Civil War Veteran Taken

The Marietta Daily Times, July 15, 1938

Samuel Ferguson Feldner, 92, one of the last Civil War veterans in Washington County, died at his home in Matamoras on Thursday. His death followed a collapse due to exhaustion which he suffered on June 30 while attending the reunion of Civil War veterans at Gettysburg, Pa., in the national encampment held on the site of the battlefield on the anniversary dates of the famous battle of the war. He was taken to Gettysburg Hospital and later brought to Matamoras.

Mr. Feldner was born at Lower Salem on August 6, 1845, and spent his earlier life on a farm in Salem Township. He enlisted in the Civil War and served in the famous old 63rd Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a member of Company G. Following his honorable discharge, Mr. Feldner went to the Middle West and lived for a number of years at Topeka, Kansas, where he served as a member of the police department. He also engaged in farming. He returned to Washington County in later years, and for the past nine years lived at Matamoras.

Mr. Feldner was twice married. His first wife, Mrs. Diana Lindamood Feldner, whom he married on November 28, 1868, died a number of years ago. Surviving this marriage are a son and a daughter, John W. Feldner of Topeka, Kansas, and Mrs. Grace D. Cook of Ogallala, Nebraska. Three children are deceased. There are four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

On August 14, 1926, Mr. Feldner married Miss Martha Loman of Matamoras and she survives. The deceased was a member of the Methodist Church of Matamoras.

Funeral services will be held at the Methodist Church in Matamoras on Sunday at 2 p.m. with Rev. H. D. Gilbert, Rev. A. H. Giuliano and Rev. I. T. Spencer, ministers of Matamoras, to conduct the services. Matamoras Post No. 378, American Legion, will pay military honors in Matamoras cemetery.