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Daniel Sheriff

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Daniel Sheriff

Birth
New Germantown, Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
29 Jul 1910 (aged 82)
McCoysville, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Honey Grove, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Pvt Co B 202 Regt PV

He married Sarah Snyder and fathered James Albert (b. 06/25/59), Samuel (b. 08/16/61), Sarah (b. @1863), William Howard (b. 06/10/67), Hannah (b. 04/??/70), and Margaret Elizabeth (b. 01/13/74 - married George Loy Walton). In 1860, he was a laborer living in Tuscarora Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 10" tall with dark hair and hazel eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Mifflin, Juniata County August 27, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 2 as a private with Co. B, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He ruptured himself February 15, 1865, at Fairfax Station, Virginia, when he slipped while helping to carry a heavy log. He honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865.

In 1901, he lived in McCoysville, Juniata County.

Cause of death is listed as "insolation" (sunstroke) with "valvular disease of heart" a contributing factor.

bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt
Pvt Co B 202 Regt PV

He married Sarah Snyder and fathered James Albert (b. 06/25/59), Samuel (b. 08/16/61), Sarah (b. @1863), William Howard (b. 06/10/67), Hannah (b. 04/??/70), and Margaret Elizabeth (b. 01/13/74 - married George Loy Walton). In 1860, he was a laborer living in Tuscarora Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 10" tall with dark hair and hazel eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Mifflin, Juniata County August 27, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 2 as a private with Co. B, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry. He ruptured himself February 15, 1865, at Fairfax Station, Virginia, when he slipped while helping to carry a heavy log. He honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865.

In 1901, he lived in McCoysville, Juniata County.

Cause of death is listed as "insolation" (sunstroke) with "valvular disease of heart" a contributing factor.

bio courtesy of Dennis Brandt


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