The son of Zacharias & Catherine Hengst, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania, although Hellam Township is also reported, suggesting he was then living near the border of those adjacent townships. He stood 5' 6" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Carlisle March 27, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his battery July 20, 1865.
He married Emma Harriet Kapp May 6, 1866, in York County and fathered Susan J. (b. 09/10/66), Curvin K. (b. 08/22/68), Clara M. (b. 01/25/70), and Estella A. (b. 08/15/71). In 1870, he was living with his family in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Per his pension documents, cause of his death was consumption, a disease that also killed four of his siblings.
The widowed Emma married an Oswald on March 8, 1876 and on February 6, 1882, applied for a widow's pension but did not receive it. On September 19, 1887, a minor child applied as well but also did not receive it.
Death date and burial information from records of First English Lutheran Church and his military pension records. Age at death was listed as 28y, 2m. Birth date calculated from this information. Bio by Dennis Brandt Member ID 47232334
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Carlisle March 27, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his battery July 20, 1865.
He married Emma Harriet Kapp May 6, 1866, in York County and fathered Susan J. (b. 09/10/66), Curvin K. (b. 08/22/68), Clara M. (b. 01/25/70), and Estella A. (b. 08/15/71). In 1870, he was living with his family in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Per his pension documents, cause of his death was consumption, a disease that also killed four of his siblings.
The widowed Emma married an Oswald on March 8, 1876 and on February 6, 1882, applied for a widow's pension but did not receive it. On September 19, 1887, a minor child applied as well but also did not receive it.
Death date and burial information from records of First English Lutheran Church and his military pension records. Age at death was listed as 28y, 2m. Birth date calculated from this information. Bio by Dennis Brandt Member ID 47232334
The son of Zacharias & Catherine Hengst, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania, although Hellam Township is also reported, suggesting he was then living near the border of those adjacent townships. He stood 5' 6" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Carlisle March 27, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his battery July 20, 1865.
He married Emma Harriet Kapp May 6, 1866, in York County and fathered Susan J. (b. 09/10/66), Curvin K. (b. 08/22/68), Clara M. (b. 01/25/70), and Estella A. (b. 08/15/71). In 1870, he was living with his family in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Per his pension documents, cause of his death was consumption, a disease that also killed four of his siblings.
The widowed Emma married an Oswald on March 8, 1876 and on February 6, 1882, applied for a widow's pension but did not receive it. On September 19, 1887, a minor child applied as well but also did not receive it.
Death date and burial information from records of First English Lutheran Church and his military pension records. Age at death was listed as 28y, 2m. Birth date calculated from this information. Bio by Dennis Brandt Member ID 47232334
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Carlisle March 27, 1865, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Battery E, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery (43rd Pennsylvania), and honorably discharged with his battery July 20, 1865.
He married Emma Harriet Kapp May 6, 1866, in York County and fathered Susan J. (b. 09/10/66), Curvin K. (b. 08/22/68), Clara M. (b. 01/25/70), and Estella A. (b. 08/15/71). In 1870, he was living with his family in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County. Per his pension documents, cause of his death was consumption, a disease that also killed four of his siblings.
The widowed Emma married an Oswald on March 8, 1876 and on February 6, 1882, applied for a widow's pension but did not receive it. On September 19, 1887, a minor child applied as well but also did not receive it.
Death date and burial information from records of First English Lutheran Church and his military pension records. Age at death was listed as 28y, 2m. Birth date calculated from this information. Bio by Dennis Brandt Member ID 47232334
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