LITTLESTOWN RESIDENT. CIVIL WAR VETERAN.
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"Cornelius Aumen died on Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock at the home of his daughter [sic sister], Mrs. William Stansbury, in Littlestown. Death was due to a complication of diseases. He was 76 years, 6 months, and 26 days old. The deceased, who was a veteran of the Civil war, some years ago resided on the farm now owned by F. M. Miller, near town. His wife, who was Miss Agnes Eckenrode, died suddenly some years ago at Balto. He is survived by six children, John B. Aumen and Mrs. Anna Waltman, of York; William Aumen, of Connecticut; Charles Aumen, of Reading; Mrs. Margaret Sauerwald, of Baltimore, and Augustus Aumen, of Gettysburg. The following brothers and sisters also survive: Mrs. William Stansbury and Mrs. Edward Kuhn, of Littlestown; Mrs. Jacob Murren, near McSherrystown; Edward Aumen, of Hanover, and Sylvester Aumen. The funeral will be held from St. Aloysius' church, Littlestown, at 9 o'clock on Thursday morning. Internment will be made in the Catholic cemetery at that place."

New Oxford Item New Oxford, Pennsylvania, Thursday, February 6, 1919, Page 1
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The son of Bernard & Anne Margaret (Kintzler) Aumen, he emigrated in 1844 and by 1860 was a laborer living in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 10" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg September 2, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry. Shot in the right forefinger at the battle of Fort Stedman March 25, 1865, he was admitted to Columbian U.S. Hospital, Washington DC. While listed as absent at muster-out, he in fact honorably discharged May 31, 1865, the same day as the rest of his company.

He married Agnes Elizabeth Eckenrode January 30, 1866, in Bonneauville, Adams County, and fathered John Bernard (b. 09/19/67), William Francis (b. 11/08/69), Charles Edwin (b. 01/19/71), Margaret Elizabeth (b. 08/26/72 - married a Sauenwald), Augustus Bartholomew (b. 08/24/74), Mary Agnes (b. 04/19/76), Ann Cecelia (b. 10/01/77 - married a Waltman), and Mary Agnes (b. 11/20/79). In 1890, he lived in Cumberland Township, Adams County, but died in Littlestown from "exhaustion" due to "chronic interstitial nephritis."