Thomas Benton LIMBOCKER

1843 - 1908  (64 years)

• Name	Thomas Benton LIMBOCKER
  Born	22 Dec 1843	Columbus Junction, Louisa, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Apr 1908	Erie, Neosho, Kansas
  Buried	East Hill Cemetery, Erie, Neosho, Kansas
  Person ID	I537	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Benton Limbocker was born December 22, 1843 in Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa, the son of Uriah and Janette (Kirk) Limbocker. He enlisted in the 5th Iowa Infantry, in July of 1861 at age 17. (The official Roster and Records of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion gives his age as 21 at the time of enlistment on 1 July 1861.) Thomas was joined in the Regiment by half-brother of Sherman Kirk, and cousin Jeremiah (Jerry) M. Limbocker who also enlisted in the Fifth Iowa. On 1 January of 1864, Thomas reenlisted in Larkinsville, AL with other soldiers from the 5th Iowa Infantry to form Company G, of the 5th Iowa Cavalry. He served with the 5th Iowa Cavalry for the remained of the war as part of Major General James H. Wilson's Cavalry Corps. In 1867 Thomas and his wife of one year, Caroline (Sigafoos) Limbocker, along with his half-brother Sherman and his wife Lucinda, journeyed to Kansas to homestead in Neosho County. Thomas and his family remained in Erie, Neosho Co. throughout his life, farming and raising their many children. Thomas died on April 20th, 1908 from injuries he sustained while trying to stop a runaway horse team and wagon outside his feed lot.

  
  

Family	Caroline Cornelia SIGAFOOS,   b. 17 Feb 1848, Ohio ,   d. 7 Nov 1920, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah  (Age 72 years)
Married	27 Dec 1866	Louisa, Iowa
Children	1. Mabel LIMBOCKER,   b. 24 Mar 1883, Neosho, Kansas ,   d. 14 Nov 1974, Los Angeles, Califiornia  (Age 91 years)   2. Madge LIMBOCKER,   b. 3 Jun 1885, Big Creek, Neosho, Kansas ,   d. 6 Mar 1978, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California  (Age 92 years)   3. Zoe LIMBOCKER,   b. 20 Oct 1886, Erie, Neosho, Kansas ,   d. 30 Jul 1984, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California  (Age 97 years)
Last Modified	20 Jan 2020
Family ID	F583	Group Sheet




• Photos		Thomas Benton Limbocker Photo courtesy Donna Hancock
  		Headstone for Thomas Benton Limbocker Located in the East Hill Cemetery, Erie, Neosho, Kansas