The son of Heinrich & Sarah (Keplinger) Breneiser, in 1860 he was a shoemaker living with and/or working for master shoemaker Carpenter Weaver in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is in that census as "Brenizer." He is in the 1863 draft registration as "Breneiser" and a resident of Ephrata Township.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. He is in the company register as "Brenenhiser."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-five and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, February 11, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 30, 1865. He is in the company register as "Breniser."
He married Sarah A. "Sally" Hower December 9, 1866, in Ephrata, Lancaster County, and fathered Frank S. (b. 01/20/1867), Mary Ann (b. 09/21//1869 - married John K. Young), George Washington (b. 01/06/1872), Wilson Pierce (b. 09/161874), and Cora (b. 07/05/1877 - married Charles Southwick Rhea (divorced 1907) and Noah R. Krimm).
Cause of his death is listed as "pneumonia lobar." Originally interred in Boman's Cemetery, he was re-interred three years later to Lincoln Cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. He is in the company register as "Brenenhiser."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-five and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, February 11, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 30, 1865. He is in the company register as "Breniser."
He married Sarah A. "Sally" Hower December 9, 1866, in Ephrata, Lancaster County, and fathered Frank S. (b. 01/20/1867), Mary Ann (b. 09/21//1869 - married John K. Young), George Washington (b. 01/06/1872), Wilson Pierce (b. 09/161874), and Cora (b. 07/05/1877 - married Charles Southwick Rhea (divorced 1907) and Noah R. Krimm).
Cause of his death is listed as "pneumonia lobar." Originally interred in Boman's Cemetery, he was re-interred three years later to Lincoln Cemetery.
The son of Heinrich & Sarah (Keplinger) Breneiser, in 1860 he was a shoemaker living with and/or working for master shoemaker Carpenter Weaver in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and is in that census as "Brenizer." He is in the 1863 draft registration as "Breneiser" and a resident of Ephrata Township.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. He is in the company register as "Brenenhiser."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-five and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, February 11, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 30, 1865. He is in the company register as "Breniser."
He married Sarah A. "Sally" Hower December 9, 1866, in Ephrata, Lancaster County, and fathered Frank S. (b. 01/20/1867), Mary Ann (b. 09/21//1869 - married John K. Young), George Washington (b. 01/06/1872), Wilson Pierce (b. 09/161874), and Cora (b. 07/05/1877 - married Charles Southwick Rhea (divorced 1907) and Noah R. Krimm).
Cause of his death is listed as "pneumonia lobar." Originally interred in Boman's Cemetery, he was re-interred three years later to Lincoln Cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-four in Lancaster August 5, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 122nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 15, 1863. He is in the company register as "Brenenhiser."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-five and mustered into federal service at Reading, Berks County, February 11, 1864, as a private with Co. B, 55th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 30, 1865. He is in the company register as "Breniser."
He married Sarah A. "Sally" Hower December 9, 1866, in Ephrata, Lancaster County, and fathered Frank S. (b. 01/20/1867), Mary Ann (b. 09/21//1869 - married John K. Young), George Washington (b. 01/06/1872), Wilson Pierce (b. 09/161874), and Cora (b. 07/05/1877 - married Charles Southwick Rhea (divorced 1907) and Noah R. Krimm).
Cause of his death is listed as "pneumonia lobar." Originally interred in Boman's Cemetery, he was re-interred three years later to Lincoln Cemetery.
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