CIVIL WAR VETERAN. SERVED WITH CO K 165TH PA INFANTRY. DIED AT AGE 88
Drafted: 165th Pa Infantry, Co.K 1862-1863
Served: 101st Pa Infantry, Co.F 1865-1865
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William D. Shuff, of near Uriah, Cumberland county, died at his home Monday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, aged 88 years, 9 months, and 3 days.
Mr. Shuff leaves his wife, Mrs. William D. Shuff; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Miller, of Idaville, and Mrs. Fahnestock, of Mt. Holly Springs. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Jane Murtorff, of Lewistown, and one brother, John Shuff, of Harrisburg. Eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive him. Mr. Shuff is also survived by members of the fifth generation.
Mr. Shuff served in Company K, 156th Pennsylvania.
Funeral services at the house Thursday morning, July 20th at 10 o'clock. Rev. D.P. Schaeffer, of Idaville, officiating. Interment at Flint Ridge, Cumberland county.
Pall bearers were Albert Davis, Isaac Rice, W.T. Gardner, W.F. Gardner, W.W. Myers, Amos Bream.
Retyped: Adams County News(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 22 July 1911.
Death certificate indicates parents: Jacob Shuff & Annie Day.
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The son of Jacob & Annie (Day) Shuff, he married Matilda E. Glass October 2, 1848, and fathered Louisa V. (b. 08/06/51 - married Samuel Miller) and Lucretia S. (b. 10/24/69 - married John A. Fahnstock). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 10 as a private with Co. K, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Shot in the left leg and hip, place and date unknown, but most likely at Suffolk, Virginia, during April 1863, he nonetheless honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863. He enlisted and mustered in Carlisle March 7, 1865, as a private with the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry with the second organization of Co. F, and honorably discharged with his company June 25, 1865.
In 1880-90, he lived in Huntington Township, Adams County, and in 1893, in Uriah, Cumberland County, and weighed a meager 108 lbs. He died at age 88-9-3 (which calculates to a birth year of 1822) in Huntington Township from a "paralytic stroke." His surname is also found as "Shupp."
Thanks to Dennis Brandt for the additional information.
Drafted: 165th Pa Infantry, Co.K 1862-1863
Served: 101st Pa Infantry, Co.F 1865-1865
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William D. Shuff, of near Uriah, Cumberland county, died at his home Monday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, aged 88 years, 9 months, and 3 days.
Mr. Shuff leaves his wife, Mrs. William D. Shuff; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Miller, of Idaville, and Mrs. Fahnestock, of Mt. Holly Springs. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Jane Murtorff, of Lewistown, and one brother, John Shuff, of Harrisburg. Eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive him. Mr. Shuff is also survived by members of the fifth generation.
Mr. Shuff served in Company K, 156th Pennsylvania.
Funeral services at the house Thursday morning, July 20th at 10 o'clock. Rev. D.P. Schaeffer, of Idaville, officiating. Interment at Flint Ridge, Cumberland county.
Pall bearers were Albert Davis, Isaac Rice, W.T. Gardner, W.F. Gardner, W.W. Myers, Amos Bream.
Retyped: Adams County News(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 22 July 1911.
Death certificate indicates parents: Jacob Shuff & Annie Day.
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The son of Jacob & Annie (Day) Shuff, he married Matilda E. Glass October 2, 1848, and fathered Louisa V. (b. 08/06/51 - married Samuel Miller) and Lucretia S. (b. 10/24/69 - married John A. Fahnstock). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 10 as a private with Co. K, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Shot in the left leg and hip, place and date unknown, but most likely at Suffolk, Virginia, during April 1863, he nonetheless honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863. He enlisted and mustered in Carlisle March 7, 1865, as a private with the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry with the second organization of Co. F, and honorably discharged with his company June 25, 1865.
In 1880-90, he lived in Huntington Township, Adams County, and in 1893, in Uriah, Cumberland County, and weighed a meager 108 lbs. He died at age 88-9-3 (which calculates to a birth year of 1822) in Huntington Township from a "paralytic stroke." His surname is also found as "Shupp."
Thanks to Dennis Brandt for the additional information.
CIVIL WAR VETERAN. SERVED WITH CO K 165TH PA INFANTRY. DIED AT AGE 88
Drafted: 165th Pa Infantry, Co.K 1862-1863
Served: 101st Pa Infantry, Co.F 1865-1865
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William D. Shuff, of near Uriah, Cumberland county, died at his home Monday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, aged 88 years, 9 months, and 3 days.
Mr. Shuff leaves his wife, Mrs. William D. Shuff; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Miller, of Idaville, and Mrs. Fahnestock, of Mt. Holly Springs. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Jane Murtorff, of Lewistown, and one brother, John Shuff, of Harrisburg. Eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive him. Mr. Shuff is also survived by members of the fifth generation.
Mr. Shuff served in Company K, 156th Pennsylvania.
Funeral services at the house Thursday morning, July 20th at 10 o'clock. Rev. D.P. Schaeffer, of Idaville, officiating. Interment at Flint Ridge, Cumberland county.
Pall bearers were Albert Davis, Isaac Rice, W.T. Gardner, W.F. Gardner, W.W. Myers, Amos Bream.
Retyped: Adams County News(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 22 July 1911.
Death certificate indicates parents: Jacob Shuff & Annie Day.
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The son of Jacob & Annie (Day) Shuff, he married Matilda E. Glass October 2, 1848, and fathered Louisa V. (b. 08/06/51 - married Samuel Miller) and Lucretia S. (b. 10/24/69 - married John A. Fahnstock). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 10 as a private with Co. K, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Shot in the left leg and hip, place and date unknown, but most likely at Suffolk, Virginia, during April 1863, he nonetheless honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863. He enlisted and mustered in Carlisle March 7, 1865, as a private with the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry with the second organization of Co. F, and honorably discharged with his company June 25, 1865.
In 1880-90, he lived in Huntington Township, Adams County, and in 1893, in Uriah, Cumberland County, and weighed a meager 108 lbs. He died at age 88-9-3 (which calculates to a birth year of 1822) in Huntington Township from a "paralytic stroke." His surname is also found as "Shupp."
Thanks to Dennis Brandt for the additional information.
Drafted: 165th Pa Infantry, Co.K 1862-1863
Served: 101st Pa Infantry, Co.F 1865-1865
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William D. Shuff, of near Uriah, Cumberland county, died at his home Monday afternoon at 4:20 o'clock, aged 88 years, 9 months, and 3 days.
Mr. Shuff leaves his wife, Mrs. William D. Shuff; two daughters, Mrs. Samuel Miller, of Idaville, and Mrs. Fahnestock, of Mt. Holly Springs. He also leaves a sister, Mrs. Jane Murtorff, of Lewistown, and one brother, John Shuff, of Harrisburg. Eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren survive him. Mr. Shuff is also survived by members of the fifth generation.
Mr. Shuff served in Company K, 156th Pennsylvania.
Funeral services at the house Thursday morning, July 20th at 10 o'clock. Rev. D.P. Schaeffer, of Idaville, officiating. Interment at Flint Ridge, Cumberland county.
Pall bearers were Albert Davis, Isaac Rice, W.T. Gardner, W.F. Gardner, W.W. Myers, Amos Bream.
Retyped: Adams County News(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 22 July 1911.
Death certificate indicates parents: Jacob Shuff & Annie Day.
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The son of Jacob & Annie (Day) Shuff, he married Matilda E. Glass October 2, 1848, and fathered Louisa V. (b. 08/06/51 - married Samuel Miller) and Lucretia S. (b. 10/24/69 - married John A. Fahnstock). In 1860, he was a blacksmith living in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 10 as a private with Co. K, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"). Shot in the left leg and hip, place and date unknown, but most likely at Suffolk, Virginia, during April 1863, he nonetheless honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863. He enlisted and mustered in Carlisle March 7, 1865, as a private with the 101st Pennsylvania Infantry with the second organization of Co. F, and honorably discharged with his company June 25, 1865.
In 1880-90, he lived in Huntington Township, Adams County, and in 1893, in Uriah, Cumberland County, and weighed a meager 108 lbs. He died at age 88-9-3 (which calculates to a birth year of 1822) in Huntington Township from a "paralytic stroke." His surname is also found as "Shupp."
Thanks to Dennis Brandt for the additional information.
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