Civil War veteran, wounded at Gettysburg. A butcher by trade, Leonard Seitz enlisted at Geneva, New York, in 1862 and served until the close of the war in 1865. He came to the United States in 1852 and lived in Geneva, N.Y. or Seneca Falls, N.Y., until about 1888, when he moved to Rochester, N.Y. His first wife, Harriet Van Allen, mother of Matilda (Mattie), b. 1866, died in 1867. His second wife, Hannah Barnes, mother of Mary, b. 1869, Frances (Fannie), b. 1874, and Harriet (Hattie), b. 1876, died in 1884 in Geneva. In 1900, he became a resident of the soldiers' home at Bath, N.Y. His survivors included four daughters, Mrs. Fred (Mattie) Schoenfeld, Mrs. Frank (Fannie) Bowman, and Mrs. William (Mary) Bowman, all of Rochester, N.Y., and Mrs. Fred (Hattie) West of Buffalo, N.Y.; one brother, Frederick Seitz, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. Lottie Smith. Sources: Records of U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Bath Branch, Bath, New York (online at Ancestry.com); Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), November 25, 1903, page 12; U.S. Federal Census, 1870, 1880, 1900; City Directories, Rochester, New York, 1888-1901; New York State Death Index, Certificate Numbers 14943, 44621.
Interred 27 November 1903. Aged 65 years.
Interred 27 November 1903. Aged 65 years.
Civil War veteran, wounded at Gettysburg. A butcher by trade, Leonard Seitz enlisted at Geneva, New York, in 1862 and served until the close of the war in 1865. He came to the United States in 1852 and lived in Geneva, N.Y. or Seneca Falls, N.Y., until about 1888, when he moved to Rochester, N.Y. His first wife, Harriet Van Allen, mother of Matilda (Mattie), b. 1866, died in 1867. His second wife, Hannah Barnes, mother of Mary, b. 1869, Frances (Fannie), b. 1874, and Harriet (Hattie), b. 1876, died in 1884 in Geneva. In 1900, he became a resident of the soldiers' home at Bath, N.Y. His survivors included four daughters, Mrs. Fred (Mattie) Schoenfeld, Mrs. Frank (Fannie) Bowman, and Mrs. William (Mary) Bowman, all of Rochester, N.Y., and Mrs. Fred (Hattie) West of Buffalo, N.Y.; one brother, Frederick Seitz, and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. Lottie Smith. Sources: Records of U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Bath Branch, Bath, New York (online at Ancestry.com); Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York), November 25, 1903, page 12; U.S. Federal Census, 1870, 1880, 1900; City Directories, Rochester, New York, 1888-1901; New York State Death Index, Certificate Numbers 14943, 44621.
Interred 27 November 1903. Aged 65 years.
Interred 27 November 1903. Aged 65 years.
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126th N.Y. Vols.
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The month of death listed on the headstone appears to be incorrect, as all other records indicate that he died in November.
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