursday at 10:30 A.M., in charge of Pastor Teskey, interment at the cemetary adjoining.

Death of a sonJohn Frank Mort
February 4, 1919 (aged 72 years)

Death of a sisterMary Ellen Mort
March 20, 1922 (aged 75 years)

Burial of a fatherWilliam Mort

Burial of a motherNancy Varner

Death January 30, 1927 (aged 80 years)
Burial February 2, 1927 (3 days after death)
Cemetery marker
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Note: Blain Cemetery, Blain, PA
Family with parents
father
William Mort Civil War Discharge Request
18131881
Birth: February 10, 1813 28 30Huntingdon County, PA
Death: March 6, 1881Fannettsburg, Franklin County, PA
mother
Cemetery Marker
18131889
Birth: December 23, 1813
Death: November 9, 1889
Marriage MarriageMay 20, 1834
11 months
elder sister
Family Bible - Nancy Varner and William Mort
18351922
Birth: April 10, 1835 22 21
Death: March 20, 1922
2 years
elder brother
Family Bible - Nancy Varner and William Mort
1837
Birth: August 10, 1837 24 23
23 months
elder brother
Cemetery Marker
18391918
Birth: June 23, 1839 26 25Franklin County, PA
Death: December 22, 1918
3 years
elder sister
Family Bible - Nancy Varner and William Mort
1842
Birth: February 11, 1842 29 28
2 years
elder brother
Cemetery Marker
18441861
Birth: February 8, 1844 30 30
Death: May 17, 1861
2 years
himself
Alexander Gaston Mort
18461927
Birth: June 11, 1846 33 32Fannettsburg, Franklin County, PA
Death: January 30, 1927Blain, Perry County, PA
3 years
younger sister
23 months
younger brother
Family Bible - Nancy Varner and William Mort
18501899
Birth: October 18, 1850 37 36
Death: September 30, 1899
3 years
younger brother
Family with Sarah Jane Bower
himself
Alexander Gaston Mort
18461927
Birth: June 11, 1846 33 32Fannettsburg, Franklin County, PA
Death: January 30, 1927Blain, Perry County, PA
wife
Sarah Jane (Bower) Mort
18451916
Birth: February 2, 1845 19
Death: March 21, 1916
Marriage MarriageNovember 22, 1865Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA
23 months
son
19 months
son
Simon Sylvester Mort
18691935
Birth: May 13, 1869 22 24
Death: April 24, 1935Andersonburg, Perry Co, PA
2 years
daughter
Family Bible - Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort
18711931
Birth: July 8, 1871 25 26
Death: November 15, 1931
19 months
daughter
Rebecca Virginia (Mort) Comp
18731954
Birth: February 7, 1873 26 28Madison Twp, Perry Co. PA
Death: April 28, 1954
21 months
daughter
2 years
daughter
PostCard from daughter Nancy Elizabeth Mort to father Alexander Mort
18771972
Birth: January 7, 1877 30 31
Death: June 11, 1972Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co. CA
2 years
daughter
2 years
son
4 years
daughter
Portion of Betty Mort Mumper Letter
18851904
Birth: June 29, 1885 39 40
Death: February 11, 1904
Theodore Miller + Sarah Jane Bower
partner’s partner
wife
Sarah Jane (Bower) Mort
18451916
Birth: February 2, 1845 19
Death: March 21, 1916
step-son
BirthFamily Bible - Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort
BirthFamily Bible - Nancy Varner and William Mort
MarriageFamily Bible - Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort
Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort Marriage Certificate
Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort Marriage Certificate

Note: Sarah Jane Bower was previously married to Mr Miller who was killed in the Civil War
Note: Sarah Jane Bower was previously married to Mr Miller who was killed in the Civil War
DeathFamily Bible - Sarah Jane Bower and Alexander Mort
BurialCemetery Marker - Blain Cemetery
Cemetery marker
Cemetery marker

Note: Blain Cemetery, Blain, PA
Marriage

Sarah Jane Bower was previously married to Mr Miller who was killed in the Civil War

Note

He was a Civil War veteran. At the age of 16, on 11th of September, 1862, he enrolled in Walker's Independent Mitilitia at Fannettsburg, Pa. In July, 1863 at the age of 17, at Mount Union, Pa. he enlisted in company E, 181st regiment, with a three year enlistment. However, in July, 1865 Company A, of the 181st was disbanded and Private Mort was honorably discharged from the service of United States on July 13, 1865. Shortly after returning home, on November 22 he married Sarah Jane Bower Miller and took residence in Franklin County, Pa. He and his family is first listed in the 1880 Perry County census report, and with his wife Sarah J. probably moved from Franklin County to Perry County shortly after marriage. Their first child (George) was born October 1867 in Perry County.

Alexander Gaston Mort as remembered by Betty Mumper in a letter to Sally and Carson Mort Oct 4, 1993:

As much as I like to know the who of our ancestors and contemporaries, I just love the human interest part of the characters. When we watched "Queen" earlier in the year, I has a real desire to be able to do a mini-series on Alexander Gaston. The poor old fellow would lend himself easily to five or six episodes. I vaguely remember him because he lived with us now and then. I was between three and four when he died. Daddy talked a lot about him in later years. How much he loved flowers and how many grandchildren he and Gr.Grandma raised. How he had little to live on and couldn't get any help. Two of his children were in the Veteran's Orphans School for a time - I guess that was because he just didn't have enough to support the big family he had.

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Note: Blain Cemetery, Blain, PA
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Note: L - R Alexander Gaston Mort, Simon S. Mort, S. Kathryn Mort Yohn, Mildred Yohn~~Seated on Porch - Un…

L - R Alexander Gaston Mort, Simon S. Mort, S. Kathryn Mort Yohn, Mildred Yohn~~Seated on Porch - Unknown

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Note: Enrolled 27 Jun 1863 for 6 months Capt J L Rorbrach's Co, 20th Regiment PA Calvary, Discharged 28 De…

Enrolled 27 Jun 1863 for 6 months Capt J L Rorbrach's Co, 20th Regiment PA Calvary, Discharged 28 Dec 1863 at Harrisburg, reason - Reenlistment

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Capt. John W. Machlaw's Co. "A", First Regiment of Provisional Army,~~Enrolled 28 Dec 1863 to serve 3 yrs, Discharged 13 Jul 1865 at Cloud Mills (Alexandria), VA~~

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Note: Brick Placed by Tom Mort at Harrisburg Civil War Museum honoring Alexander Gaston Mort
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Note: Blain Cemetery, Blain, PA
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Note: Capt. John W. Machlaw's Co. "A", First Regiment of Provisional Army,~~Enrolled 28 Dec 1863 to serve…

Capt. John W. Machlaw's Co. "A", First Regiment of Provisional Army,~~Enrolled 28 Dec 1863 to serve 3 yrs, Discharged 13 Jul 1865 at Cloud Mills (Alexandria), VA~~

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Note: L - R Alexander Gaston Mort, Simon S. Mort, S. Kathryn Mort Yohn, Mildred Yohn~~Seated on Porch - Un…

L - R Alexander Gaston Mort, Simon S. Mort, S. Kathryn Mort Yohn, Mildred Yohn~~Seated on Porch - Unknown

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Note: Enrolled 27 Jun 1863 for 6 months Capt J L Rorbrach's Co, 20th Regiment PA Calvary, Discharged 28 De…

Enrolled 27 Jun 1863 for 6 months Capt J L Rorbrach's Co, 20th Regiment PA Calvary, Discharged 28 Dec 1863 at Harrisburg, reason - Reenlistment

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Note: Sarah Jane Bower was previously married to Mr Miller who was killed in the Civil War