A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg September 1, 1861, mustered into federal service there September 30 as a private with Co. A, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end September 30, 1864.
By 1880, he was living in Rye Township, Perry County, where he died from "gangrene (senile of rt foot)" with "hypostatic pneumonia" a contributing factor.
The original post had January 9, 1842, as his date of birth, but that has been changed here to reflect the date shown in his death certificate.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg September 1, 1861, mustered into federal service there September 30 as a private with Co. A, 11th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end September 30, 1864.
By 1880, he was living in Rye Township, Perry County, where he died from "gangrene (senile of rt foot)" with "hypostatic pneumonia" a contributing factor.
The original post had January 9, 1842, as his date of birth, but that has been changed here to reflect the date shown in his death certificate.
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