After living 25 yrs in Mulsonburg the family moved to Easy Waterford, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. In 1850, brothers Reuben, Jacob, Amandus & John lived in the same vacinity in Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Amandus and their mother were living with Jacob. He was converted about 1858.
On August 24, 1862, he enlisted and was mustered into Company I, 49th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private at Juniata, Pennsylvania. His Captain was Calvin DE WITTS and he was to serve three years. His Certificate of Disability for Discharge stated that he was 5'10" tall, he had a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. He also served under a Colonel IRWIN. During an engagement with the enemy at Antietam Creek, Maryland his regiment was forced to ford the creek. He caught cold from the affects of the exposure and was compelled to lie on the ground. This was probably September 17, 1862, "the bloodiest day of the Civil War".
This event brought on chronic rheumatism and "anchylosis" of the left hip joint (a partial or total stiffening of joints by the growing together of bones). He was transferred to Company A, January 11, 1863. He was discharged for disability (1/3rd) from Antietam Hospital, Maryland March 23, 1863 and he returned to Waterford. This disability allowed him a pension (Certificate #72.929), his Invalid application was filed January 19, 1866. Sophia filed for an received a pension (Certificate #227.875).
They moved to Michigan in 1866. Toward the end of his life, he suffered from dropsy (the accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the body, especially the legs).
Dr. Robert MC ELRATH of Scotts, Kalamazoo County, Michigan treated Reuben for his problems and stated that he had "no doubt that the above difficulties were the cause of his death".
Gene Ewert, Reuben's great-great grandson, has the small New Testament that is about the size of the current Gideon New Testaments, that was given to to him "as a token in Klingerstown* in 1862". There are very few verses marked in the Bible, but the following verses were marked. (* not sure of the spelling) With reference to his ailments and his faith, these verses were probably scripture that he relied on, memorized and considered promises from the Lord.
James 5: 14-16 -- "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
I Peter 4:12, 13 -- "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
II Corinthians 4: 17 was used at his funeral. "For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;..."
On August 24, 1862, he enlisted and was mustered into Company I, 49th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private at Juniata, Pennsylvania. His Captain was Calvin DE WITTS and he was to serve three years. His Certificate of Disability for Discharge stated that he was 5'10" tall, he had a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. He also served under a Colonel IRWIN. During an engagement with the enemy at Antietam Creek, Maryland his regiment was forced to ford the creek. He caught cold from the affects of the exposure and was compelled to lie on the ground. This was probably September 17, 1862, "the bloodiest day of the Civil War".
This event brought on chronic rheumatism and "anchylosis" of the left hip joint (a partial or total stiffening of joints by the growing together of bones). He was transferred to Company A, January 11, 1863. He was discharged for disability (1/3rd) from Antietam Hospital, Maryland March 23, 1863 and he returned to Waterford. This disability allowed him a pension (Certificate #72.929), his Invalid application was filed January 19, 1866. Sophia filed for an received a pension (Certificate #227.875).
They moved to Michigan in 1866. Toward the end of his life, he suffered from dropsy (the accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the body, especially the legs).
Dr. Robert MC ELRATH of Scotts, Kalamazoo County, Michigan treated Reuben for his problems and stated that he had "no doubt that the above difficulties were the cause of his death".
Gene Ewert, Reuben's great-great grandson, has the small New Testament that is about the size of the current Gideon New Testaments, that was given to to him "as a token in Klingerstown* in 1862". There are very few verses marked in the Bible, but the following verses were marked. (* not sure of the spelling) With reference to his ailments and his faith, these verses were probably scripture that he relied on, memorized and considered promises from the Lord.
James 5: 14-16 -- "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
I Peter 4:12, 13 -- "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
II Corinthians 4: 17 was used at his funeral. "For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;..."
After living 25 yrs in Mulsonburg the family moved to Easy Waterford, Juniata County, Pennsylvania. In 1850, brothers Reuben, Jacob, Amandus & John lived in the same vacinity in Covington Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Amandus and their mother were living with Jacob. He was converted about 1858.
On August 24, 1862, he enlisted and was mustered into Company I, 49th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private at Juniata, Pennsylvania. His Captain was Calvin DE WITTS and he was to serve three years. His Certificate of Disability for Discharge stated that he was 5'10" tall, he had a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. He also served under a Colonel IRWIN. During an engagement with the enemy at Antietam Creek, Maryland his regiment was forced to ford the creek. He caught cold from the affects of the exposure and was compelled to lie on the ground. This was probably September 17, 1862, "the bloodiest day of the Civil War".
This event brought on chronic rheumatism and "anchylosis" of the left hip joint (a partial or total stiffening of joints by the growing together of bones). He was transferred to Company A, January 11, 1863. He was discharged for disability (1/3rd) from Antietam Hospital, Maryland March 23, 1863 and he returned to Waterford. This disability allowed him a pension (Certificate #72.929), his Invalid application was filed January 19, 1866. Sophia filed for an received a pension (Certificate #227.875).
They moved to Michigan in 1866. Toward the end of his life, he suffered from dropsy (the accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the body, especially the legs).
Dr. Robert MC ELRATH of Scotts, Kalamazoo County, Michigan treated Reuben for his problems and stated that he had "no doubt that the above difficulties were the cause of his death".
Gene Ewert, Reuben's great-great grandson, has the small New Testament that is about the size of the current Gideon New Testaments, that was given to to him "as a token in Klingerstown* in 1862". There are very few verses marked in the Bible, but the following verses were marked. (* not sure of the spelling) With reference to his ailments and his faith, these verses were probably scripture that he relied on, memorized and considered promises from the Lord.
James 5: 14-16 -- "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
I Peter 4:12, 13 -- "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
II Corinthians 4: 17 was used at his funeral. "For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;..."
On August 24, 1862, he enlisted and was mustered into Company I, 49th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers as a private at Juniata, Pennsylvania. His Captain was Calvin DE WITTS and he was to serve three years. His Certificate of Disability for Discharge stated that he was 5'10" tall, he had a dark complexion, brown eyes and dark hair. He also served under a Colonel IRWIN. During an engagement with the enemy at Antietam Creek, Maryland his regiment was forced to ford the creek. He caught cold from the affects of the exposure and was compelled to lie on the ground. This was probably September 17, 1862, "the bloodiest day of the Civil War".
This event brought on chronic rheumatism and "anchylosis" of the left hip joint (a partial or total stiffening of joints by the growing together of bones). He was transferred to Company A, January 11, 1863. He was discharged for disability (1/3rd) from Antietam Hospital, Maryland March 23, 1863 and he returned to Waterford. This disability allowed him a pension (Certificate #72.929), his Invalid application was filed January 19, 1866. Sophia filed for an received a pension (Certificate #227.875).
They moved to Michigan in 1866. Toward the end of his life, he suffered from dropsy (the accumulation of fluid in the tissues of the body, especially the legs).
Dr. Robert MC ELRATH of Scotts, Kalamazoo County, Michigan treated Reuben for his problems and stated that he had "no doubt that the above difficulties were the cause of his death".
Gene Ewert, Reuben's great-great grandson, has the small New Testament that is about the size of the current Gideon New Testaments, that was given to to him "as a token in Klingerstown* in 1862". There are very few verses marked in the Bible, but the following verses were marked. (* not sure of the spelling) With reference to his ailments and his faith, these verses were probably scripture that he relied on, memorized and considered promises from the Lord.
James 5: 14-16 -- "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervant prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
I Peter 4:12, 13 -- "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy."
II Corinthians 4: 17 was used at his funeral. "For our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;..."
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