Cemetery records at the Lititz (PA) Library. "(Middle initial as on stone)" Age: 40-06-28 (years, months, days). NOTE: Listed right under his name is BENTZ, Elizabeth w/o Samuel R., I believe this is his wife.
NOTE: Civil War Veteran.
Funeral notice from an ancestry.com family tree:
Published 1 Jun 1886 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
"The funeral of Samuel Bentz passed over the Cornwall and Mt. Hope railroad this morning en route for White Oak, where he will be laid in his last resting place. Mr. Bentz was a resident of Cornwall until quite lately, when he moved to Lebanon, where he died."
The following information is from contributor Dennis Brandt (member #47232334):
" In 1860, he was living with and/or working for tenet farmer Jacob Hartranft in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Blantz March 15, 1864, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, and fathered Isabella (b. 06/15/64), Franklin (b. 05/06/65), Clayton (b. 01/??/68), Milton (b. 03/02/71), Adam J. (b. 09/10/72), Addison J. (b. @1873), Henry (b. 06/30/74), Edward (b. 09/08/76), William (b. @1880), and Robert (b. 08/24/82).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 2, 1864, as a private with Independent Battery C Pennsylvania Light Artillery. On January 12, 1865, he was among those transferred to Battery I, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Pa). He then transferred again, date as yet unknown, as a unassigned man with the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (152nd Pa), and honorably discharged by general order July 10, 1865. His military records alternately report his middle initial as "K" and "R," which was commonplace for the times.
In 1880, he was living in Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. He died in Lebanon. "
NOTE: Civil War Veteran.
Funeral notice from an ancestry.com family tree:
Published 1 Jun 1886 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
"The funeral of Samuel Bentz passed over the Cornwall and Mt. Hope railroad this morning en route for White Oak, where he will be laid in his last resting place. Mr. Bentz was a resident of Cornwall until quite lately, when he moved to Lebanon, where he died."
The following information is from contributor Dennis Brandt (member #47232334):
" In 1860, he was living with and/or working for tenet farmer Jacob Hartranft in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Blantz March 15, 1864, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, and fathered Isabella (b. 06/15/64), Franklin (b. 05/06/65), Clayton (b. 01/??/68), Milton (b. 03/02/71), Adam J. (b. 09/10/72), Addison J. (b. @1873), Henry (b. 06/30/74), Edward (b. 09/08/76), William (b. @1880), and Robert (b. 08/24/82).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 2, 1864, as a private with Independent Battery C Pennsylvania Light Artillery. On January 12, 1865, he was among those transferred to Battery I, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Pa). He then transferred again, date as yet unknown, as a unassigned man with the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (152nd Pa), and honorably discharged by general order July 10, 1865. His military records alternately report his middle initial as "K" and "R," which was commonplace for the times.
In 1880, he was living in Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. He died in Lebanon. "
Cemetery records at the Lititz (PA) Library. "(Middle initial as on stone)" Age: 40-06-28 (years, months, days). NOTE: Listed right under his name is BENTZ, Elizabeth w/o Samuel R., I believe this is his wife.
NOTE: Civil War Veteran.
Funeral notice from an ancestry.com family tree:
Published 1 Jun 1886 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
"The funeral of Samuel Bentz passed over the Cornwall and Mt. Hope railroad this morning en route for White Oak, where he will be laid in his last resting place. Mr. Bentz was a resident of Cornwall until quite lately, when he moved to Lebanon, where he died."
The following information is from contributor Dennis Brandt (member #47232334):
" In 1860, he was living with and/or working for tenet farmer Jacob Hartranft in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Blantz March 15, 1864, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, and fathered Isabella (b. 06/15/64), Franklin (b. 05/06/65), Clayton (b. 01/??/68), Milton (b. 03/02/71), Adam J. (b. 09/10/72), Addison J. (b. @1873), Henry (b. 06/30/74), Edward (b. 09/08/76), William (b. @1880), and Robert (b. 08/24/82).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 2, 1864, as a private with Independent Battery C Pennsylvania Light Artillery. On January 12, 1865, he was among those transferred to Battery I, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Pa). He then transferred again, date as yet unknown, as a unassigned man with the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (152nd Pa), and honorably discharged by general order July 10, 1865. His military records alternately report his middle initial as "K" and "R," which was commonplace for the times.
In 1880, he was living in Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. He died in Lebanon. "
NOTE: Civil War Veteran.
Funeral notice from an ancestry.com family tree:
Published 1 Jun 1886 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
"The funeral of Samuel Bentz passed over the Cornwall and Mt. Hope railroad this morning en route for White Oak, where he will be laid in his last resting place. Mr. Bentz was a resident of Cornwall until quite lately, when he moved to Lebanon, where he died."
The following information is from contributor Dennis Brandt (member #47232334):
" In 1860, he was living with and/or working for tenet farmer Jacob Hartranft in Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He married Elizabeth Blantz March 15, 1864, in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, and fathered Isabella (b. 06/15/64), Franklin (b. 05/06/65), Clayton (b. 01/??/68), Milton (b. 03/02/71), Adam J. (b. 09/10/72), Addison J. (b. @1873), Henry (b. 06/30/74), Edward (b. 09/08/76), William (b. @1880), and Robert (b. 08/24/82).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster September 2, 1864, as a private with Independent Battery C Pennsylvania Light Artillery. On January 12, 1865, he was among those transferred to Battery I, 5th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (204th Pa). He then transferred again, date as yet unknown, as a unassigned man with the 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (152nd Pa), and honorably discharged by general order July 10, 1865. His military records alternately report his middle initial as "K" and "R," which was commonplace for the times.
In 1880, he was living in Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. He died in Lebanon. "
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