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Samuel W. Klinger

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Samuel W. Klinger

Birth
Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
14 Oct 1897 (aged 70)
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Jordan Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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One of the alleged nineteen children of Johann Philip & Catharina (Kauffman) Klinger, he married Mary Shaffer and fathered Emma Jane (b. 04/??/54), Benjamin F. (b. 04/21/60), and Agnes C. (b. 01/05/62 - married David Zerbe). In 1860, he was a laborer living in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with black hair and brown eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 30, 1862, mustered into federal service in Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. I, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 7, 1863. He also enlisted in Harrisburg August 23, 1864, mustered into federal service there August 30 as a private with Co A, 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865.

In 1890, he lived in Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, but died in Northumberland County.
One of the alleged nineteen children of Johann Philip & Catharina (Kauffman) Klinger, he married Mary Shaffer and fathered Emma Jane (b. 04/??/54), Benjamin F. (b. 04/21/60), and Agnes C. (b. 01/05/62 - married David Zerbe). In 1860, he was a laborer living in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with black hair and brown eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 30, 1862, mustered into federal service in Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. I, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 7, 1863. He also enlisted in Harrisburg August 23, 1864, mustered into federal service there August 30 as a private with Co A, 208th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865.

In 1890, he lived in Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, but died in Northumberland County.


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