SERVED WITH CO D 21ST PA CAVALRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR FROM JULY 1863 TO JULY 1865.
George A. Minnich, a contractor carpenter and Civil War veteran, died suddenly Tuesday among comrades with whom he faced death on the battlefield and with whom in later years he had held high the colors of the G.A.R.
Death came this afternoon at the home of Mr. Beckner, South Second Street, in the little circle of comrades of Housum Post, G.A. R., who had gathered there for a regular meeting of the post. The post chaplain had just concluded the prayer. Mr. Minnich seated himself in a chair, gasped and was dead. He had been ill last week with heart trouble and spent two days in bed.
Mr. Minnich was a thoroughly representative citizen of Chambersburg. He was industrious, honest and painstaking in his work and prominent in enterprises for the development of the town. He served a term in borough council and his administration was a progressive one.
Mr. Minnich was born Aug. 21, 1844 at Mount Vernon, Ohio, a son of Daniel and Jane( Kerr) Minnich. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Chambersburg.
Mr. Minnich was a Civil War veteran, serving two terms of service. He enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Chambersburg June 11, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg as a Private on July 15 with Co. D in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pennsylvania). Just prior to enlistment in the army, he had started for Harrisburg to enlist in the Union Army. He was taken prisoner by Jenkins' cavalry and was sent to farm house to get horses. He managed to escaped. He re-enlisted at the stated age of age of nineteen in Chambersburg on January 26, 1864 and mustered into federal service there on January 27 as a private with the three-year organization of Co. D, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. He remained in service until the end of the war and was present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. He was honorably discharged with his company from service on July 8, 1865.
At the conclusion of the war he returned to Chambersburg and engaged in carpentering. He purchased an brewery on West King Street and converted it into a planing mill, which he operated until the time of his death. For years he was engaged in all the larger building enterprises of Chambersburg and Franklin County.
In Dec. 1868, he married Miss Annie McIntire of Chambersburg.
He was a member of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church; Colonel P.B. Housum Post, No. 309, G.A.R., of which he was quartermaster at the time of his death; Columbus Lodge, I.O. O.F., Red Men, Junior Mechanics, Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
He is survived by the following children: Joseph and Charles, Mrs. Joseph Davis of town, Misses Catherine, Bertha and Hazel at home and two brothers, Daniel B. Minnich of South Franklin Street and Barney Minnich of Baltimore.
(Published on April 26, 1923 in "People's Register" and several editions of "The Franklin Repository", both of Chambersburg, PA. Notes: The obituaries have been edited/redacted for this bio. The marriage month is given as March in the article; however, records on ancestry.com show the marriage took place on Dec 1, 1868. I have, therefore, used Dec. in the bio According to his death certificate, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Second enlistment information was provided by contributor Dennis Brandt, #47232334.)
George A. Minnich, a contractor carpenter and Civil War veteran, died suddenly Tuesday among comrades with whom he faced death on the battlefield and with whom in later years he had held high the colors of the G.A.R.
Death came this afternoon at the home of Mr. Beckner, South Second Street, in the little circle of comrades of Housum Post, G.A. R., who had gathered there for a regular meeting of the post. The post chaplain had just concluded the prayer. Mr. Minnich seated himself in a chair, gasped and was dead. He had been ill last week with heart trouble and spent two days in bed.
Mr. Minnich was a thoroughly representative citizen of Chambersburg. He was industrious, honest and painstaking in his work and prominent in enterprises for the development of the town. He served a term in borough council and his administration was a progressive one.
Mr. Minnich was born Aug. 21, 1844 at Mount Vernon, Ohio, a son of Daniel and Jane( Kerr) Minnich. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Chambersburg.
Mr. Minnich was a Civil War veteran, serving two terms of service. He enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Chambersburg June 11, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg as a Private on July 15 with Co. D in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pennsylvania). Just prior to enlistment in the army, he had started for Harrisburg to enlist in the Union Army. He was taken prisoner by Jenkins' cavalry and was sent to farm house to get horses. He managed to escaped. He re-enlisted at the stated age of age of nineteen in Chambersburg on January 26, 1864 and mustered into federal service there on January 27 as a private with the three-year organization of Co. D, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. He remained in service until the end of the war and was present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. He was honorably discharged with his company from service on July 8, 1865.
At the conclusion of the war he returned to Chambersburg and engaged in carpentering. He purchased an brewery on West King Street and converted it into a planing mill, which he operated until the time of his death. For years he was engaged in all the larger building enterprises of Chambersburg and Franklin County.
In Dec. 1868, he married Miss Annie McIntire of Chambersburg.
He was a member of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church; Colonel P.B. Housum Post, No. 309, G.A.R., of which he was quartermaster at the time of his death; Columbus Lodge, I.O. O.F., Red Men, Junior Mechanics, Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
He is survived by the following children: Joseph and Charles, Mrs. Joseph Davis of town, Misses Catherine, Bertha and Hazel at home and two brothers, Daniel B. Minnich of South Franklin Street and Barney Minnich of Baltimore.
(Published on April 26, 1923 in "People's Register" and several editions of "The Franklin Repository", both of Chambersburg, PA. Notes: The obituaries have been edited/redacted for this bio. The marriage month is given as March in the article; however, records on ancestry.com show the marriage took place on Dec 1, 1868. I have, therefore, used Dec. in the bio According to his death certificate, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Second enlistment information was provided by contributor Dennis Brandt, #47232334.)
SERVED WITH CO D 21ST PA CAVALRY DURING THE CIVIL WAR FROM JULY 1863 TO JULY 1865.
George A. Minnich, a contractor carpenter and Civil War veteran, died suddenly Tuesday among comrades with whom he faced death on the battlefield and with whom in later years he had held high the colors of the G.A.R.
Death came this afternoon at the home of Mr. Beckner, South Second Street, in the little circle of comrades of Housum Post, G.A. R., who had gathered there for a regular meeting of the post. The post chaplain had just concluded the prayer. Mr. Minnich seated himself in a chair, gasped and was dead. He had been ill last week with heart trouble and spent two days in bed.
Mr. Minnich was a thoroughly representative citizen of Chambersburg. He was industrious, honest and painstaking in his work and prominent in enterprises for the development of the town. He served a term in borough council and his administration was a progressive one.
Mr. Minnich was born Aug. 21, 1844 at Mount Vernon, Ohio, a son of Daniel and Jane( Kerr) Minnich. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Chambersburg.
Mr. Minnich was a Civil War veteran, serving two terms of service. He enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Chambersburg June 11, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg as a Private on July 15 with Co. D in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pennsylvania). Just prior to enlistment in the army, he had started for Harrisburg to enlist in the Union Army. He was taken prisoner by Jenkins' cavalry and was sent to farm house to get horses. He managed to escaped. He re-enlisted at the stated age of age of nineteen in Chambersburg on January 26, 1864 and mustered into federal service there on January 27 as a private with the three-year organization of Co. D, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. He remained in service until the end of the war and was present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. He was honorably discharged with his company from service on July 8, 1865.
At the conclusion of the war he returned to Chambersburg and engaged in carpentering. He purchased an brewery on West King Street and converted it into a planing mill, which he operated until the time of his death. For years he was engaged in all the larger building enterprises of Chambersburg and Franklin County.
In Dec. 1868, he married Miss Annie McIntire of Chambersburg.
He was a member of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church; Colonel P.B. Housum Post, No. 309, G.A.R., of which he was quartermaster at the time of his death; Columbus Lodge, I.O. O.F., Red Men, Junior Mechanics, Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
He is survived by the following children: Joseph and Charles, Mrs. Joseph Davis of town, Misses Catherine, Bertha and Hazel at home and two brothers, Daniel B. Minnich of South Franklin Street and Barney Minnich of Baltimore.
(Published on April 26, 1923 in "People's Register" and several editions of "The Franklin Repository", both of Chambersburg, PA. Notes: The obituaries have been edited/redacted for this bio. The marriage month is given as March in the article; however, records on ancestry.com show the marriage took place on Dec 1, 1868. I have, therefore, used Dec. in the bio According to his death certificate, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Second enlistment information was provided by contributor Dennis Brandt, #47232334.)
George A. Minnich, a contractor carpenter and Civil War veteran, died suddenly Tuesday among comrades with whom he faced death on the battlefield and with whom in later years he had held high the colors of the G.A.R.
Death came this afternoon at the home of Mr. Beckner, South Second Street, in the little circle of comrades of Housum Post, G.A. R., who had gathered there for a regular meeting of the post. The post chaplain had just concluded the prayer. Mr. Minnich seated himself in a chair, gasped and was dead. He had been ill last week with heart trouble and spent two days in bed.
Mr. Minnich was a thoroughly representative citizen of Chambersburg. He was industrious, honest and painstaking in his work and prominent in enterprises for the development of the town. He served a term in borough council and his administration was a progressive one.
Mr. Minnich was born Aug. 21, 1844 at Mount Vernon, Ohio, a son of Daniel and Jane( Kerr) Minnich. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Chambersburg.
Mr. Minnich was a Civil War veteran, serving two terms of service. He enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Chambersburg June 11, 1863, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg as a Private on July 15 with Co. D in the six-month organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pennsylvania). Just prior to enlistment in the army, he had started for Harrisburg to enlist in the Union Army. He was taken prisoner by Jenkins' cavalry and was sent to farm house to get horses. He managed to escaped. He re-enlisted at the stated age of age of nineteen in Chambersburg on January 26, 1864 and mustered into federal service there on January 27 as a private with the three-year organization of Co. D, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry. He remained in service until the end of the war and was present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in Appomattox. He was honorably discharged with his company from service on July 8, 1865.
At the conclusion of the war he returned to Chambersburg and engaged in carpentering. He purchased an brewery on West King Street and converted it into a planing mill, which he operated until the time of his death. For years he was engaged in all the larger building enterprises of Chambersburg and Franklin County.
In Dec. 1868, he married Miss Annie McIntire of Chambersburg.
He was a member of Falling Spring Presbyterian Church; Colonel P.B. Housum Post, No. 309, G.A.R., of which he was quartermaster at the time of his death; Columbus Lodge, I.O. O.F., Red Men, Junior Mechanics, Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Golden Eagle.
He is survived by the following children: Joseph and Charles, Mrs. Joseph Davis of town, Misses Catherine, Bertha and Hazel at home and two brothers, Daniel B. Minnich of South Franklin Street and Barney Minnich of Baltimore.
(Published on April 26, 1923 in "People's Register" and several editions of "The Franklin Repository", both of Chambersburg, PA. Notes: The obituaries have been edited/redacted for this bio. The marriage month is given as March in the article; however, records on ancestry.com show the marriage took place on Dec 1, 1868. I have, therefore, used Dec. in the bio According to his death certificate, he died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Second enlistment information was provided by contributor Dennis Brandt, #47232334.)
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