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Daniel E. McGinley

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Daniel E. McGinley Veteran

Birth
Leitersburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Death
21 Jul 1925 (aged 82)
Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The son of Edward & Anna (Dillworth) McGinley, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 5, 1861, as a private with Co. M, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (44th Pa). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 1, 1864, at Warrenton, Virginia. On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. I, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company August 7, 1865.

He married Jennie Wickert and fathered Alice (b. 1875, d. 1884). A member of Harrisburg's Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R. and a cabinet maker during his post-war years, he died from "chronic arterial sclerosis" with a "cerebral hemorrhage" a contributing factor. Jennie died less than twenty-four hours after Daniel's funeral.
The son of Edward & Anna (Dillworth) McGinley, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 7" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 5, 1861, as a private with Co. M, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry (44th Pa). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 1, 1864, at Warrenton, Virginia. On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. I, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company August 7, 1865.

He married Jennie Wickert and fathered Alice (b. 1875, d. 1884). A member of Harrisburg's Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R. and a cabinet maker during his post-war years, he died from "chronic arterial sclerosis" with a "cerebral hemorrhage" a contributing factor. Jennie died less than twenty-four hours after Daniel's funeral.

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Co M 1st Pa Cav



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