Daniel Bowman Stoops (1845-1919) - Find a Grave Memorial

Daniel Bowman Stoops

Birth

19 May 1845

Old Forge, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

13 Mar 1919 (aged 73)

Quincy, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Fellowship Independence Cemetery

Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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The husband of Mary Elizabeth Miller, they married March 22, 1868 in Waynesboro, Washington Twp., Franklin County, PA.

Children:
(1.) William Garrison Stoops, married Mollie Clara Moats.
(2.) Daniel Oscar Stoops, first married Gertrude Wilson, second Ada May Clouser.
(3. David Benjamin Stoops.
(4.) Bertha May Stoops, married Barry Price Shildneck.
(5.) Annie Elizabeth Stoops, married Calvin A. Provard.
(6.) Alice Centenial Stoops.
(7.) Samuel Ira Stoops, married Anna Belle Flautt.
(8.) Calvin Bishop Stoops, married Lucy Ellen Rock.
(9.) Zeno "Lloyd" Stoops, married first Rebecca Rotz, after her death, Irene Olivia Stoops.
(10.) Grace Nellie Stoops, married Grant H. Gearhart.
(11.) Percy Miller Stoops, married Ida Bonner.
(12.) Rhoda Blanche Stoops, married Irvin Leslie Hartzok.
(13.) Earl Lawrence Stoops.

Civil War Veteran, served with Company H, 13th Maryland Infantry. Served with his brother William Stoops.

MARYLAND VOLUNTEERS

1st REGIMENT POTOMAC HOME BRIGADE INFANTRY.

Organized at Frederick City, Md., August 15 to December 13, 1861. Attached to Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. Unassigned, Banks' 5th Corps, and Dept. of the Shenandoah to May, 1862. Railroad District, Middle Department, to July, 1862. Railroad District, 8th Army Corps, Middle Dept., to September, 1862. Annapolis, Md., 8th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 1st Separate Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to June, 1863. Lockwood's Brigade, 8th Army Corps, to July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, July, 1863. 2nd Brigade, Maryland Heights, Division West Virginia, to December, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, West Virginia, to April, 1864. Reserve Division, Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to January, 1865. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, West Virginia, to April, 1865.

Service: Railroad guard duty till March, 1862. Advance on Winchester, Va., March 7-12. Strasburg March 27. Guarding Baltimore & Ohio Railroad till May. Concentrated at Harper's Ferry May 24, and action at Loudon Heights May 27. Defence of Harper's Ferry May 28-30. Guard Baltimore & Ohio Railroad till September. Action at Monocacy Aqueduct September 4. Poolesville September 5. Concentrated at Sandy Hook and march to Harper's Ferry. Siege of Harper's Ferry September 12-15. Maryland Heights September 13. Harper's Ferry September 14-15. Surrendered September 15 and paroled September 16. Sent to Annapolis, Md., and when exchanged assigned to duty on the Potomac in Southern Maryland to June, 1863. Martinsburg June 14. At point Lookout June-Joined Lockwood's Brigade and march to Gettysburg, Pa., June 25-July 2. Battle of Gettysburg July 2-3. Pursuit of Lee July 5-24. Guard duty on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in Maryland and Virginia till May, 1864. Operations against Early's invasion of Maryland June and July. Duffield Station June 29. Battle of Monocacy July 9. Moved from Monocacy to Harper's Ferry, W. Va., and duty in that district till April, 1865. Mustered out August to December, 1864. Recruited to a full Regiment and designation changed to 13th Maryland Infantry April 8, 1865, which see.

Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 42 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 1 Officer and 85 Enlisted men by disease. Total 131.