The son of Jacob & Mary (Miller) Numer, in 1850 he was living in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census. A telegrapher and carpenter by trade, he stood 5' 6" tall and had sandy hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Shippensburg August 4, 1862, and mustered into federal service in Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. D, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. Although he wrote "M" for his middle initial, a clerk read it as a "W" and placed him on the rolls as "David W. Numer." Hospitalized September 19, 1862, for illness after the battle of Antietam, he returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He also enlisted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle March 15, 1865, as a private with Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pa). The mustering officer copied his name from the 130th Pa roll, so he again served as "David W. Numer." Promoted to 1st sergeant to date July 1, he honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865.
He married Sarah E. Daugherty in 1870 and fathered Carrie M. (b. 09/03/70 - married Charles Frederick Hench), Grace (b. 1873), and Henry "Harry" (b. 10/19/76). Sarah died May 4, 1877, and is buried in Altoona, Blair County, where they had been living. He married widow Sarah Ella Troup, née Ehrhart, February 11, 1880, and fathered William Ehrhart (b. 12/20/80). They lived in Altoona but by no later than 1900 were residing in Juniata Township, Perry County, where he was a member of Arnold Lobaugh Post No. 297, G.A.R. and where he died "suddenly . . . probably [from] an organic heart lesion."
The 1910 census lists the family name as "Weimer." March also reported as month of death.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Shippensburg August 4, 1862, and mustered into federal service in Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. D, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. Although he wrote "M" for his middle initial, a clerk read it as a "W" and placed him on the rolls as "David W. Numer." Hospitalized September 19, 1862, for illness after the battle of Antietam, he returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He also enlisted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle March 15, 1865, as a private with Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pa). The mustering officer copied his name from the 130th Pa roll, so he again served as "David W. Numer." Promoted to 1st sergeant to date July 1, he honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865.
He married Sarah E. Daugherty in 1870 and fathered Carrie M. (b. 09/03/70 - married Charles Frederick Hench), Grace (b. 1873), and Henry "Harry" (b. 10/19/76). Sarah died May 4, 1877, and is buried in Altoona, Blair County, where they had been living. He married widow Sarah Ella Troup, née Ehrhart, February 11, 1880, and fathered William Ehrhart (b. 12/20/80). They lived in Altoona but by no later than 1900 were residing in Juniata Township, Perry County, where he was a member of Arnold Lobaugh Post No. 297, G.A.R. and where he died "suddenly . . . probably [from] an organic heart lesion."
The 1910 census lists the family name as "Weimer." March also reported as month of death.
The son of Jacob & Mary (Miller) Numer, in 1850 he was living in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census. A telegrapher and carpenter by trade, he stood 5' 6" tall and had sandy hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Shippensburg August 4, 1862, and mustered into federal service in Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. D, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. Although he wrote "M" for his middle initial, a clerk read it as a "W" and placed him on the rolls as "David W. Numer." Hospitalized September 19, 1862, for illness after the battle of Antietam, he returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He also enlisted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle March 15, 1865, as a private with Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pa). The mustering officer copied his name from the 130th Pa roll, so he again served as "David W. Numer." Promoted to 1st sergeant to date July 1, he honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865.
He married Sarah E. Daugherty in 1870 and fathered Carrie M. (b. 09/03/70 - married Charles Frederick Hench), Grace (b. 1873), and Henry "Harry" (b. 10/19/76). Sarah died May 4, 1877, and is buried in Altoona, Blair County, where they had been living. He married widow Sarah Ella Troup, née Ehrhart, February 11, 1880, and fathered William Ehrhart (b. 12/20/80). They lived in Altoona but by no later than 1900 were residing in Juniata Township, Perry County, where he was a member of Arnold Lobaugh Post No. 297, G.A.R. and where he died "suddenly . . . probably [from] an organic heart lesion."
The 1910 census lists the family name as "Weimer." March also reported as month of death.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Shippensburg August 4, 1862, and mustered into federal service in Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. D, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. Although he wrote "M" for his middle initial, a clerk read it as a "W" and placed him on the rolls as "David W. Numer." Hospitalized September 19, 1862, for illness after the battle of Antietam, he returned to duty and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. He also enlisted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle March 15, 1865, as a private with Co. H, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry (161st Pa). The mustering officer copied his name from the 130th Pa roll, so he again served as "David W. Numer." Promoted to 1st sergeant to date July 1, he honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1865.
He married Sarah E. Daugherty in 1870 and fathered Carrie M. (b. 09/03/70 - married Charles Frederick Hench), Grace (b. 1873), and Henry "Harry" (b. 10/19/76). Sarah died May 4, 1877, and is buried in Altoona, Blair County, where they had been living. He married widow Sarah Ella Troup, née Ehrhart, February 11, 1880, and fathered William Ehrhart (b. 12/20/80). They lived in Altoona but by no later than 1900 were residing in Juniata Township, Perry County, where he was a member of Arnold Lobaugh Post No. 297, G.A.R. and where he died "suddenly . . . probably [from] an organic heart lesion."
The 1910 census lists the family name as "Weimer." March also reported as month of death.
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