Individual Details
Sgt. Timothy MCCARTHY
(1839 - 20 Jul 1864)
Events
| Birth | 1839 | Ireland |  |  | |
| Birth | 1841 | | |||
| Immigration | 10 Sep 1847 | New York, New York, New York, United States | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | De Witt, Onondaga, New York, United States | | | |
| Military | 1862 - 1864 | Civil War: Sargent, 149th NY Infantry | | | |
| Death | 20 Jul 1864 | Died in the Civil War - Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States | | ||
| Burial | Peach Tree Creek -- Buried on the battlefield, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States | |
Families
| Father | Timothy Daniel MCCARTHY (1797 - 1847) |
| Mother | Joanna "Hannah" LYNCH (1808 - ) |
| Sibling | Honora MCCARTHY (1831 - ) |
| Sibling | Ann MCCARTHY (1832 - ) |
| Sibling | Catherine MCCARTHY ( - ) |
| Sibling | Sgt. Jeremiah John MCCARTHY (1841 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Jenny MCCARTHY (1843 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary MCCARTHY (1845 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Date of 1939 from military record. Passenger list from immigration, dated 10 Sep 1847, gives his age as six years -- suggesting a birth year of 1841.Immigration
Immigrated out of the port of Liverpool in England, travelling steerage on the ship Columbia, and arrived in the port of New York on 10 Sep 1847 . All McCarthy passengers on this ship include Timothy McCarthy, age 50, immigrant; Joanna McCarthy, age 40, wife; Honora McCarthy, age 16; Ann McCarthy, age 15; Catherine McCarthy, age 14; John McCarthy, age 8; Timothy McCarthy, age 6; Jeny McCarthy (f), age 4; Mary McCarthy, age 2.http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=irishfam&ti=0&f17=Columbia16510September1847&gss=angs-d&rank=1&gl=&gst=&hc=50&fh=50&fsk=BELpYewIgAAXUQACmcM-61-
Census
Timothy MaCartha, age 10, was living with the family of his uncle, Michael Lynch. Next door, his mother and two siblings lived with another uncle, John Lynch.Military
Enlisted August 1862 at Syracuse. He was part of Sherman's forces, and was killed on 20 July 1864 at Peach Tree Creek, near Atlanta. Buried on the Field.Endnotes
1. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Timothy McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.
2. "Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 September 3015), Johanna McCarthy; Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.; Columbia; arrived 10 Sep 1847.
3. "Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 September 3015), Johanna McCarthy; Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.; Columbia; arrived 10 Sep 1847.
4. "Irish Immigrants: New York Port Arrival Records, 1846-1851," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 12 September 3015), Johanna McCarthy; Famine Irish Entry Project, 1846-1851. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.; Columbia; arrived 10 Sep 1847.
5. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, , population, New York, Onondaga, De Witt, page 152, image 20, dwelling 1117, family 1126, Michael Lynch and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 12 September 2015).
6. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Timothy McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.
7. Theresa Bannan, M.D., Pioneer Irish of Onondaga: (About 1776-1847) (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons; Knickerbocker Press, 1911), page 40.
8. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Timothy McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.
9. "New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War," digital images, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 11 September 2015), Timothy McCarthy; New York State Archives; Albany, NY; Onondaga County, City of Syracuse, image 15.