In 1860, he was a laborer living in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. His birth year may have been 1849, as reported in the 1900 census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg March 2, 1865 (claiming to be eighteen years of age), mustered into federal service there March 7 as a private with the second Co. G, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 29, 1865.
After the war, he lived in Maryland and Washington DC. He married Savannah C. Yeiser, six years his senior, after 1880 and fathered Goldie M. (b. 08/??/83). On August 13, 1913, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, left October 19, 1918, reentered May 27, 1920, and left again April 15, 1921.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg March 2, 1865 (claiming to be eighteen years of age), mustered into federal service there March 7 as a private with the second Co. G, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 29, 1865.
After the war, he lived in Maryland and Washington DC. He married Savannah C. Yeiser, six years his senior, after 1880 and fathered Goldie M. (b. 08/??/83). On August 13, 1913, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, left October 19, 1918, reentered May 27, 1920, and left again April 15, 1921.
In 1860, he was a laborer living in Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland. His birth year may have been 1849, as reported in the 1900 census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg March 2, 1865 (claiming to be eighteen years of age), mustered into federal service there March 7 as a private with the second Co. G, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 29, 1865.
After the war, he lived in Maryland and Washington DC. He married Savannah C. Yeiser, six years his senior, after 1880 and fathered Goldie M. (b. 08/??/83). On August 13, 1913, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, left October 19, 1918, reentered May 27, 1920, and left again April 15, 1921.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg March 2, 1865 (claiming to be eighteen years of age), mustered into federal service there March 7 as a private with the second Co. G, 74th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 29, 1865.
After the war, he lived in Maryland and Washington DC. He married Savannah C. Yeiser, six years his senior, after 1880 and fathered Goldie M. (b. 08/??/83). On August 13, 1913, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, left October 19, 1918, reentered May 27, 1920, and left again April 15, 1921.
Bio by: Dennis Brandt
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Co. G, 74th Regt., PA I. N. F.
Gravesite Details
Aged 78? years
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