Voltz, Felix Adam, 1849-1915
Biographical Note
Felix Adam Voltz was born January 3, 1849, to Anthony Voltz in Germany. After immigrating to the United States as a child, he ran away from home to enlist during the American Civil War. On January 30, 1865, he enlisted in Company B of the 187th Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry at Buffalo. He became a drummer in the unit before being discharged at the end of the war on July 1, 1865, at Arlington Heights, Virginia.
After the war, Voltz worked as a farmer, labororer, and employee of the Tapper Water Co. He married a woman named Mary, and they had several children. They later lived in Saginaw, Michigan, and Kansas City, Missouri.
Voltz died on April 20, 1915, and is buried with his wife in the Calvary Cemetery in Kansas City.
Sources:
U. S. and New York Censuses, 1860-1900
"Felix A Voltz", The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938; Series: M1749, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/331814:1200, accessed January 25, 2023.
"Felix A Voltz", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109498365/felix-adam-voltz, accessed January 25, 2023.
Felix Adam Voltz death certificate, in Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 - 1971, Missouri Digital Heritage (Missouri Secretary of State), https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1915/1915_00012968.PDF, accessed January 25, 2023.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Felix Voltz Letters
The collection contains six letters from Felix Voltz to his family in Elmira, New York, written during the American Civil War.