Born at Bemus Mills, Crawford County, PA to Jonathan & Mary Ann David. Married Kate E. Hunter on March 11, 1874.
Biography from the David Family Scrapbook by Bruce David:
Following the death of his father, Albert, then fifteen, lived with his brother, Benjamin, at Saegertown, and learned the trade of harnessmaker with Absolom Mook. Under age, he enlisted in the Civil War, but was released. At the age of twenty, he again enlisted in the army, and became a sargeant, stationed in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Here, he later helped to survey the boundaries. Returning east in 1874, he was married, and went to the Bradford oil fields, where he later acquired his own wells. His death resulted from a fall from an oil derrick.
Civil War, serving in Co. C, 159th Regt, PA
He had 7 children:
Edna Eleanor 1875-1959
Juanita 1876-1931
Benjamin Grubb 1878-1937
Jessie Benton 1880-1952
Charles William "Gib" 1881-1957
Margaret Adella 1889-1981
Ethelbert Owen 1890-1890
Biography from the David Family Scrapbook by Bruce David:
Following the death of his father, Albert, then fifteen, lived with his brother, Benjamin, at Saegertown, and learned the trade of harnessmaker with Absolom Mook. Under age, he enlisted in the Civil War, but was released. At the age of twenty, he again enlisted in the army, and became a sargeant, stationed in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Here, he later helped to survey the boundaries. Returning east in 1874, he was married, and went to the Bradford oil fields, where he later acquired his own wells. His death resulted from a fall from an oil derrick.
Civil War, serving in Co. C, 159th Regt, PA
He had 7 children:
Edna Eleanor 1875-1959
Juanita 1876-1931
Benjamin Grubb 1878-1937
Jessie Benton 1880-1952
Charles William "Gib" 1881-1957
Margaret Adella 1889-1981
Ethelbert Owen 1890-1890
Born at Bemus Mills, Crawford County, PA to Jonathan & Mary Ann David. Married Kate E. Hunter on March 11, 1874.
Biography from the David Family Scrapbook by Bruce David:
Following the death of his father, Albert, then fifteen, lived with his brother, Benjamin, at Saegertown, and learned the trade of harnessmaker with Absolom Mook. Under age, he enlisted in the Civil War, but was released. At the age of twenty, he again enlisted in the army, and became a sargeant, stationed in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Here, he later helped to survey the boundaries. Returning east in 1874, he was married, and went to the Bradford oil fields, where he later acquired his own wells. His death resulted from a fall from an oil derrick.
Civil War, serving in Co. C, 159th Regt, PA
He had 7 children:
Edna Eleanor 1875-1959
Juanita 1876-1931
Benjamin Grubb 1878-1937
Jessie Benton 1880-1952
Charles William "Gib" 1881-1957
Margaret Adella 1889-1981
Ethelbert Owen 1890-1890
Biography from the David Family Scrapbook by Bruce David:
Following the death of his father, Albert, then fifteen, lived with his brother, Benjamin, at Saegertown, and learned the trade of harnessmaker with Absolom Mook. Under age, he enlisted in the Civil War, but was released. At the age of twenty, he again enlisted in the army, and became a sargeant, stationed in the Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Here, he later helped to survey the boundaries. Returning east in 1874, he was married, and went to the Bradford oil fields, where he later acquired his own wells. His death resulted from a fall from an oil derrick.
Civil War, serving in Co. C, 159th Regt, PA
He had 7 children:
Edna Eleanor 1875-1959
Juanita 1876-1931
Benjamin Grubb 1878-1937
Jessie Benton 1880-1952
Charles William "Gib" 1881-1957
Margaret Adella 1889-1981
Ethelbert Owen 1890-1890
Gravesite Details
Son of Jonathan & Mary Ann, Husband of Kate, 46y Civil War, Co C159th Pa
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