The son of Thomas & Fronica Frances (Keener) Blaney, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, a company comprised principally of southern York County men. He was captured near Petersburg, Virginia, June 22 or 23, 1864, and incarcerated first in Richmond, then Lynchburg, and ultimately in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. Confederate authorities transferred most of the ambulatory prisoners, Henry included, to the prison at Millen, Georgia, in November 1864 but returned him to Andersonville where he was hospitalized. There, he claimed, he made an exciting escape, although he must have been captured because his reported parole date is April 29, 1865. He honorably discharged the service to date June 28, 1865. His future brother-in-law, James Lee Hanley, served in the same company, and three brothers, William Martin Blaney, James Rogers Blaney, and George Josiah Blaney served with other regiments.
Moving to Illinois after the war, he married Illinois-born Malinda Hartwell and fathered Emma (b. 02/08/68), Edgar (b. 08/04/69), Ellen (b. 06/06/71), John (b. 12/22/72), and James (b. 07/19/76). By 1870, he was living with his young family in Vermilion Township, Marshall County, Kansas. Malinda died March 8, 1877, and he married her sister Clara Hartwell August 1, 1877, and later relocated to Oklahoma. His middle name is also reported as "Edgar."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) •
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, a company comprised principally of southern York County men. He was captured near Petersburg, Virginia, June 22 or 23, 1864, and incarcerated first in Richmond, then Lynchburg, and ultimately in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. Confederate authorities transferred most of the ambulatory prisoners, Henry included, to the prison at Millen, Georgia, in November 1864 but returned him to Andersonville where he was hospitalized. There, he claimed, he made an exciting escape, although he must have been captured because his reported parole date is April 29, 1865. He honorably discharged the service to date June 28, 1865. His future brother-in-law, James Lee Hanley, served in the same company, and three brothers, William Martin Blaney, James Rogers Blaney, and George Josiah Blaney served with other regiments.
Moving to Illinois after the war, he married Illinois-born Malinda Hartwell and fathered Emma (b. 02/08/68), Edgar (b. 08/04/69), Ellen (b. 06/06/71), John (b. 12/22/72), and James (b. 07/19/76). By 1870, he was living with his young family in Vermilion Township, Marshall County, Kansas. Malinda died March 8, 1877, and he married her sister Clara Hartwell August 1, 1877, and later relocated to Oklahoma. His middle name is also reported as "Edgar."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) •
The son of Thomas & Fronica Frances (Keener) Blaney, in 1860 he was a laborer living with his family in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 8" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, a company comprised principally of southern York County men. He was captured near Petersburg, Virginia, June 22 or 23, 1864, and incarcerated first in Richmond, then Lynchburg, and ultimately in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. Confederate authorities transferred most of the ambulatory prisoners, Henry included, to the prison at Millen, Georgia, in November 1864 but returned him to Andersonville where he was hospitalized. There, he claimed, he made an exciting escape, although he must have been captured because his reported parole date is April 29, 1865. He honorably discharged the service to date June 28, 1865. His future brother-in-law, James Lee Hanley, served in the same company, and three brothers, William Martin Blaney, James Rogers Blaney, and George Josiah Blaney served with other regiments.
Moving to Illinois after the war, he married Illinois-born Malinda Hartwell and fathered Emma (b. 02/08/68), Edgar (b. 08/04/69), Ellen (b. 06/06/71), John (b. 12/22/72), and James (b. 07/19/76). By 1870, he was living with his young family in Vermilion Township, Marshall County, Kansas. Malinda died March 8, 1877, and he married her sister Clara Hartwell August 1, 1877, and later relocated to Oklahoma. His middle name is also reported as "Edgar."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) •
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York September 12, 1861, and mustered into federal service there September 14 as a private with Co. C, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, a company comprised principally of southern York County men. He was captured near Petersburg, Virginia, June 22 or 23, 1864, and incarcerated first in Richmond, then Lynchburg, and ultimately in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia. Confederate authorities transferred most of the ambulatory prisoners, Henry included, to the prison at Millen, Georgia, in November 1864 but returned him to Andersonville where he was hospitalized. There, he claimed, he made an exciting escape, although he must have been captured because his reported parole date is April 29, 1865. He honorably discharged the service to date June 28, 1865. His future brother-in-law, James Lee Hanley, served in the same company, and three brothers, William Martin Blaney, James Rogers Blaney, and George Josiah Blaney served with other regiments.
Moving to Illinois after the war, he married Illinois-born Malinda Hartwell and fathered Emma (b. 02/08/68), Edgar (b. 08/04/69), Ellen (b. 06/06/71), John (b. 12/22/72), and James (b. 07/19/76). By 1870, he was living with his young family in Vermilion Township, Marshall County, Kansas. Malinda died March 8, 1877, and he married her sister Clara Hartwell August 1, 1877, and later relocated to Oklahoma. His middle name is also reported as "Edgar."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) •
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