Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry
Wounded, 8 May 1864, Spotsylvania VA, left arm amputated
What a tell-tale thing is an empty sleeve.
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The son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Ferguson) LeFevre [sic], David Lefever married Elizabeth Boggs August 25, 1857.
In 1860, Lefever was a farmer living in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. In the Civil War, he was drafted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle August 14, 1863, as a private with Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left arm at Laurel Hill, Virginia (part of the larger battle of Spotsylvania), and surgeons had to amputate the limb. He was discharged by surgeon's certificate, November 30, 1864.
An 1871 graduate of Dickinson College, Lefever turned to the ministry and was ordained in the Reformed church in 1874. He and his wife served as Reformed missionaries in North Carolina, Iowa, and the eastern shore of Maryland for 20 years, then retired to the Reading area.
His survivors included his wife Elizabeth, adopted son Wilmer, and sister Mrs. Anna Schearer.
[re: Reading Times, Reading, PA, Saturday, 28 April 1917]
Private, Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry
Wounded, 8 May 1864, Spotsylvania VA, left arm amputated
What a tell-tale thing is an empty sleeve.
∼
The son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Ferguson) LeFevre [sic], David Lefever married Elizabeth Boggs August 25, 1857.
In 1860, Lefever was a farmer living in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. In the Civil War, he was drafted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle August 14, 1863, as a private with Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left arm at Laurel Hill, Virginia (part of the larger battle of Spotsylvania), and surgeons had to amputate the limb. He was discharged by surgeon's certificate, November 30, 1864.
An 1871 graduate of Dickinson College, Lefever turned to the ministry and was ordained in the Reformed church in 1874. He and his wife served as Reformed missionaries in North Carolina, Iowa, and the eastern shore of Maryland for 20 years, then retired to the Reading area.
His survivors included his wife Elizabeth, adopted son Wilmer, and sister Mrs. Anna Schearer.
[re: Reading Times, Reading, PA, Saturday, 28 April 1917]
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry
Wounded, 8 May 1864, Spotsylvania VA, left arm amputated
What a tell-tale thing is an empty sleeve.
∼
The son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Ferguson) LeFevre [sic], David Lefever married Elizabeth Boggs August 25, 1857.
In 1860, Lefever was a farmer living in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. In the Civil War, he was drafted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle August 14, 1863, as a private with Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left arm at Laurel Hill, Virginia (part of the larger battle of Spotsylvania), and surgeons had to amputate the limb. He was discharged by surgeon's certificate, November 30, 1864.
An 1871 graduate of Dickinson College, Lefever turned to the ministry and was ordained in the Reformed church in 1874. He and his wife served as Reformed missionaries in North Carolina, Iowa, and the eastern shore of Maryland for 20 years, then retired to the Reading area.
His survivors included his wife Elizabeth, adopted son Wilmer, and sister Mrs. Anna Schearer.
[re: Reading Times, Reading, PA, Saturday, 28 April 1917]
Private, Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry
Wounded, 8 May 1864, Spotsylvania VA, left arm amputated
What a tell-tale thing is an empty sleeve.
∼
The son of Jacob & Elizabeth (Ferguson) LeFevre [sic], David Lefever married Elizabeth Boggs August 25, 1857.
In 1860, Lefever was a farmer living in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with brown hair and hazel eyes. In the Civil War, he was drafted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle August 14, 1863, as a private with Co. G, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left arm at Laurel Hill, Virginia (part of the larger battle of Spotsylvania), and surgeons had to amputate the limb. He was discharged by surgeon's certificate, November 30, 1864.
An 1871 graduate of Dickinson College, Lefever turned to the ministry and was ordained in the Reformed church in 1874. He and his wife served as Reformed missionaries in North Carolina, Iowa, and the eastern shore of Maryland for 20 years, then retired to the Reading area.
His survivors included his wife Elizabeth, adopted son Wilmer, and sister Mrs. Anna Schearer.
[re: Reading Times, Reading, PA, Saturday, 28 April 1917]
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