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Born in Pennsylvania sometime around 1845, Henry Clay Seasholtz was the son of Pennsylvania natives, Jacob (born about 1810) and Ruth Seasholtz (born about 1818).

He was raised in Upper Augusta Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, where his father, Jacob, was a farmer.

Henry enlisted as a Private with Company C (the "Sunbury Guards") of the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers on 23 February 1865. Mustered out with his regiment at the close of the Civil War at Charleston, South Carolina on 25 December 1865. His younger brother, Ira, was also a member of C Company, and enlisted and mustered out the same day as Henry.

In addition, Henry's Civil War Pension record indicates that he also had served with Company F of the 36th Pennsylvania Militia.

AFTER THE WAR
Returning home after the Civil War, Henry C. Seasholtz lived at home with his parents and several siblings in 1870. While his father worked as a contractor, Henry worked as a laborer.

By the mid-1870s, Henry was married and living with his wife, Sarah E. (Rockefeller) Seasholtz, in Northumberland County. An Upper Augusta Township native born on 28 December 1850, she was the daughter of Lewis and Catherine (Campbell) Rockfeller. David William Seasholtz, Henry and Sarah's son, was born on 2 December 1875 in Northumberland County.

By 1880, Henry was working as a farmer, and living with Sarah and David in Shamokin, Northumberland County.

Both the June 1890 U.S. Veteran's Schedule and the Civil War Pension application filed by Henry's widow on 2 May 1890 indicate that Sarah was widowed by this time and living in Sunbury, Northumberland County. The Veteran's Schedule also indicates that Henry suffered from a chronic health condition which may have been related to his time in the military. He died in 1890, and was interred at the Sunbury Cemetery.


Sources: Bates' "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5"; Pennsylvania Veteran's Burial Index Card (H.C. Seasholtz); U.S. Census (1860, 1870); U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Application No.: 696538, Certificate No.: 455113, filed from Pennsylvania by the veteran on 28 March 1889; Application No.: 421610, Certificate No.: 299788, filed from Pennsylvania by the veteran's widow, "Sarah E. Seasholtz" on 2 May 1890); U.S. Veteran's Schedule (June 1890).