Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company D, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1861. Promoted to Corporal on April 1, 1863, he served until the expiration of his enlistment on June 23, 1864
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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, June 21, 1901,
GEORGE N. CORTRIGHT.
The Plainfleld Courier-News of June 8 contains a notice of the death of Mr. Cortright, which occurred in that city June 7. He had been ill since last November with paralysis caused by a gun shot wound in the side reoeived in the
war, where he was in seventeen hard fought battles, being a member of Company D, First Division, 6th Corps, and was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania. He was born in Milford about fifty-seven years ago and was a son of the late Samuel Cortright, for many years a justice of the peace and a prominent citizen here. After leaving the army he settled in Hawley and engaged in business, where he married Miss Emma Conkling. Subsequently he was an express messenger on the Erie and was afterwards an employe of the Standard Oil company and removed to Plainfield, N. J., about nine years ago. His wife and two daughters, Miss Katie, at home, and Mrs. John D. Holmes,of Downsville, N. Y., survive him. His sisters, Mrs. Charles Mitchell and Mrs. Fannie Drake of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Page of Burton, Kansas, and Mrs. S. Augusta Beach of this place, and one brother, Samuel, of Chicago, also survive. The funeral was held Monday, June 10th. The News says he was a Christian man and notes that he had many friends who will regret his demise.
Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company D, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1861. Promoted to Corporal on April 1, 1863, he served until the expiration of his enlistment on June 23, 1864.
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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, June 21, 1901,
GEORGE N. CORTRIGHT.
The Plainfleld Courier-News of June 8 contains a notice of the death of Mr. Cortright, which occurred in that city June 7. He had been ill since last November with paralysis caused by a gun shot wound in the side reoeived in the
war, where he was in seventeen hard fought battles, being a member of Company D, First Division, 6th Corps, and was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania. He was born in Milford about fifty-seven years ago and was a son of the late Samuel Cortright, for many years a justice of the peace and a prominent citizen here. After leaving the army he settled in Hawley and engaged in business, where he married Miss Emma Conkling. Subsequently he was an express messenger on the Erie and was afterwards an employe of the Standard Oil company and removed to Plainfield, N. J., about nine years ago. His wife and two daughters, Miss Katie, at home, and Mrs. John D. Holmes,of Downsville, N. Y., survive him. His sisters, Mrs. Charles Mitchell and Mrs. Fannie Drake of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Page of Burton, Kansas, and Mrs. S. Augusta Beach of this place, and one brother, Samuel, of Chicago, also survive. The funeral was held Monday, June 10th. The News says he was a Christian man and notes that he had many friends who will regret his demise.
Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company D, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1861. Promoted to Corporal on April 1, 1863, he served until the expiration of his enlistment on June 23, 1864.
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Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company D, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1861. Promoted to Corporal on April 1, 1863, he served until the expiration of his enlistment on June 23, 1864
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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, June 21, 1901,
GEORGE N. CORTRIGHT.
The Plainfleld Courier-News of June 8 contains a notice of the death of Mr. Cortright, which occurred in that city June 7. He had been ill since last November with paralysis caused by a gun shot wound in the side reoeived in the
war, where he was in seventeen hard fought battles, being a member of Company D, First Division, 6th Corps, and was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania. He was born in Milford about fifty-seven years ago and was a son of the late Samuel Cortright, for many years a justice of the peace and a prominent citizen here. After leaving the army he settled in Hawley and engaged in business, where he married Miss Emma Conkling. Subsequently he was an express messenger on the Erie and was afterwards an employe of the Standard Oil company and removed to Plainfield, N. J., about nine years ago. His wife and two daughters, Miss Katie, at home, and Mrs. John D. Holmes,of Downsville, N. Y., survive him. His sisters, Mrs. Charles Mitchell and Mrs. Fannie Drake of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Page of Burton, Kansas, and Mrs. S. Augusta Beach of this place, and one brother, Samuel, of Chicago, also survive. The funeral was held Monday, June 10th. The News says he was a Christian man and notes that he had many friends who will regret his demise.
Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company D, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1861. Promoted to Corporal on April 1, 1863, he served until the expiration of his enlistment on June 23, 1864.
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Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, June 21, 1901,
GEORGE N. CORTRIGHT.
The Plainfleld Courier-News of June 8 contains a notice of the death of Mr. Cortright, which occurred in that city June 7. He had been ill since last November with paralysis caused by a gun shot wound in the side reoeived in the
war, where he was in seventeen hard fought battles, being a member of Company D, First Division, 6th Corps, and was wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania. He was born in Milford about fifty-seven years ago and was a son of the late Samuel Cortright, for many years a justice of the peace and a prominent citizen here. After leaving the army he settled in Hawley and engaged in business, where he married Miss Emma Conkling. Subsequently he was an express messenger on the Erie and was afterwards an employe of the Standard Oil company and removed to Plainfield, N. J., about nine years ago. His wife and two daughters, Miss Katie, at home, and Mrs. John D. Holmes,of Downsville, N. Y., survive him. His sisters, Mrs. Charles Mitchell and Mrs. Fannie Drake of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs. Page of Burton, Kansas, and Mrs. S. Augusta Beach of this place, and one brother, Samuel, of Chicago, also survive. The funeral was held Monday, June 10th. The News says he was a Christian man and notes that he had many friends who will regret his demise.
Civil War Union Soldier. He was mustered in as a Private in Company D, 3rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry on May 27, 1861. Promoted to Corporal on April 1, 1863, he served until the expiration of his enlistment on June 23, 1864.
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