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William Henry Smith

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William Henry Smith

Birth
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
13 Apr 1916 (aged 75)
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The son of David R. & Matilda Ann (Spangler) Smith, in 1860, he was a clerk living in Carlisle and later became a grocer and accountant. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and brown eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Carlisle August 5, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11, 1862, as a private with Co. A, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry but detailed as a clerk in the quartermaster department September 1, 1862. He was sent to Carver U.S. Hospital in Washington DC November-December 1862 time frame, transferred to the hospital in York March-April period, and rejoined the regiment May 15, 1863, to be honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. Brothers George, Theodore U., and James Albert also served with the 130th Pennsylvania.

He married Margaret Ann Waggoner April 12, 1866, in Carlisle and fathered John Underwood (b. 05/05/57), and Theodore B. (b. 09/19/69), Milton H. (b. 05/07/72), Margaret A. (b. 12/24/78), and Edward Arthur (b. 03/11/82).
The son of David R. & Matilda Ann (Spangler) Smith, in 1860, he was a clerk living in Carlisle and later became a grocer and accountant. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and brown eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Carlisle August 5, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11, 1862, as a private with Co. A, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry but detailed as a clerk in the quartermaster department September 1, 1862. He was sent to Carver U.S. Hospital in Washington DC November-December 1862 time frame, transferred to the hospital in York March-April period, and rejoined the regiment May 15, 1863, to be honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863. Brothers George, Theodore U., and James Albert also served with the 130th Pennsylvania.

He married Margaret Ann Waggoner April 12, 1866, in Carlisle and fathered John Underwood (b. 05/05/57), and Theodore B. (b. 09/19/69), Milton H. (b. 05/07/72), Margaret A. (b. 12/24/78), and Edward Arthur (b. 03/11/82).


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