George A. Zoller

Birth Date

1824

Death Date

1865-04-27

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Harrison County, Kentucky, carpenter and soldier. Native of Bavaria, Germany. Married to Maria Göhr Zoller in Hamilton County, Ohio, on October 27, 1852. Father of John W. Zoller, Maria E. Zoller, and Rose Ann Zoller. Carpenter in Harrison County in 1860. Served in the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, bugler, and sergeant from December 23, 1861. Captured June 24, 1864 and reported as a prisoner of war. Died as a result of the steamer Sultana explosion near Memphis, Tennessee, on April 27, 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, p. 605.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Harrison County, Berryville, p. 91A.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 468-69.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0075.
"George Anthony Zoller (1824-1865)," Find A Grave, Memorial #137625365, accessed August 12, 2021, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137625365.
Ohio Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County Marriages, Film #000344465, p. 348.

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