Moses Suber

Moses Harvey Suber
1835-1863

Mosse Suber headstone

Born in Bucks County around 1835.
He worked first as a carpenter and later owned a confectionery shop.
Married Ann Vanhona on 12/13/1854 to Ann Vanhona at Newtown Presbyterian Church/Aubrey Lodge. They had a daughter, Mary E., born October 16, 1857, and a son, John O, born Dec 2, 1862.
He first enlisted for a 3-year term in August 1861. He served with the 2nd Company of PA Volunteers. He was injured late August 1862 at the 2nd battle of Bull Run when he was thrown from a horse. It was said his spine was badly injured. He was discharged on 12/4/1862 due to disability as a private. It was said he had rheumatism and Hypertrophy of the heart.
He reenlisted in July of 1863 for 6 months in the 20th Regiment PA cavalry, Company “L” as a 1st. Lieutenant: 7/29/1863.
He died in October of that year in Philadelphia, US Army Officer’s Hospital, Camac’s Woods, of peritonitis, which is a common way for people to die after being shot.
He is one of our few soldiers who died as a result of war injuries.
Anna V. Suber remarried 10/17/1865, William Goodrich, Presbyterian Church in Bristol, but she continued to fight for daughter Mary to get Moses’s pension, and it was granted. In 1901, after her second husband died, Anna reapplied for the widow's pension for Moses, and it was granted again.