133 rd Regiment Pa Volunteers
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Samuel Saylor, son of Samuel Saylor, son of Jacob the immigrant was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1814. He followed farming for a livelihood. He reared a large family, many of whom have become prominent and prosperous citizens of Somerset county. He was of the German Reformed church faith and in politics a Democrat. He proved his loyalty to his country during the dark days of the Rebellion by serving under the nine months' enlistment as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He died at Somerset, Pennsylvania, in 1882. He was united in marriage to Caroline Berkey, daughter of Daniel and Kate (Zimmerman) Berkey, the latter named having been born in 1808, and died at the extreme old age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Caroline (Berkey) Saylor died in 1880.
The Berkeys and Zimmermans are a numerous family in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Saylor, seven of whom survive, as follows: Andrew J.; Daniel; Franklin P.; James; William; Mary; and Emma. The deceased are: Polly; Catherine; Rebecca; Lizzie; and Edmond. The parents of these children both held membership in the United Evangelical church and were buried at Pleasant Hill cemetery, Somerset county, Pennsylvania.
source: History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906
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133 rd Regiment Pa Volunteers
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Samuel Saylor, son of Samuel Saylor, son of Jacob the immigrant was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, July 14, 1814. He followed farming for a livelihood. He reared a large family, many of whom have become prominent and prosperous citizens of Somerset county. He was of the German Reformed church faith and in politics a Democrat. He proved his loyalty to his country during the dark days of the Rebellion by serving under the nine months' enlistment as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment. He died at Somerset, Pennsylvania, in 1882. He was united in marriage to Caroline Berkey, daughter of Daniel and Kate (Zimmerman) Berkey, the latter named having been born in 1808, and died at the extreme old age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Caroline (Berkey) Saylor died in 1880.
The Berkeys and Zimmermans are a numerous family in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Saylor, seven of whom survive, as follows: Andrew J.; Daniel; Franklin P.; James; William; Mary; and Emma. The deceased are: Polly; Catherine; Rebecca; Lizzie; and Edmond. The parents of these children both held membership in the United Evangelical church and were buried at Pleasant Hill cemetery, Somerset county, Pennsylvania.
source: History of Bedford and Somerset Counties, Pennsylvania; Bedford County by E. Howard Blackburn; Somerset County by William H. Welfley; v.3, Pub. The Lewis Publishing Company, New York/Chicago 1906
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Family Members
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Mary Ann Saylor Kifer
1842–1913
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Andrew Jackson Saylor
1846–1921
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Catharine Saylor
1848–1856
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Rev Franklin Pierce Saylor
1850–1923
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Rebecca Saylor
1852–1893
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Daniel Webster Saylor
1854–1926
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James B. Saylor
1855–1951
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Emma Saylor Rhoads
1857–1929
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Edmon Saylor
1861–1861
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William H Saylor
1862–1920
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Mary B. Saylor
1867–1872
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Elizabeth Saylor
1867–1882
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Emma E. Saylor
1879–1879
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