Sergeant Timothy Burr Wadsworth

Male 1826 - 1846  (20 years)


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  • Name Timothy Burr Wadsworth 
    Title Sergeant 
    Birth 1826  Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Military Service 27 May 1846  Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mexican-American War
    Co. B, 2nd Regt OH Vol Inf, under Col. Morgan.
    Died from a tarantula bit while encamped at Camargo, Mexico 
    Death 24 Oct 1846  Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • History of Knox Co., Ohio (N.N. Hill, 1881), page 268
      "There was an enemy in Mexico more dreaded by our soldiers than the Mexicans. It was the tarantula. The tarantula belongs to the family of the spider. In Italy it is comparatively small and not esteemed dangerous; but in Mexico it attains a size that an ordinary pint cup would scarcely cover. The back and legs are covered with a long hair of a reddish color, and the eyes project from its head. One morning T. Burr Wadsworth, a solidier in Kenton's company, called at the hospital and complained at what appeared to be a carbuncle on his cheek. Surgeon Trevitt told him that it was not sufficiently ripe to lance, but applied some lotion.
      A few hours later Wadsworth returned, with his face and head badly swollen. Trevitt applied the lance, pouring ammonia on the wound. In the meantime a large tarantula was found in Wadsworth's blankets. Stupor set in; the poor fellow died, and company B had to mourn the loss of one of its best soldiers."
    Burial American Military Burial Ground, Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Assumed buried here with the hundreds of other US Soldiers that died here during the war. No markers were erected during the war, the dead where buried where they died for several reasons (i.e. body count for the enemy, cost to transport back east, contain disease, etc.).
    Notes 
    • Timothy Burr and Absolm Thrift (his uncles) were appoint guardians of Timothy B. Wadsworth at Mt.Vernon,Ohio 22Jun1842 (his grandfather, David Wadsworth may have died abt then, as he had been his guardian since then).
    Person ID I15107  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 30 Dec 2023 

    Father Doctor David Wadsworth,   b. 8 Jun 1800, Canton, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1831, Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years) 
    Mother Hannah Thrift,   b. 7 May 1805, Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1831, Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years) 
    Marriage 31 Oct 1822  Knox Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1826 - Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary Service - Mexican-American War Co. B, 2nd Regt OH Vol Inf, under Col. Morgan. Died from a tarantula bit while encamped at Camargo, Mexico - 27 May 1846 - Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Oct 1846 - Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - American Military Burial Ground, Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico Link to Google Earth
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