The son of Thomas & Sarah (Heckert) Withers, his death certificate claims he was born in Canada, which is unlikely given that all other sources such as the censuses and his military records disagree. In 1860, he was a moulder living in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first served an uneventful two weeks as a private with Wiest Independent Co September 12 - 24, 1862, during the Antietam crisis. He then enlisted in Harrisburg September 5, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 6 as a private with Co. E, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1865.
He married Emma Catherine Adams 1869 in York and fathered Mary Edith (b. 11/05/70 - married George K. Loss), George T. (b. 02/02/73), Daniel H. (b. 12/19/74), Joseph W. (b. 05/??/77), Bertha K. (b. 09/06/81), William A. (b. 04/??/84), John E. (b. 03/??/87), and Ivan Francis (b. 04/17/91). In 1890, he lived in Hanover, York County, in 1900, in neighboring Penn Township, but died in Germany Township, Adams County, from "acute endocarditis." Two of his grandsons died in action during WWI.
A Civil War veteran, he first served an uneventful two weeks as a private with Wiest Independent Co September 12 - 24, 1862, during the Antietam crisis. He then enlisted in Harrisburg September 5, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 6 as a private with Co. E, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1865.
He married Emma Catherine Adams 1869 in York and fathered Mary Edith (b. 11/05/70 - married George K. Loss), George T. (b. 02/02/73), Daniel H. (b. 12/19/74), Joseph W. (b. 05/??/77), Bertha K. (b. 09/06/81), William A. (b. 04/??/84), John E. (b. 03/??/87), and Ivan Francis (b. 04/17/91). In 1890, he lived in Hanover, York County, in 1900, in neighboring Penn Township, but died in Germany Township, Adams County, from "acute endocarditis." Two of his grandsons died in action during WWI.
The son of Thomas & Sarah (Heckert) Withers, his death certificate claims he was born in Canada, which is unlikely given that all other sources such as the censuses and his military records disagree. In 1860, he was a moulder living in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 8" tall with dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he first served an uneventful two weeks as a private with Wiest Independent Co September 12 - 24, 1862, during the Antietam crisis. He then enlisted in Harrisburg September 5, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 6 as a private with Co. E, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1865.
He married Emma Catherine Adams 1869 in York and fathered Mary Edith (b. 11/05/70 - married George K. Loss), George T. (b. 02/02/73), Daniel H. (b. 12/19/74), Joseph W. (b. 05/??/77), Bertha K. (b. 09/06/81), William A. (b. 04/??/84), John E. (b. 03/??/87), and Ivan Francis (b. 04/17/91). In 1890, he lived in Hanover, York County, in 1900, in neighboring Penn Township, but died in Germany Township, Adams County, from "acute endocarditis." Two of his grandsons died in action during WWI.
A Civil War veteran, he first served an uneventful two weeks as a private with Wiest Independent Co September 12 - 24, 1862, during the Antietam crisis. He then enlisted in Harrisburg September 5, 1864, mustered into federal service there September 6 as a private with Co. E, 207th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1865.
He married Emma Catherine Adams 1869 in York and fathered Mary Edith (b. 11/05/70 - married George K. Loss), George T. (b. 02/02/73), Daniel H. (b. 12/19/74), Joseph W. (b. 05/??/77), Bertha K. (b. 09/06/81), William A. (b. 04/??/84), John E. (b. 03/??/87), and Ivan Francis (b. 04/17/91). In 1890, he lived in Hanover, York County, in 1900, in neighboring Penn Township, but died in Germany Township, Adams County, from "acute endocarditis." Two of his grandsons died in action during WWI.
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