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John Frederick “Drummer Johnny” Smith

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John Frederick “Drummer Johnny” Smith

Birth
York Springs, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Oct 1926 (aged 79)
Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Canton, Stark County, Ohio, USA Add to Map
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The son of Frederick Dravenstot & Julia Ann (Joines) Smith, in 1860, he was a shoemaker living in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and brown eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg during the Gettysburg crisis June 29, 1863, mustered into state service there July 8 as a private with Co. D, 37th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863. He is in the muster roll as "Frederick J. Smith."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg, Franklin County, February 10, 1864, as a musician (drummer) with Battery C, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (152nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his battery November 9, 1865. He is again in the company register as "Frederick J. Smith" and later applied for his pension using that name.

He married Rachael Ann Rouzer June 11, 1866 or 69, in Gettysburg and fathered Cora Mae (b. 07/06/71), Mary Ann (b. 03/11/73), Charles Centennial (b. 05/04/76), Eva Ray (b. 03/29/78), Daisy Irene (b. 08/23/81), Frederick Oscar (b. 03/12/84), and Orrie Rouzer (b. 09/11/87). He moved his family to Springfield, Ohio, sometime before the birth of his first child but returned to Gettysburg. At the urging of relatives, he moved to Canton, Stark County, Ohio, ca. 1881 where he became a charter member of McKinley Post No. 25, G.A.R. and a drummer in the Grand Army Band known as "[Pres.] McKinley's Own." At his death, Canton's Evening Repository honored him with a substantial obituary.

It appears that he was always known by his middle name.
The son of Frederick Dravenstot & Julia Ann (Joines) Smith, in 1860, he was a shoemaker living in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 6" tall and had light hair and brown eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg during the Gettysburg crisis June 29, 1863, mustered into state service there July 8 as a private with Co. D, 37th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863. He is in the muster roll as "Frederick J. Smith."
2. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg, Franklin County, February 10, 1864, as a musician (drummer) with Battery C, 3rd Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery (152nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his battery November 9, 1865. He is again in the company register as "Frederick J. Smith" and later applied for his pension using that name.

He married Rachael Ann Rouzer June 11, 1866 or 69, in Gettysburg and fathered Cora Mae (b. 07/06/71), Mary Ann (b. 03/11/73), Charles Centennial (b. 05/04/76), Eva Ray (b. 03/29/78), Daisy Irene (b. 08/23/81), Frederick Oscar (b. 03/12/84), and Orrie Rouzer (b. 09/11/87). He moved his family to Springfield, Ohio, sometime before the birth of his first child but returned to Gettysburg. At the urging of relatives, he moved to Canton, Stark County, Ohio, ca. 1881 where he became a charter member of McKinley Post No. 25, G.A.R. and a drummer in the Grand Army Band known as "[Pres.] McKinley's Own." At his death, Canton's Evening Repository honored him with a substantial obituary.

It appears that he was always known by his middle name.

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