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Note: Mort, Jefferson Jefferson Mort, recently of Dublin Township, Huntingdon County, PA was arrested in Mifflin County, PA on Friday and lodged in this jail. There is said to be 5 different indictments against him for stealing, all of which were committed in Dublin Township. (Source: The Huntingdon Globe newspaper, Huntingdon, PA; issue of 31 October 1866) Mort, Jefferson Jefferson Mort was drafted on 28 June 1864 and served as a private in Company B, 87th Regiment; deserted 15 September 1864.(Source: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers) Mort, Jefferson E. Ind. Bn. I. Mil. 63 5-1317 (blank Card) Mort, Jefferson B - 87 I. 3 - 39 Drafted: At: M. I: 6-28-64 As: Pvt. At: Dublin, Pa. M. O: Discharged: Age at enrollment: 25 Complexion: Dark Height: 5' 5½" Eyes: Grey Hair: Dark Occupation: Laborer Residence: Born: Bradford Co., Pa. Remarks: Deserted 9-15-64 at Berryville, Va. 28 April 1866: State of Pennsylvania, Huntington County, S.S.: On the twenty eighth day of April A.D. 1866 before me a Justice of the Peace in and for said county and State personally appeared Jefferson Mort and Calvin Robinson of Huntingdon County & state aforesaid respectably and creditable witness and after being duly sworn doth report and say that they were well & intimately acquainted with Mrs. Rebecca Mort widow of Levi Mort, solider deceased, late of Co., C. 112 Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteers and that they were present at the wedding of Levi Mort & Mrs. Rebecca Mort, who were married by Thomas W. Neely Esq. on the thirteenth day of September A.D. 1849 at the home of his father Jacob Mort in said County. That we reside as above stated and are not interested in Mrs. Rebecca Morts claim for a pension or concerned in its prosecution. s/Jefferson [his X mark], Calvin [his x mark] Robinson. Attest: W. M. Harper. Mort, Thomas Jefferson (known as Jefferson), Pvt Co B; drafted Jun 28, 1864; deserted Sep 15, 1864; born Oct 13, 1824, the son of Peter & Susannah Mort; died Jan 14, 1909; a laborer, farmer, and woodworker from Doublin Township, Huntingdon County; 5' 5", dark hair, gray eyes; married Elizabeth ?; children: Jacob (b. 1850); widowed and remarried Nancy S. Rager; children: Jackson "John Anderson" (b. 1861), Sarah (b. 1863), Thomas Jefferson Jr. (b. 1864), Susan (b. 1867), Levi Harrison "Lee" (b. 1871), James (b. 1872), Lewis (b. 1873), Charles (b. 1876), Wilder (b. 1878), Jacob (b. 1850); buried in Mattawan Cemetery, McVeytown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania
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