NOTE: The birth date on the tombstone is almost certainly wrong, and the death date definitely is. See below for further explanation.
The son of Phineas B. & Susannah (Stephenson) Harvey, in 1850 he was living with his family in Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Dauphin County June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 2 as a private with Co. E, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863.
By 1870, he was living with family in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, then married Sarah E. "Sallie" Stephenson and fathered Harry Stephenson (b. 08/21/82). Cause of his death is listed as "acute dilatation of heart due to myocarditis" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The death date on his tombstone is clearly wrong, as several obituaries published on March 24, 1922, and his death certificate can attest. The 1840 birth is almost certainly wrong as well because nothing found supports an 1840 birth year. His death certificate claims an 1841 birth year and an age of death of 81-1-15, calculating to the birth date shown above, which may or may not be correct. Likewise, all his obituaries publish his age at death as eighty-one. Moreover, the 1850 and 1870 censuses lists his birth year as ca. 1842, 1880 claims 1843, 1900 says March 1845, and 1910 has 1841. While nineteenth century censuses are hardly models of accuracy and consistency, every entry has him younger than the tombstone claims, and all censuses were enumerated subsequent to his birthday. Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence is his stated age at enlistment. Had he been twenty-three as the tombstone suggests, it is extremely unlikely he would have sliced five years from his age. Of course, a clerical error in the muster roll is a possibility, but it would be ironic that the "error" agreed precisely with the age claimed in the 1900 census.
The son of Phineas B. & Susannah (Stephenson) Harvey, in 1850 he was living with his family in Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Dauphin County June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 2 as a private with Co. E, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863.
By 1870, he was living with family in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, then married Sarah E. "Sallie" Stephenson and fathered Harry Stephenson (b. 08/21/82). Cause of his death is listed as "acute dilatation of heart due to myocarditis" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The death date on his tombstone is clearly wrong, as several obituaries published on March 24, 1922, and his death certificate can attest. The 1840 birth is almost certainly wrong as well because nothing found supports an 1840 birth year. His death certificate claims an 1841 birth year and an age of death of 81-1-15, calculating to the birth date shown above, which may or may not be correct. Likewise, all his obituaries publish his age at death as eighty-one. Moreover, the 1850 and 1870 censuses lists his birth year as ca. 1842, 1880 claims 1843, 1900 says March 1845, and 1910 has 1841. While nineteenth century censuses are hardly models of accuracy and consistency, every entry has him younger than the tombstone claims, and all censuses were enumerated subsequent to his birthday. Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence is his stated age at enlistment. Had he been twenty-three as the tombstone suggests, it is extremely unlikely he would have sliced five years from his age. Of course, a clerical error in the muster roll is a possibility, but it would be ironic that the "error" agreed precisely with the age claimed in the 1900 census.
NOTE: The birth date on the tombstone is almost certainly wrong, and the death date definitely is. See below for further explanation.
The son of Phineas B. & Susannah (Stephenson) Harvey, in 1850 he was living with his family in Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Dauphin County June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 2 as a private with Co. E, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863.
By 1870, he was living with family in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, then married Sarah E. "Sallie" Stephenson and fathered Harry Stephenson (b. 08/21/82). Cause of his death is listed as "acute dilatation of heart due to myocarditis" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The death date on his tombstone is clearly wrong, as several obituaries published on March 24, 1922, and his death certificate can attest. The 1840 birth is almost certainly wrong as well because nothing found supports an 1840 birth year. His death certificate claims an 1841 birth year and an age of death of 81-1-15, calculating to the birth date shown above, which may or may not be correct. Likewise, all his obituaries publish his age at death as eighty-one. Moreover, the 1850 and 1870 censuses lists his birth year as ca. 1842, 1880 claims 1843, 1900 says March 1845, and 1910 has 1841. While nineteenth century censuses are hardly models of accuracy and consistency, every entry has him younger than the tombstone claims, and all censuses were enumerated subsequent to his birthday. Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence is his stated age at enlistment. Had he been twenty-three as the tombstone suggests, it is extremely unlikely he would have sliced five years from his age. Of course, a clerical error in the muster roll is a possibility, but it would be ironic that the "error" agreed precisely with the age claimed in the 1900 census.
The son of Phineas B. & Susannah (Stephenson) Harvey, in 1850 he was living with his family in Blue Ball, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but is not found in the 1860 census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Dauphin County June 29, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Harrisburg July 2 as a private with Co. E, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863.
By 1870, he was living with family in Hummelstown, Dauphin County, then married Sarah E. "Sallie" Stephenson and fathered Harry Stephenson (b. 08/21/82). Cause of his death is listed as "acute dilatation of heart due to myocarditis" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The death date on his tombstone is clearly wrong, as several obituaries published on March 24, 1922, and his death certificate can attest. The 1840 birth is almost certainly wrong as well because nothing found supports an 1840 birth year. His death certificate claims an 1841 birth year and an age of death of 81-1-15, calculating to the birth date shown above, which may or may not be correct. Likewise, all his obituaries publish his age at death as eighty-one. Moreover, the 1850 and 1870 censuses lists his birth year as ca. 1842, 1880 claims 1843, 1900 says March 1845, and 1910 has 1841. While nineteenth century censuses are hardly models of accuracy and consistency, every entry has him younger than the tombstone claims, and all censuses were enumerated subsequent to his birthday. Perhaps the most telling piece of evidence is his stated age at enlistment. Had he been twenty-three as the tombstone suggests, it is extremely unlikely he would have sliced five years from his age. Of course, a clerical error in the muster roll is a possibility, but it would be ironic that the "error" agreed precisely with the age claimed in the 1900 census.
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