Ludwig Bruch (abt. 1798 - 1877)

Born about 1798 in Imsweiler, Kaiserslautern, Pfalz, Bayern, Deutschland

Died 18 May 1877 at about age 79 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Biography

Ludwig "Louis" was born about 1798 and christened on February 5, 1799. He immigrated to the US in the mid-1830s, settling first in New York, then in Ohio. He was a baker. He and his wife Margaret had seven children. He fought in the Civil War for the Union as an aging man, enlisting in December 1861 in Columbus, OH, and was discharged just under a year later in St. Louis, MO for disability from chronic rheumatism. Louis remained at the home for disabled volunteer soldiers in Ohio until his death, but was on "furlough" at his son's house in Buffalo when he passed away in 1877.

Sources

• "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N81C-37P : 24 October 2021), Ludwig Bruch, 1799.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #205802326
• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHV9-NZ4 : 24 March 2016), Louis Bruch, 1879.
• "United States National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ39-H96 : 12 March 2018), Louis Bruch, 1868; citing p. 948, Dayton, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1749 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 29; FHL microfilm 1,547,611.