The son of James & Martha (Cheshire) Staley, he married Mary A. Wolf and fathered the following children:
Elmira R. (b. 03/11/1848)
Jeremiah J. (b. 07/29/1849 - d. 6/23/1897)
David Alexander (b. @1853)
George W. (b. 01/17/1853) (Maybe George W. (b. 01/15/1852 - d. 10/17/1928))
Philip A. (b. 02/15/1856 - d. 12/22/1927)
Edmund F. (b. @1857)
Joseph A. (b. 03/16/1860 - d. 6/1/1925) married Minnie Neiman (b. 1/12/1860 - d. 10/20/1950)
Mary E. (b. 10/20/1861 - d. 03/30/1928) married Milton H. Miller
Laura Ann (b. 10/29/1864 - married J. W. Cassat)
Charles Henry (b. 03/04/1865 - d. 10/08/1942)
Hanson L. (b. 06/31/68) (Maybe Hanson L (b. 05/31/1868 - d. 12/2/1962) )
After his wife Mary passed away he later married Julia Ann Trostle ca. 1882 and fathered Naima (b. 02/??/83).
In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with light hair and gray eyes. He later worked as a carpenter.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 6 as a private with Co. E, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863, at Gettysburg.
2. Enlisted in Gettysburg September 2, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
James J Staley - Obituary Sat, Jul 22, 1905 – 1 · Adams County Independent (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329121/james_j_staley_obituary/
James J Staley - Public Sale Wed, Aug 23, 1905 – Page 4 · Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329235/james_j_staley_public_sale/
Elmira R. (b. 03/11/1848)
Jeremiah J. (b. 07/29/1849 - d. 6/23/1897)
David Alexander (b. @1853)
George W. (b. 01/17/1853) (Maybe George W. (b. 01/15/1852 - d. 10/17/1928))
Philip A. (b. 02/15/1856 - d. 12/22/1927)
Edmund F. (b. @1857)
Joseph A. (b. 03/16/1860 - d. 6/1/1925) married Minnie Neiman (b. 1/12/1860 - d. 10/20/1950)
Mary E. (b. 10/20/1861 - d. 03/30/1928) married Milton H. Miller
Laura Ann (b. 10/29/1864 - married J. W. Cassat)
Charles Henry (b. 03/04/1865 - d. 10/08/1942)
Hanson L. (b. 06/31/68) (Maybe Hanson L (b. 05/31/1868 - d. 12/2/1962) )
After his wife Mary passed away he later married Julia Ann Trostle ca. 1882 and fathered Naima (b. 02/??/83).
In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with light hair and gray eyes. He later worked as a carpenter.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 6 as a private with Co. E, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863, at Gettysburg.
2. Enlisted in Gettysburg September 2, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
James J Staley - Obituary Sat, Jul 22, 1905 – 1 · Adams County Independent (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329121/james_j_staley_obituary/
James J Staley - Public Sale Wed, Aug 23, 1905 – Page 4 · Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329235/james_j_staley_public_sale/
The son of James & Martha (Cheshire) Staley, he married Mary A. Wolf and fathered the following children:
Elmira R. (b. 03/11/1848)
Jeremiah J. (b. 07/29/1849 - d. 6/23/1897)
David Alexander (b. @1853)
George W. (b. 01/17/1853) (Maybe George W. (b. 01/15/1852 - d. 10/17/1928))
Philip A. (b. 02/15/1856 - d. 12/22/1927)
Edmund F. (b. @1857)
Joseph A. (b. 03/16/1860 - d. 6/1/1925) married Minnie Neiman (b. 1/12/1860 - d. 10/20/1950)
Mary E. (b. 10/20/1861 - d. 03/30/1928) married Milton H. Miller
Laura Ann (b. 10/29/1864 - married J. W. Cassat)
Charles Henry (b. 03/04/1865 - d. 10/08/1942)
Hanson L. (b. 06/31/68) (Maybe Hanson L (b. 05/31/1868 - d. 12/2/1962) )
After his wife Mary passed away he later married Julia Ann Trostle ca. 1882 and fathered Naima (b. 02/??/83).
In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with light hair and gray eyes. He later worked as a carpenter.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 6 as a private with Co. E, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863, at Gettysburg.
2. Enlisted in Gettysburg September 2, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
James J Staley - Obituary Sat, Jul 22, 1905 – 1 · Adams County Independent (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329121/james_j_staley_obituary/
James J Staley - Public Sale Wed, Aug 23, 1905 – Page 4 · Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329235/james_j_staley_public_sale/
Elmira R. (b. 03/11/1848)
Jeremiah J. (b. 07/29/1849 - d. 6/23/1897)
David Alexander (b. @1853)
George W. (b. 01/17/1853) (Maybe George W. (b. 01/15/1852 - d. 10/17/1928))
Philip A. (b. 02/15/1856 - d. 12/22/1927)
Edmund F. (b. @1857)
Joseph A. (b. 03/16/1860 - d. 6/1/1925) married Minnie Neiman (b. 1/12/1860 - d. 10/20/1950)
Mary E. (b. 10/20/1861 - d. 03/30/1928) married Milton H. Miller
Laura Ann (b. 10/29/1864 - married J. W. Cassat)
Charles Henry (b. 03/04/1865 - d. 10/08/1942)
Hanson L. (b. 06/31/68) (Maybe Hanson L (b. 05/31/1868 - d. 12/2/1962) )
After his wife Mary passed away he later married Julia Ann Trostle ca. 1882 and fathered Naima (b. 02/??/83).
In 1860, he was a laborer living with his family in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with light hair and gray eyes. He later worked as a carpenter.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 6 as a private with Co. E, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863, at Gettysburg.
2. Enlisted in Gettysburg September 2, 1864, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 31, 1865.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
James J Staley - Obituary Sat, Jul 22, 1905 – 1 · Adams County Independent (Littlestown, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329121/james_j_staley_obituary/
James J Staley - Public Sale Wed, Aug 23, 1905 – Page 4 · Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21329235/james_j_staley_public_sale/
Inscription
James J Staley
Died July 13 1905
Aged 81 yrs, 8 m. & 16 ds.
Co. E 165 PA Reg. Private.
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Buried next to his wife Julia A Staley
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