Enlisted in Co C, 142nd PA Volunteer Infantry 25
Aug 1862
Mustered out with company 29 May 1865
Rank: Corporal
Fought at Gettysburg and
the Wilderness Campaign; wounded in both battles.
Jonas was born 19 Feb 1841 in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Somerset
County, PA, son of Rudolph and Jane (Pinkerton) Meyers.
He married Lucy Phillippi about 1860.
Occupation: Farmer
Died 03 Sep 1916, and rests, with Lucy, in Kingwood Lutheran Cemertery,
Upper Turkeyfoot Township.