In 1860, he was a carpenter living in or near Dauphin County, although he is not found in that census with any certainty. He stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 7, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. At the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 7, 1864, during hand-to-hand fighting, a bullet ripped through the inside of his right thigh near the testicles. Treated initially in the field, he passed through a series of hospitals before arriving at Mowrer U.S. Hospital in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate September 18, 1864, leaving the military on crutches he was forced to use for quite some time. The ball remained in his thigh for several years before a surgeon removed it by probing from the outside of the thigh.
He married Sarah unk., who died in August 1871. On February 15, 1872, in Harrisburg, he married Mary A. Doudle, aka King, who was either a widow or had lived with Luther Braggs. (His pension file claims both possibilities.) He fathered Cora E., Anna C., Lauren M. (b. 09/27/77), and Lola (b. 03/08/80), the last two born in Chester County, but the first two children may have been Sarah's from her previous relationship. The widowed Mary married an Engle on June 13, 1885, and re-widowed, ending her life as a resident of the Dauphin County Alms House.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 7, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. At the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 7, 1864, during hand-to-hand fighting, a bullet ripped through the inside of his right thigh near the testicles. Treated initially in the field, he passed through a series of hospitals before arriving at Mowrer U.S. Hospital in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate September 18, 1864, leaving the military on crutches he was forced to use for quite some time. The ball remained in his thigh for several years before a surgeon removed it by probing from the outside of the thigh.
He married Sarah unk., who died in August 1871. On February 15, 1872, in Harrisburg, he married Mary A. Doudle, aka King, who was either a widow or had lived with Luther Braggs. (His pension file claims both possibilities.) He fathered Cora E., Anna C., Lauren M. (b. 09/27/77), and Lola (b. 03/08/80), the last two born in Chester County, but the first two children may have been Sarah's from her previous relationship. The widowed Mary married an Engle on June 13, 1885, and re-widowed, ending her life as a resident of the Dauphin County Alms House.
In 1860, he was a carpenter living in or near Dauphin County, although he is not found in that census with any certainty. He stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and brown eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 7, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. At the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 7, 1864, during hand-to-hand fighting, a bullet ripped through the inside of his right thigh near the testicles. Treated initially in the field, he passed through a series of hospitals before arriving at Mowrer U.S. Hospital in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate September 18, 1864, leaving the military on crutches he was forced to use for quite some time. The ball remained in his thigh for several years before a surgeon removed it by probing from the outside of the thigh.
He married Sarah unk., who died in August 1871. On February 15, 1872, in Harrisburg, he married Mary A. Doudle, aka King, who was either a widow or had lived with Luther Braggs. (His pension file claims both possibilities.) He fathered Cora E., Anna C., Lauren M. (b. 09/27/77), and Lola (b. 03/08/80), the last two born in Chester County, but the first two children may have been Sarah's from her previous relationship. The widowed Mary married an Engle on June 13, 1885, and re-widowed, ending her life as a resident of the Dauphin County Alms House.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 7, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 19 as a private with Co. H, 47th Pennsylvania Infantry. At the battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 7, 1864, during hand-to-hand fighting, a bullet ripped through the inside of his right thigh near the testicles. Treated initially in the field, he passed through a series of hospitals before arriving at Mowrer U.S. Hospital in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, where he discharged the service by surgeon's certificate September 18, 1864, leaving the military on crutches he was forced to use for quite some time. The ball remained in his thigh for several years before a surgeon removed it by probing from the outside of the thigh.
He married Sarah unk., who died in August 1871. On February 15, 1872, in Harrisburg, he married Mary A. Doudle, aka King, who was either a widow or had lived with Luther Braggs. (His pension file claims both possibilities.) He fathered Cora E., Anna C., Lauren M. (b. 09/27/77), and Lola (b. 03/08/80), the last two born in Chester County, but the first two children may have been Sarah's from her previous relationship. The widowed Mary married an Engle on June 13, 1885, and re-widowed, ending her life as a resident of the Dauphin County Alms House.
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