John Greiner (1840 - 1873)

Born 5 May 1840 in Bayern, Germany

Died 30 Jun 1873 at age 33 in Gold Hill, Storey, Nevada, United States

Biography

Co. C 169th (or 159th?) Inf NV

Served as a Private in Co. C., 159th New York Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865.

Immigrated to America in the early 1850s where he settled with his family in New York.

Migrated west after the war, settling in Gold Hill, Nevada, where he worked as a miner.

Miners complaint (stone dust chest) forced him out of the mines in 1890. Unable to find work to support himself because of his damaged lungs, he received a Gov't pension of $19 a month for his war service.

Buried in Masonic section plot 32.

The Gold Hill Daily News, June 30, 1873 FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT When the 8 o'clock a.m. passenger train for Carson was passing below the Gold Hill Depot, one of the railroad hands by the name of John Greiner attempted to jump on board one of the empty flats which preceded the passenger car. He missed or slipped, and fell between two of the flats in such a manner that six of the flats and the passenger car passed across both legs a short distance above the knees, crushing both so badly as to necessitate amputation. Dr. Kirby and Webber were called, and pronounced the injuries fatal, as if the unfortunate man should not die under the amputation he could hardly survive.

Mr. Greiner was about 35 years of age, a native of Germany, and has a wife and two children residing in this town.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5027994/john-greiner: accessed April 8, 2024), memorial page for PVT John Greiner (unknown–30 Jun 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #5027994, citing Gold Hill Cemetery, Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada, USA; Maintained by Karen (contributor 47163797).