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David Musser

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David Musser Veteran

Birth
Holmes County, Ohio, USA
Death
8 Jun 1914 (aged 81)
La Belle, Lewis County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Monticello, Lewis County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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PVT - Co D, 13th KS Inf. - Enlisted; Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered out on June 26, 1865.

Son of Jacob Musser and Mary Crest. Married to Rebecca Miller Frazier on 5 Aug 1866 in Lewis Co Missouri. David served in the Union Army, Company D, 13th Infantry, Kansas Regiment during the Civil War from 1862-1865. David carried a large scar around his ribs from a wound received when an enemy bullet hit a thimble he had in his breast pocket causing the bullet to ricochet away from his heart around his ribs instead. The thimble was last in the possession of his granddaughter, Elsie Mae Billups, daughter of Jahile, its whereabouts are now unknown.
PVT - Co D, 13th KS Inf. - Enlisted; Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered out on June 26, 1865.

Son of Jacob Musser and Mary Crest. Married to Rebecca Miller Frazier on 5 Aug 1866 in Lewis Co Missouri. David served in the Union Army, Company D, 13th Infantry, Kansas Regiment during the Civil War from 1862-1865. David carried a large scar around his ribs from a wound received when an enemy bullet hit a thimble he had in his breast pocket causing the bullet to ricochet away from his heart around his ribs instead. The thimble was last in the possession of his granddaughter, Elsie Mae Billups, daughter of Jahile, its whereabouts are now unknown.


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