The son of Samuel Joseph & Elizabeth (Giesey) Seitz and stepson of Christiana (Kleinfelter) Seitz, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia August 13, 1861, with a group from Columbia, Lancaster County, and mustered into federal service there August 23 as a private with Co. I, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer at Portsmouth, Virginia, November 21, 1863, and re-mustered there December 1. Promoted to corporal to date January 17, 1865, he honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1865. The company descriptive list spells his surname "Sites," but he is in the company register as "Seitz."
He married Elizabeth Sheffer and fathered Eli Andrew (b. 08/01/67), Charles (b. 08/13/69), Milton (b. @1873), Elva Jonna (b. 04/09/74 - married John McWilliams), John S. (b. 05/09/76), and Wesley (b. @1877). No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia August 13, 1861, with a group from Columbia, Lancaster County, and mustered into federal service there August 23 as a private with Co. I, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer at Portsmouth, Virginia, November 21, 1863, and re-mustered there December 1. Promoted to corporal to date January 17, 1865, he honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1865. The company descriptive list spells his surname "Sites," but he is in the company register as "Seitz."
He married Elizabeth Sheffer and fathered Eli Andrew (b. 08/01/67), Charles (b. 08/13/69), Milton (b. @1873), Elva Jonna (b. 04/09/74 - married John McWilliams), John S. (b. 05/09/76), and Wesley (b. @1877). No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
The son of Samuel Joseph & Elizabeth (Giesey) Seitz and stepson of Christiana (Kleinfelter) Seitz, in 1860 he was a farmer living in Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia August 13, 1861, with a group from Columbia, Lancaster County, and mustered into federal service there August 23 as a private with Co. I, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer at Portsmouth, Virginia, November 21, 1863, and re-mustered there December 1. Promoted to corporal to date January 17, 1865, he honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1865. The company descriptive list spells his surname "Sites," but he is in the company register as "Seitz."
He married Elizabeth Sheffer and fathered Eli Andrew (b. 08/01/67), Charles (b. 08/13/69), Milton (b. @1873), Elva Jonna (b. 04/09/74 - married John McWilliams), John S. (b. 05/09/76), and Wesley (b. @1877). No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Philadelphia August 13, 1861, with a group from Columbia, Lancaster County, and mustered into federal service there August 23 as a private with Co. I, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry (108th Pennsylvania). He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer at Portsmouth, Virginia, November 21, 1863, and re-mustered there December 1. Promoted to corporal to date January 17, 1865, he honorably discharged with his company August 13, 1865. The company descriptive list spells his surname "Sites," but he is in the company register as "Seitz."
He married Elizabeth Sheffer and fathered Eli Andrew (b. 08/01/67), Charles (b. 08/13/69), Milton (b. @1873), Elva Jonna (b. 04/09/74 - married John McWilliams), John S. (b. 05/09/76), and Wesley (b. @1877). No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
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Birth date calculated from a stated age at death of 36-7-17
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