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Thomas Mosier

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Thomas Mosier

Birth
Kansas, USA
Death
20 Sep 1912 (aged 69)
Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec 8 Rw 10
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Civil War Veteran - Company G, 9th Kansas Cavalry

DEATH OF INDIAN HISTORIAN
_________________________

Thomas Sr., Warrior of Note,
Dies at Pawhuska

Guthrie, Okla - The death is announced of Thomas Mosler, Sr., aged 68, Osage Indian tribal historian, interpreter, compiler of citizenship rolls and soldier.

He served in the Union Army during the Civil War with distinction as soldier and scout and was a hero of several Indian wars.

He had recently completed an Indian dictionary, preserving the Indian words for prominent cities, rivers, Indian tribes, calendar months, seasons, and days of the week.

He completed also a list of the mixed blood Osages who fought in the Union and Confederate armies.

Mosler, with many of his tribe, belonged to the Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

(Published in The Lamont Valley News, February 8, 1912.)

[Reference: Page 566, TRIBUTES OF BLUE, by Pearcy and Talkington, 1996.]
Civil War Veteran - Company G, 9th Kansas Cavalry

DEATH OF INDIAN HISTORIAN
_________________________

Thomas Sr., Warrior of Note,
Dies at Pawhuska

Guthrie, Okla - The death is announced of Thomas Mosler, Sr., aged 68, Osage Indian tribal historian, interpreter, compiler of citizenship rolls and soldier.

He served in the Union Army during the Civil War with distinction as soldier and scout and was a hero of several Indian wars.

He had recently completed an Indian dictionary, preserving the Indian words for prominent cities, rivers, Indian tribes, calendar months, seasons, and days of the week.

He completed also a list of the mixed blood Osages who fought in the Union and Confederate armies.

Mosler, with many of his tribe, belonged to the Ninth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry.

(Published in The Lamont Valley News, February 8, 1912.)

[Reference: Page 566, TRIBUTES OF BLUE, by Pearcy and Talkington, 1996.]

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76547515/thomas-mosier: accessed ), memorial page for Thomas Mosier (18 Dec 1842–20 Sep 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 76547515, citing Pawhuska City Cemetery, Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Harv (contributor 47030477).