George W. Bingaman was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1840 (1839). At the age of 21 (22), he enlisted in the army as a private in Company C, 17th regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry of volunteers. (Incorrectly stated: see info submitted by Dennis for the proper wording - below) He was with Sherman in his march to the ocean (false, the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry served solely in the Virginia theater of operations), was wounded twice (unverified) and after three years of faithful service, received an honorable discharge.
May 20, 1868 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kellar (Keller) at Redding (Reading), Pennsylvania. To this union nine children were born, seven of whom are living, M. K. Bingaman, Denver Colo.; Mrs. D. D. Ikenberry, Miami, New Mexico; Mrs. Edwin Harader, Grants Pass, Oregon; Mrs. Roy Cox, Salem, Oregon; Mrs. H. D. Bowman, Quinter, Kansas; Mrs. W. C. Willard, Nampa, Idaho; Oliver Bingaman of this place. Two brothers, Rev. A. L. Bingaman of Cerro Gordo, Illinois, and J. L. Bingaman of Greene, Iowa, also survive him.
In 1883 the Bingaman family moved from Redding, Pa., to Octavia, Nebraska and to Quinter, Kansas in 1899, and on to Idaho in 1918. Here the mother passed away May 1, 1924.
Mr. Bingaman enlisted into the Christian warfare during the early days of his married life and remained faithful to the end of his life. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
For the past two months he had been in failing health which required him to be bedfast. Death came Wednesday evening, July 13 at 5:30 o'clock. His was the ripe age of 87 years, 8 months and 6 days.
Funeral services were held from the Brethren Church Friday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Herschel Shank, and interment was made beside his wife in Riverside Cemetery.
Dear is the spot where Christians sleep.
And sweet the strain where Angels poor,
O why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost but gone before.
(The Payette Independent, Thursday, July 21, 1927)
The obit was edited by Dennis and the corrections are in ( )
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The son of John & Susannah (Smith) Bingaman, in 1860 he was an apprentice living with and/or working for master cabinet maker E. H. Rhoads in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of twenty-three in Reamstown, Lancaster County, September 10, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 27 as a private with Co. C, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Pa). He was captured during a skirmish at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, December 28, 1862, but paroled shortly afterward and returned to duty. According to the obituary shown here, he was was twice wounded, but that is as yet unverified. He honorably discharged with his company June 16, 1865.
He married Elizabeth Keller May 20, 1868, in Reading, Berks County, and fathered Martin Keller (b. 04/16/70), Oliver Keller (b. 11/12/79), Catharine (b. 09/28/71 - married Daniel D. Ikenberry), Charles Keller (b. 06/24/74, d. 10/27/77), Anna Keller (b. 05/21/83 - married Lee Roy Cox), Emma Keller (b. 09/24/85 - married Henry David Bowman and a Williams), George Keller (b. 09/04/89), and Viola Keller (b. 08/19/91 - married William Clarence Willard). In 1870 and 1880, he was living with his family in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Many online family trees report his middle initial as "L." (Sub: Dennis)
May 20, 1868 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kellar (Keller) at Redding (Reading), Pennsylvania. To this union nine children were born, seven of whom are living, M. K. Bingaman, Denver Colo.; Mrs. D. D. Ikenberry, Miami, New Mexico; Mrs. Edwin Harader, Grants Pass, Oregon; Mrs. Roy Cox, Salem, Oregon; Mrs. H. D. Bowman, Quinter, Kansas; Mrs. W. C. Willard, Nampa, Idaho; Oliver Bingaman of this place. Two brothers, Rev. A. L. Bingaman of Cerro Gordo, Illinois, and J. L. Bingaman of Greene, Iowa, also survive him.
In 1883 the Bingaman family moved from Redding, Pa., to Octavia, Nebraska and to Quinter, Kansas in 1899, and on to Idaho in 1918. Here the mother passed away May 1, 1924.
Mr. Bingaman enlisted into the Christian warfare during the early days of his married life and remained faithful to the end of his life. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
For the past two months he had been in failing health which required him to be bedfast. Death came Wednesday evening, July 13 at 5:30 o'clock. His was the ripe age of 87 years, 8 months and 6 days.
Funeral services were held from the Brethren Church Friday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Herschel Shank, and interment was made beside his wife in Riverside Cemetery.
Dear is the spot where Christians sleep.
And sweet the strain where Angels poor,
O why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost but gone before.
(The Payette Independent, Thursday, July 21, 1927)
The obit was edited by Dennis and the corrections are in ( )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The son of John & Susannah (Smith) Bingaman, in 1860 he was an apprentice living with and/or working for master cabinet maker E. H. Rhoads in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of twenty-three in Reamstown, Lancaster County, September 10, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 27 as a private with Co. C, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Pa). He was captured during a skirmish at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, December 28, 1862, but paroled shortly afterward and returned to duty. According to the obituary shown here, he was was twice wounded, but that is as yet unverified. He honorably discharged with his company June 16, 1865.
He married Elizabeth Keller May 20, 1868, in Reading, Berks County, and fathered Martin Keller (b. 04/16/70), Oliver Keller (b. 11/12/79), Catharine (b. 09/28/71 - married Daniel D. Ikenberry), Charles Keller (b. 06/24/74, d. 10/27/77), Anna Keller (b. 05/21/83 - married Lee Roy Cox), Emma Keller (b. 09/24/85 - married Henry David Bowman and a Williams), George Keller (b. 09/04/89), and Viola Keller (b. 08/19/91 - married William Clarence Willard). In 1870 and 1880, he was living with his family in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Many online family trees report his middle initial as "L." (Sub: Dennis)
George W. Bingaman was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 1840 (1839). At the age of 21 (22), he enlisted in the army as a private in Company C, 17th regiment of Pennsylvania cavalry of volunteers. (Incorrectly stated: see info submitted by Dennis for the proper wording - below) He was with Sherman in his march to the ocean (false, the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry served solely in the Virginia theater of operations), was wounded twice (unverified) and after three years of faithful service, received an honorable discharge.
May 20, 1868 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kellar (Keller) at Redding (Reading), Pennsylvania. To this union nine children were born, seven of whom are living, M. K. Bingaman, Denver Colo.; Mrs. D. D. Ikenberry, Miami, New Mexico; Mrs. Edwin Harader, Grants Pass, Oregon; Mrs. Roy Cox, Salem, Oregon; Mrs. H. D. Bowman, Quinter, Kansas; Mrs. W. C. Willard, Nampa, Idaho; Oliver Bingaman of this place. Two brothers, Rev. A. L. Bingaman of Cerro Gordo, Illinois, and J. L. Bingaman of Greene, Iowa, also survive him.
In 1883 the Bingaman family moved from Redding, Pa., to Octavia, Nebraska and to Quinter, Kansas in 1899, and on to Idaho in 1918. Here the mother passed away May 1, 1924.
Mr. Bingaman enlisted into the Christian warfare during the early days of his married life and remained faithful to the end of his life. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
For the past two months he had been in failing health which required him to be bedfast. Death came Wednesday evening, July 13 at 5:30 o'clock. His was the ripe age of 87 years, 8 months and 6 days.
Funeral services were held from the Brethren Church Friday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Herschel Shank, and interment was made beside his wife in Riverside Cemetery.
Dear is the spot where Christians sleep.
And sweet the strain where Angels poor,
O why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost but gone before.
(The Payette Independent, Thursday, July 21, 1927)
The obit was edited by Dennis and the corrections are in ( )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The son of John & Susannah (Smith) Bingaman, in 1860 he was an apprentice living with and/or working for master cabinet maker E. H. Rhoads in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of twenty-three in Reamstown, Lancaster County, September 10, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 27 as a private with Co. C, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Pa). He was captured during a skirmish at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, December 28, 1862, but paroled shortly afterward and returned to duty. According to the obituary shown here, he was was twice wounded, but that is as yet unverified. He honorably discharged with his company June 16, 1865.
He married Elizabeth Keller May 20, 1868, in Reading, Berks County, and fathered Martin Keller (b. 04/16/70), Oliver Keller (b. 11/12/79), Catharine (b. 09/28/71 - married Daniel D. Ikenberry), Charles Keller (b. 06/24/74, d. 10/27/77), Anna Keller (b. 05/21/83 - married Lee Roy Cox), Emma Keller (b. 09/24/85 - married Henry David Bowman and a Williams), George Keller (b. 09/04/89), and Viola Keller (b. 08/19/91 - married William Clarence Willard). In 1870 and 1880, he was living with his family in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Many online family trees report his middle initial as "L." (Sub: Dennis)
May 20, 1868 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Kellar (Keller) at Redding (Reading), Pennsylvania. To this union nine children were born, seven of whom are living, M. K. Bingaman, Denver Colo.; Mrs. D. D. Ikenberry, Miami, New Mexico; Mrs. Edwin Harader, Grants Pass, Oregon; Mrs. Roy Cox, Salem, Oregon; Mrs. H. D. Bowman, Quinter, Kansas; Mrs. W. C. Willard, Nampa, Idaho; Oliver Bingaman of this place. Two brothers, Rev. A. L. Bingaman of Cerro Gordo, Illinois, and J. L. Bingaman of Greene, Iowa, also survive him.
In 1883 the Bingaman family moved from Redding, Pa., to Octavia, Nebraska and to Quinter, Kansas in 1899, and on to Idaho in 1918. Here the mother passed away May 1, 1924.
Mr. Bingaman enlisted into the Christian warfare during the early days of his married life and remained faithful to the end of his life. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren.
For the past two months he had been in failing health which required him to be bedfast. Death came Wednesday evening, July 13 at 5:30 o'clock. His was the ripe age of 87 years, 8 months and 6 days.
Funeral services were held from the Brethren Church Friday morning at 10:30, conducted by Rev. Herschel Shank, and interment was made beside his wife in Riverside Cemetery.
Dear is the spot where Christians sleep.
And sweet the strain where Angels poor,
O why should we in anguish weep?
They are not lost but gone before.
(The Payette Independent, Thursday, July 21, 1927)
The obit was edited by Dennis and the corrections are in ( )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The son of John & Susannah (Smith) Bingaman, in 1860 he was an apprentice living with and/or working for master cabinet maker E. H. Rhoads in East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of twenty-three in Reamstown, Lancaster County, September 10, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 27 as a private with Co. C, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Pa). He was captured during a skirmish at Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, December 28, 1862, but paroled shortly afterward and returned to duty. According to the obituary shown here, he was was twice wounded, but that is as yet unverified. He honorably discharged with his company June 16, 1865.
He married Elizabeth Keller May 20, 1868, in Reading, Berks County, and fathered Martin Keller (b. 04/16/70), Oliver Keller (b. 11/12/79), Catharine (b. 09/28/71 - married Daniel D. Ikenberry), Charles Keller (b. 06/24/74, d. 10/27/77), Anna Keller (b. 05/21/83 - married Lee Roy Cox), Emma Keller (b. 09/24/85 - married Henry David Bowman and a Williams), George Keller (b. 09/04/89), and Viola Keller (b. 08/19/91 - married William Clarence Willard). In 1870 and 1880, he was living with his family in Ephrata Township, Lancaster County. Many online family trees report his middle initial as "L." (Sub: Dennis)
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