Aaron was the eighth of ten children born to John Dreher and Sarah Krieger. In Aug 1862, at age 19, he enlisted in the Civil War and served nine months in the 129th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Co. G, during which he was wounded 13 Dec 1862 at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Discharged at the end of his term in May 1863, he re-enlisted in Feb 1865 and served in the Carolinas and Washington D.C. with the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. K, until his discharge at Alexandria, Virginia, 16 July 1865. [His obituary mistakenly reverses his service.]
Back home in Mount Carmel, Aaron resumed working in the coal mines. On 15 Oct 1870 he married 26-year-old widow Mary Catherine (Wynn) Campbell, by whom had a step-daughter but no children of his own. He survived a mine explosion in Oct 1902, and in his later years worked as a janitor at the local High School.
At the time he enlisted in the Civil War, Aaron stood five-foot-eleven-inches tall and had blue eyes, sandy hair, and a fair complexion.
[Headstone photos by Robert David Miller]
Back home in Mount Carmel, Aaron resumed working in the coal mines. On 15 Oct 1870 he married 26-year-old widow Mary Catherine (Wynn) Campbell, by whom had a step-daughter but no children of his own. He survived a mine explosion in Oct 1902, and in his later years worked as a janitor at the local High School.
At the time he enlisted in the Civil War, Aaron stood five-foot-eleven-inches tall and had blue eyes, sandy hair, and a fair complexion.
[Headstone photos by Robert David Miller]
Aaron was the eighth of ten children born to John Dreher and Sarah Krieger. In Aug 1862, at age 19, he enlisted in the Civil War and served nine months in the 129th Pennsylvania Volunteers, Co. G, during which he was wounded 13 Dec 1862 at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Discharged at the end of his term in May 1863, he re-enlisted in Feb 1865 and served in the Carolinas and Washington D.C. with the 46th Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. K, until his discharge at Alexandria, Virginia, 16 July 1865. [His obituary mistakenly reverses his service.]
Back home in Mount Carmel, Aaron resumed working in the coal mines. On 15 Oct 1870 he married 26-year-old widow Mary Catherine (Wynn) Campbell, by whom had a step-daughter but no children of his own. He survived a mine explosion in Oct 1902, and in his later years worked as a janitor at the local High School.
At the time he enlisted in the Civil War, Aaron stood five-foot-eleven-inches tall and had blue eyes, sandy hair, and a fair complexion.
[Headstone photos by Robert David Miller]
Back home in Mount Carmel, Aaron resumed working in the coal mines. On 15 Oct 1870 he married 26-year-old widow Mary Catherine (Wynn) Campbell, by whom had a step-daughter but no children of his own. He survived a mine explosion in Oct 1902, and in his later years worked as a janitor at the local High School.
At the time he enlisted in the Civil War, Aaron stood five-foot-eleven-inches tall and had blue eyes, sandy hair, and a fair complexion.
[Headstone photos by Robert David Miller]
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