Alexander J. Von Storch was born on 1 Aug 1842 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. He served in the military between 1862 and 1865. he was a Civil War veteran: "K" Co. PA 11th Cavalry . He died on 6 Nov 1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Alexander J. Von Storch and Ann (Annie) [Von Storch] were married before 1871. They had the following children:
I. Ada L. (Addie) Von Storch Smith was born in 1871 in Pennsylvania.
II. Ralph Alexander Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. I
III. Ruie A. Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. He died before 1900.
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Name: A.J. Vonstorch
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 11 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Volunteers)
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Commander Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Commissary Sergeant
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In August, 1861, he volunteered in Company K, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, but on the arrival of the regiment in Philadelphia, he was rejected on account of an eye having been injured by a crossbow when a boy. So desirous was he of going to the front that he was finally taken on the captain's staff, where he remained six months. February 2, 1862, he was accepted as a private in the same company in which he had originally enlisted, and from the ranks was promoted to be corporal, later became sergeant. With his company he participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Gainesville, second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (June 15 to July 31), Weldon Railroad, Petersburg (September I to October 30), Hatchie's Run (October 27, 1864, and February 5-7, 1865), White Oak Roads, Five Forks and Appomattox Court House. At the expiration of his term, he was honorably discharged January 31, 1865. In a skirmish on the Black River, March 17, 1863, at sunrise, he was shot through the right thigh and fell to the ground, where a horse stepped on his head. He was carried in an ambulance to the hospital, where he remained until his recovery.
After the war Mr. von Storch was employed by the Delaware & Hudson Company as fireman at Leggett's Creek shaft, but during the last year he served as engineer. For five years afterward he was stationary engineer at Carbondale in the employ of the same company. On his return to Scranton, he was employed in the Delaware & Hudson machine shops. In 1877 he embarked in the grocery and meat business in West Market Street, Providence, in which he continued until his death.
Chapman (1897). Portrait and Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chapman Publishing. New York.
Alexander J. Von Storch and Ann (Annie) [Von Storch] were married before 1871. They had the following children:
I. Ada L. (Addie) Von Storch Smith was born in 1871 in Pennsylvania.
II. Ralph Alexander Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. I
III. Ruie A. Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. He died before 1900.
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Name: A.J. Vonstorch
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 11 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Volunteers)
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Commander Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Commissary Sergeant
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In August, 1861, he volunteered in Company K, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, but on the arrival of the regiment in Philadelphia, he was rejected on account of an eye having been injured by a crossbow when a boy. So desirous was he of going to the front that he was finally taken on the captain's staff, where he remained six months. February 2, 1862, he was accepted as a private in the same company in which he had originally enlisted, and from the ranks was promoted to be corporal, later became sergeant. With his company he participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Gainesville, second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (June 15 to July 31), Weldon Railroad, Petersburg (September I to October 30), Hatchie's Run (October 27, 1864, and February 5-7, 1865), White Oak Roads, Five Forks and Appomattox Court House. At the expiration of his term, he was honorably discharged January 31, 1865. In a skirmish on the Black River, March 17, 1863, at sunrise, he was shot through the right thigh and fell to the ground, where a horse stepped on his head. He was carried in an ambulance to the hospital, where he remained until his recovery.
After the war Mr. von Storch was employed by the Delaware & Hudson Company as fireman at Leggett's Creek shaft, but during the last year he served as engineer. For five years afterward he was stationary engineer at Carbondale in the employ of the same company. On his return to Scranton, he was employed in the Delaware & Hudson machine shops. In 1877 he embarked in the grocery and meat business in West Market Street, Providence, in which he continued until his death.
Chapman (1897). Portrait and Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chapman Publishing. New York.
Alexander J. Von Storch was born on 1 Aug 1842 in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. He served in the military between 1862 and 1865. he was a Civil War veteran: "K" Co. PA 11th Cavalry . He died on 6 Nov 1880 in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Alexander J. Von Storch and Ann (Annie) [Von Storch] were married before 1871. They had the following children:
I. Ada L. (Addie) Von Storch Smith was born in 1871 in Pennsylvania.
II. Ralph Alexander Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. I
III. Ruie A. Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. He died before 1900.
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Name: A.J. Vonstorch
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 11 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Volunteers)
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Commander Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Commissary Sergeant
_______
In August, 1861, he volunteered in Company K, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, but on the arrival of the regiment in Philadelphia, he was rejected on account of an eye having been injured by a crossbow when a boy. So desirous was he of going to the front that he was finally taken on the captain's staff, where he remained six months. February 2, 1862, he was accepted as a private in the same company in which he had originally enlisted, and from the ranks was promoted to be corporal, later became sergeant. With his company he participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Gainesville, second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (June 15 to July 31), Weldon Railroad, Petersburg (September I to October 30), Hatchie's Run (October 27, 1864, and February 5-7, 1865), White Oak Roads, Five Forks and Appomattox Court House. At the expiration of his term, he was honorably discharged January 31, 1865. In a skirmish on the Black River, March 17, 1863, at sunrise, he was shot through the right thigh and fell to the ground, where a horse stepped on his head. He was carried in an ambulance to the hospital, where he remained until his recovery.
After the war Mr. von Storch was employed by the Delaware & Hudson Company as fireman at Leggett's Creek shaft, but during the last year he served as engineer. For five years afterward he was stationary engineer at Carbondale in the employ of the same company. On his return to Scranton, he was employed in the Delaware & Hudson machine shops. In 1877 he embarked in the grocery and meat business in West Market Street, Providence, in which he continued until his death.
Chapman (1897). Portrait and Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chapman Publishing. New York.
Alexander J. Von Storch and Ann (Annie) [Von Storch] were married before 1871. They had the following children:
I. Ada L. (Addie) Von Storch Smith was born in 1871 in Pennsylvania.
II. Ralph Alexander Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. I
III. Ruie A. Von Storch [twin] was born on 21 Mar 1878 in Pennsylvania. He died before 1900.
___________________
Name: A.J. Vonstorch
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 11 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 11th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Volunteers)
Company: K
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Commander Sergeant
Rank Out Expanded: Commissary Sergeant
_______
In August, 1861, he volunteered in Company K, Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry, but on the arrival of the regiment in Philadelphia, he was rejected on account of an eye having been injured by a crossbow when a boy. So desirous was he of going to the front that he was finally taken on the captain's staff, where he remained six months. February 2, 1862, he was accepted as a private in the same company in which he had originally enlisted, and from the ranks was promoted to be corporal, later became sergeant. With his company he participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Gainesville, second battle of Bull Run, Antietam, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (June 15 to July 31), Weldon Railroad, Petersburg (September I to October 30), Hatchie's Run (October 27, 1864, and February 5-7, 1865), White Oak Roads, Five Forks and Appomattox Court House. At the expiration of his term, he was honorably discharged January 31, 1865. In a skirmish on the Black River, March 17, 1863, at sunrise, he was shot through the right thigh and fell to the ground, where a horse stepped on his head. He was carried in an ambulance to the hospital, where he remained until his recovery.
After the war Mr. von Storch was employed by the Delaware & Hudson Company as fireman at Leggett's Creek shaft, but during the last year he served as engineer. For five years afterward he was stationary engineer at Carbondale in the employ of the same company. On his return to Scranton, he was employed in the Delaware & Hudson machine shops. In 1877 he embarked in the grocery and meat business in West Market Street, Providence, in which he continued until his death.
Chapman (1897). Portrait and Biographical Record of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania: Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County. Chapman Publishing. New York.
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