The son of Levi W. & Lydia (Smith) Gulden, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Mountjoy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was federally drafted at the stated age of twenty-one, mustered into federal service at Chambersburg March 20, 1865, as a private with Co. I, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865. His surname is spelled "Golding" in the company descriptive list but "Golden" in the company register, the spelling he used in applying for his disability pension.
He married Sarah Agnes Sneeringer and fathered Emory Levi David (b. 04/18/72), William Alphonse (b. 12/26/73), Mary Josephine (b. 01/26/76), Joseph Henry (b. 02/06/78), Virgil Francis (b. 03/21/81), Augustus Jerome (b. 03/23/84), Theresa Agnes (b. 11/08/86), and Anna Bridget (b. 03/14/90). In 1890, he was living in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, where he died at his home in Bonneauville at the reported age of 76-2-3, which calculates to a birth year of 1842. His obituary, death certificate, and tombstone spell his surname "Golden," but some family members used "Gulden."
The son of Levi W. & Lydia (Smith) Gulden, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Mountjoy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was federally drafted at the stated age of twenty-one, mustered into federal service at Chambersburg March 20, 1865, as a private with Co. I, 98th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 29, 1865. His surname is spelled "Golding" in the company descriptive list but "Golden" in the company register, the spelling he used in applying for his disability pension.
He married Sarah Agnes Sneeringer and fathered Emory Levi David (b. 04/18/72), William Alphonse (b. 12/26/73), Mary Josephine (b. 01/26/76), Joseph Henry (b. 02/06/78), Virgil Francis (b. 03/21/81), Augustus Jerome (b. 03/23/84), Theresa Agnes (b. 11/08/86), and Anna Bridget (b. 03/14/90). In 1890, he was living in Mount Pleasant Township, Adams County, where he died at his home in Bonneauville at the reported age of 76-2-3, which calculates to a birth year of 1842. His obituary, death certificate, and tombstone spell his surname "Golden," but some family members used "Gulden."
Family Members
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John William Gulden
1839–1862
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Caroline Goulden Kerrigan
1840–1913
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Francis Ignatius Goulden
1843–1903
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Mary Josephine Goulden
1846–1875
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Samuel Augustine Goulden
1847–1849
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Mary Louisa Anastasia Goulden Gebhart
1848–1882
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Samuel Alphonsus Stanislaus Goulden
1852–1904
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Levi Joseph Golden
1855–1914
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Peter Augustus Goulden
1857–1908
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Br Virgil L. Golden
1858–1932
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