The son of Deitrick and Receni (Frank) Hose, he married Sarah Geesey or Geise December 3, 1848, and fathered William (b. @1849), Amanda (b. 10/10/50 - married Michael Schlag), Mary (b. 10/27/51), Louisa (b. 08/15/53); and Michael Jr. (b. 11/13/54). Listed as both a blacksmith and a farmer, in 1860 he lived in York Township, York County, and stood 5' 6" tall with dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 3, 1861, unnecessarily understating his age by at least three years, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill during an otherwise uneventful expedition to Monocacy Junction, Frederick County, Maryland, in June 1862, he was admitted to the military hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, and discharged the service by surgeon's certificate August 21, 1862. He also enlisted in Harrisburg September 1, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 8 as an unassigned private with the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry (also reported in Co. K but in the company register as unassigned), and honorably discharged with the regiment May 30, 1865.
NOTE: The old and new tombstones differ in birth dates by one year.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 3, 1861, unnecessarily understating his age by at least three years, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill during an otherwise uneventful expedition to Monocacy Junction, Frederick County, Maryland, in June 1862, he was admitted to the military hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, and discharged the service by surgeon's certificate August 21, 1862. He also enlisted in Harrisburg September 1, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 8 as an unassigned private with the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry (also reported in Co. K but in the company register as unassigned), and honorably discharged with the regiment May 30, 1865.
NOTE: The old and new tombstones differ in birth dates by one year.
The son of Deitrick and Receni (Frank) Hose, he married Sarah Geesey or Geise December 3, 1848, and fathered William (b. @1849), Amanda (b. 10/10/50 - married Michael Schlag), Mary (b. 10/27/51), Louisa (b. 08/15/53); and Michael Jr. (b. 11/13/54). Listed as both a blacksmith and a farmer, in 1860 he lived in York Township, York County, and stood 5' 6" tall with dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 3, 1861, unnecessarily understating his age by at least three years, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill during an otherwise uneventful expedition to Monocacy Junction, Frederick County, Maryland, in June 1862, he was admitted to the military hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, and discharged the service by surgeon's certificate August 21, 1862. He also enlisted in Harrisburg September 1, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 8 as an unassigned private with the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry (also reported in Co. K but in the company register as unassigned), and honorably discharged with the regiment May 30, 1865.
NOTE: The old and new tombstones differ in birth dates by one year.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 3, 1861, unnecessarily understating his age by at least three years, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. Falling ill during an otherwise uneventful expedition to Monocacy Junction, Frederick County, Maryland, in June 1862, he was admitted to the military hospital at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland, and discharged the service by surgeon's certificate August 21, 1862. He also enlisted in Harrisburg September 1, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 8 as an unassigned private with the 200th Pennsylvania Infantry (also reported in Co. K but in the company register as unassigned), and honorably discharged with the regiment May 30, 1865.
NOTE: The old and new tombstones differ in birth dates by one year.
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