He married Catharine Herbst February 17, 1859, and fathered Charles Newton (b. @1861), John Elsworth (b./d. 1863), George Edward (b. 10/??/64), Harry Grant (b. 09/01/68), and Sarah Jane (b. @1871). In 1860, he was a farmer living in Butler Township, Adams County, and stood 5' 9" tall with sandy hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 6 as a private with Co. D, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863, in Gettysburg.
In 1890, he lived in Cumberland Township, Adams County.
He married Catharine Herbst February 17, 1859, and fathered Charles Newton (b. @1861), John Elsworth (b./d. 1863), George Edward (b. 10/??/64), Harry Grant (b. 09/01/68), and Sarah Jane (b. @1871). In 1860, he was a farmer living in Butler Township, Adams County, and stood 5' 9" tall with sandy hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Adams County October 16, 1862, mustered into federal service at Gettysburg November 6 as a private with Co. D, 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company July 28, 1863, in Gettysburg.
In 1890, he lived in Cumberland Township, Adams County.
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