The son of John & Elizabeth "Betty" (Bowermaster) Strayer, in 1860, he was a laborer living in Southampton Township, Cumberland County. He stood 5' 9" tall and had black hair and gray eyes. He married Malinda A. Stine in 1862 in Cleversburg, Cumberland County, and fathered Margaret A. (b. @1862), John I. A. (b. @1864), William E. (b. 1866), Cecelia (b. 07/15/68 - married George Carey), David Franklin (b. 12/03/70), George E. E. (b. 11/28/72), Maude Malinda (b. 03/19/75 - married James Eutzy), Carrie May (b. 12/20/77, d. 05/10/82), Josephine (b. 02/22/81 - married James Samuel Helm), and Farrel (b. @1882).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Leesburg, Cumberland County, August 20, 1864, as "William Bowermaster," mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 25 as a private with Co. G, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. The reason for using an alias (his mother's maiden name) remains to be discovered. It meant there were two similarly-aged William Bowermasters serving at the same rank in the same company.
He died in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, from "senility & paralysis."
bio courtesy of Dennis W Brandt
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AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES - William R. Strayer, Oldest Veteran of '61 Dies at Cleversburg - Was Well Known Here
One of the oldest Civil War veterans of Cumberland county, William Rankin Strayer, aged 93, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Helm, Cleversburg, Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock.
Mr. Strayer enlisted as a Private in Co. G., 202 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He served one year, and was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, August 3, 1865.
With his twin brother, David Strayer, who died six years ago, he enlisted in the Union Army. They served together until discharged. Until the death of David, they had been inseparable, their homes adjoining, in the little village of Cleversburg. For many years the Strayer twins were familiar figures among the Veterans of the Civil War in the Memorial Day exercises here.
The survivors are the following children; John J. Strayer in Illinois, David F. Strayer near town, Mrs. George Carey, George Strayer of Shippensburg, Mrs. James Eutzy and Mrs. James Helm of Cleversburg; also several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Cleversburg church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and burial made in the cemetery adjoining.
News Chronicle, Shippensburg, PA
Tuesday, August 7, 1928
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Leesburg, Cumberland County, August 20, 1864, as "William Bowermaster," mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 25 as a private with Co. G, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. The reason for using an alias (his mother's maiden name) remains to be discovered. It meant there were two similarly-aged William Bowermasters serving at the same rank in the same company.
He died in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, from "senility & paralysis."
bio courtesy of Dennis W Brandt
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AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES - William R. Strayer, Oldest Veteran of '61 Dies at Cleversburg - Was Well Known Here
One of the oldest Civil War veterans of Cumberland county, William Rankin Strayer, aged 93, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Helm, Cleversburg, Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock.
Mr. Strayer enlisted as a Private in Co. G., 202 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He served one year, and was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, August 3, 1865.
With his twin brother, David Strayer, who died six years ago, he enlisted in the Union Army. They served together until discharged. Until the death of David, they had been inseparable, their homes adjoining, in the little village of Cleversburg. For many years the Strayer twins were familiar figures among the Veterans of the Civil War in the Memorial Day exercises here.
The survivors are the following children; John J. Strayer in Illinois, David F. Strayer near town, Mrs. George Carey, George Strayer of Shippensburg, Mrs. James Eutzy and Mrs. James Helm of Cleversburg; also several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Cleversburg church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and burial made in the cemetery adjoining.
News Chronicle, Shippensburg, PA
Tuesday, August 7, 1928
The son of John & Elizabeth "Betty" (Bowermaster) Strayer, in 1860, he was a laborer living in Southampton Township, Cumberland County. He stood 5' 9" tall and had black hair and gray eyes. He married Malinda A. Stine in 1862 in Cleversburg, Cumberland County, and fathered Margaret A. (b. @1862), John I. A. (b. @1864), William E. (b. 1866), Cecelia (b. 07/15/68 - married George Carey), David Franklin (b. 12/03/70), George E. E. (b. 11/28/72), Maude Malinda (b. 03/19/75 - married James Eutzy), Carrie May (b. 12/20/77, d. 05/10/82), Josephine (b. 02/22/81 - married James Samuel Helm), and Farrel (b. @1882).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Leesburg, Cumberland County, August 20, 1864, as "William Bowermaster," mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 25 as a private with Co. G, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. The reason for using an alias (his mother's maiden name) remains to be discovered. It meant there were two similarly-aged William Bowermasters serving at the same rank in the same company.
He died in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, from "senility & paralysis."
bio courtesy of Dennis W Brandt
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AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES - William R. Strayer, Oldest Veteran of '61 Dies at Cleversburg - Was Well Known Here
One of the oldest Civil War veterans of Cumberland county, William Rankin Strayer, aged 93, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Helm, Cleversburg, Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock.
Mr. Strayer enlisted as a Private in Co. G., 202 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He served one year, and was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, August 3, 1865.
With his twin brother, David Strayer, who died six years ago, he enlisted in the Union Army. They served together until discharged. Until the death of David, they had been inseparable, their homes adjoining, in the little village of Cleversburg. For many years the Strayer twins were familiar figures among the Veterans of the Civil War in the Memorial Day exercises here.
The survivors are the following children; John J. Strayer in Illinois, David F. Strayer near town, Mrs. George Carey, George Strayer of Shippensburg, Mrs. James Eutzy and Mrs. James Helm of Cleversburg; also several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Cleversburg church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and burial made in the cemetery adjoining.
News Chronicle, Shippensburg, PA
Tuesday, August 7, 1928
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Leesburg, Cumberland County, August 20, 1864, as "William Bowermaster," mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 25 as a private with Co. G, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company August 3, 1865. The reason for using an alias (his mother's maiden name) remains to be discovered. It meant there were two similarly-aged William Bowermasters serving at the same rank in the same company.
He died in Southampton Township, Cumberland County, from "senility & paralysis."
bio courtesy of Dennis W Brandt
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AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIES - William R. Strayer, Oldest Veteran of '61 Dies at Cleversburg - Was Well Known Here
One of the oldest Civil War veterans of Cumberland county, William Rankin Strayer, aged 93, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James Helm, Cleversburg, Sunday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock.
Mr. Strayer enlisted as a Private in Co. G., 202 Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He served one year, and was honorably discharged at Harrisburg, August 3, 1865.
With his twin brother, David Strayer, who died six years ago, he enlisted in the Union Army. They served together until discharged. Until the death of David, they had been inseparable, their homes adjoining, in the little village of Cleversburg. For many years the Strayer twins were familiar figures among the Veterans of the Civil War in the Memorial Day exercises here.
The survivors are the following children; John J. Strayer in Illinois, David F. Strayer near town, Mrs. George Carey, George Strayer of Shippensburg, Mrs. James Eutzy and Mrs. James Helm of Cleversburg; also several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Cleversburg church on Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and burial made in the cemetery adjoining.
News Chronicle, Shippensburg, PA
Tuesday, August 7, 1928
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