C. W. Giebner, deceased, farmer, was born July 8, 1852, in the house where his widow now resides. He was a son of William Giebner, who is mentioned elsewhere. He was one of four children, two of whom grew up, C. W. and Sarah J., who married Abram Farrah. The deceased was married October 9, 1857, to Miss Amelia Vath. He enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and a short time after his return from the war he was returning from town in a wagon, when his horse took fright and threw him out, breaking a leg, from the effects of which he died April 23, 2865. He was the father of three children. George E., married W. W. Thompson; C. W., at home with his mother, and John E., who married Nellie Robinson, and is a prosperous merchant of Sandy Lake. Mr. Giebner believed in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which organizations his widow is attached.
Combination 1873 Atlas and 1877 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, (From actual surveys and official records),
Page 142, Column 2, 39th Regiment, Company G, " Privates-- ..... Charles W. Gibner, ... June 19th, '61 ...
Page 148, Column 2, 140th Regiment (Three Years' Service), Company B, "1st Sergeants -- John Pox, James C. Nolan, Charles W. Giebner, September 1st, '62.
C. W. Giebner has headstones in both Yankee Hill and Oak Hill Cemeteries. He is the son of William and Eleanor Parrish Giebner.
C. W. Giebner, deceased, farmer, was born July 8, 1852, in the house where his widow now resides. He was a son of William Giebner, who is mentioned elsewhere. He was one of four children, two of whom grew up, C. W. and Sarah J., who married Abram Farrah. The deceased was married October 9, 1857, to Miss Amelia Vath. He enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and a short time after his return from the war he was returning from town in a wagon, when his horse took fright and threw him out, breaking a leg, from the effects of which he died April 23, 2865. He was the father of three children. George E., married W. W. Thompson; C. W., at home with his mother, and John E., who married Nellie Robinson, and is a prosperous merchant of Sandy Lake. Mr. Giebner believed in the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which organizations his widow is attached.
Combination 1873 Atlas and 1877 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, (From actual surveys and official records),
Page 142, Column 2, 39th Regiment, Company G, " Privates-- ..... Charles W. Gibner, ... June 19th, '61 ...
Page 148, Column 2, 140th Regiment (Three Years' Service), Company B, "1st Sergeants -- John Pox, James C. Nolan, Charles W. Giebner, September 1st, '62.
C. W. Giebner has headstones in both Yankee Hill and Oak Hill Cemeteries. He is the son of William and Eleanor Parrish Giebner.
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