The son of Philip & Susan (Carbough) Olweiler [sic], in 1860 he was a laborer living in Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg sometime in March 1864, mustered into federal service there May 7 as a private Co. H, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. He is on the roster with a first name of "Christopher."
He married Sarah Jane Fullerton and fathered Lucinda (b. 07/17/68 - married Benjamin F. Poff), Matilda (b. 01/24/71 - married Christian Shoff), Callie Priscilla (b. 07/24/76 - married Jacob Kopp), Rebecca (b. 04/23/79 - married a Kauffman), and Charles Wesley (b. 08/24/84). In 1890, he lived in Lower Windsor Township, York County, and died in Red Lion from "influenza."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg sometime in March 1864, mustered into federal service there May 7 as a private Co. H, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. He is on the roster with a first name of "Christopher."
He married Sarah Jane Fullerton and fathered Lucinda (b. 07/17/68 - married Benjamin F. Poff), Matilda (b. 01/24/71 - married Christian Shoff), Callie Priscilla (b. 07/24/76 - married Jacob Kopp), Rebecca (b. 04/23/79 - married a Kauffman), and Charles Wesley (b. 08/24/84). In 1890, he lived in Lower Windsor Township, York County, and died in Red Lion from "influenza."
The son of Philip & Susan (Carbough) Olweiler [sic], in 1860 he was a laborer living in Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg sometime in March 1864, mustered into federal service there May 7 as a private Co. H, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. He is on the roster with a first name of "Christopher."
He married Sarah Jane Fullerton and fathered Lucinda (b. 07/17/68 - married Benjamin F. Poff), Matilda (b. 01/24/71 - married Christian Shoff), Callie Priscilla (b. 07/24/76 - married Jacob Kopp), Rebecca (b. 04/23/79 - married a Kauffman), and Charles Wesley (b. 08/24/84). In 1890, he lived in Lower Windsor Township, York County, and died in Red Lion from "influenza."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg sometime in March 1864, mustered into federal service there May 7 as a private Co. H, 187th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. He is on the roster with a first name of "Christopher."
He married Sarah Jane Fullerton and fathered Lucinda (b. 07/17/68 - married Benjamin F. Poff), Matilda (b. 01/24/71 - married Christian Shoff), Callie Priscilla (b. 07/24/76 - married Jacob Kopp), Rebecca (b. 04/23/79 - married a Kauffman), and Charles Wesley (b. 08/24/84). In 1890, he lived in Lower Windsor Township, York County, and died in Red Lion from "influenza."
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