Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, PA
Monday, Dec 10, 1894
This afternoon at 2 o'clock funeral services were held over the mortal remains of the late Peter F Spahr, at his residence on North East street. Rev. J. W. Messinger, of the United Evangelical Church, officiated. The deceased was buried with the honors of war and was attired in a GAR uniform.
Three members of Post 201, GAR, John Geiling, Lewis Fowhl and Michael Natcher, and three members of the Cumberland Fire company, S. B. Kissell, Jas. A. Green and Jessie Snyder, were pall bearers.
Chief Burgess Miller, the police force, town council, the Cumberland Fire company and Post 201, GAR, attended the funeral.
At the grave yard the usual salutes were fired.
The floral offerings were a broken circle from the fire company and a pillow from the children.
Courtesy of Family Tree Climber
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Possibly the son of John & Maryland-born Elizabeth Spahr, in 1860 he was a brick maker living with that couple in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Carlisle with the regular army September 23, 1863, assigned to the band of the 5th U.S. Cavalry, and honorably discharged at term's end September 23, 1868, a private.
He was a post-war member of Carlisle's Colwell Post No. 201, G.A.R. that attended his funeral. None of his obituaries and death notices mentions a death date, but his death notice appears earliest in the December 8, 1894, issue of the Harrisburg Telegraph. He married Emma J. Sweger and fathered Nellie May (b. 05/26/80) and William A. (b. 04/02/86).
Courtesy of Dennis Brandt
Monday, Dec 10, 1894
This afternoon at 2 o'clock funeral services were held over the mortal remains of the late Peter F Spahr, at his residence on North East street. Rev. J. W. Messinger, of the United Evangelical Church, officiated. The deceased was buried with the honors of war and was attired in a GAR uniform.
Three members of Post 201, GAR, John Geiling, Lewis Fowhl and Michael Natcher, and three members of the Cumberland Fire company, S. B. Kissell, Jas. A. Green and Jessie Snyder, were pall bearers.
Chief Burgess Miller, the police force, town council, the Cumberland Fire company and Post 201, GAR, attended the funeral.
At the grave yard the usual salutes were fired.
The floral offerings were a broken circle from the fire company and a pillow from the children.
Courtesy of Family Tree Climber
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Possibly the son of John & Maryland-born Elizabeth Spahr, in 1860 he was a brick maker living with that couple in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Carlisle with the regular army September 23, 1863, assigned to the band of the 5th U.S. Cavalry, and honorably discharged at term's end September 23, 1868, a private.
He was a post-war member of Carlisle's Colwell Post No. 201, G.A.R. that attended his funeral. None of his obituaries and death notices mentions a death date, but his death notice appears earliest in the December 8, 1894, issue of the Harrisburg Telegraph. He married Emma J. Sweger and fathered Nellie May (b. 05/26/80) and William A. (b. 04/02/86).
Courtesy of Dennis Brandt
Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, PA
Monday, Dec 10, 1894
This afternoon at 2 o'clock funeral services were held over the mortal remains of the late Peter F Spahr, at his residence on North East street. Rev. J. W. Messinger, of the United Evangelical Church, officiated. The deceased was buried with the honors of war and was attired in a GAR uniform.
Three members of Post 201, GAR, John Geiling, Lewis Fowhl and Michael Natcher, and three members of the Cumberland Fire company, S. B. Kissell, Jas. A. Green and Jessie Snyder, were pall bearers.
Chief Burgess Miller, the police force, town council, the Cumberland Fire company and Post 201, GAR, attended the funeral.
At the grave yard the usual salutes were fired.
The floral offerings were a broken circle from the fire company and a pillow from the children.
Courtesy of Family Tree Climber
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Possibly the son of John & Maryland-born Elizabeth Spahr, in 1860 he was a brick maker living with that couple in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Carlisle with the regular army September 23, 1863, assigned to the band of the 5th U.S. Cavalry, and honorably discharged at term's end September 23, 1868, a private.
He was a post-war member of Carlisle's Colwell Post No. 201, G.A.R. that attended his funeral. None of his obituaries and death notices mentions a death date, but his death notice appears earliest in the December 8, 1894, issue of the Harrisburg Telegraph. He married Emma J. Sweger and fathered Nellie May (b. 05/26/80) and William A. (b. 04/02/86).
Courtesy of Dennis Brandt
Monday, Dec 10, 1894
This afternoon at 2 o'clock funeral services were held over the mortal remains of the late Peter F Spahr, at his residence on North East street. Rev. J. W. Messinger, of the United Evangelical Church, officiated. The deceased was buried with the honors of war and was attired in a GAR uniform.
Three members of Post 201, GAR, John Geiling, Lewis Fowhl and Michael Natcher, and three members of the Cumberland Fire company, S. B. Kissell, Jas. A. Green and Jessie Snyder, were pall bearers.
Chief Burgess Miller, the police force, town council, the Cumberland Fire company and Post 201, GAR, attended the funeral.
At the grave yard the usual salutes were fired.
The floral offerings were a broken circle from the fire company and a pillow from the children.
Courtesy of Family Tree Climber
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Possibly the son of John & Maryland-born Elizabeth Spahr, in 1860 he was a brick maker living with that couple in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Carlisle with the regular army September 23, 1863, assigned to the band of the 5th U.S. Cavalry, and honorably discharged at term's end September 23, 1868, a private.
He was a post-war member of Carlisle's Colwell Post No. 201, G.A.R. that attended his funeral. None of his obituaries and death notices mentions a death date, but his death notice appears earliest in the December 8, 1894, issue of the Harrisburg Telegraph. He married Emma J. Sweger and fathered Nellie May (b. 05/26/80) and William A. (b. 04/02/86).
Courtesy of Dennis Brandt
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