The son of Wilkinson & Catharine (Shaffer) Caley, in 1860 he was living with his farming family in Conewago Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 29, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. C, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863.
He married Elizabeth Kaylor ca. 1865 and fathered John Eichelberger (b. 09/25/63 - allegedly not Elizabeth's child), Isaac (b. 06/28/66), Albert (b. 02/28/73), Alice (b. 03/12/77 - married Joshua B. Berstler), and Emma (b. 10/23/86 - married William Valentine Hummel). No obituary was found in online newspaper archives.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 29, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. C, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863.
He married Elizabeth Kaylor ca. 1865 and fathered John Eichelberger (b. 09/25/63 - allegedly not Elizabeth's child), Isaac (b. 06/28/66), Albert (b. 02/28/73), Alice (b. 03/12/77 - married Joshua B. Berstler), and Emma (b. 10/23/86 - married William Valentine Hummel). No obituary was found in online newspaper archives.
The son of Wilkinson & Catharine (Shaffer) Caley, in 1860 he was living with his farming family in Conewago Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 29, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. C, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863.
He married Elizabeth Kaylor ca. 1865 and fathered John Eichelberger (b. 09/25/63 - allegedly not Elizabeth's child), Isaac (b. 06/28/66), Albert (b. 02/28/73), Alice (b. 03/12/77 - married Joshua B. Berstler), and Emma (b. 10/23/86 - married William Valentine Hummel). No obituary was found in online newspaper archives.
A Civil War veteran, he was drafted in Dauphin County October 29, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg November 2 as a private with Co. C, 177th Pennsylvania Infantry (aka "Drafted Militia"), and honorably discharged with his company August 5, 1863.
He married Elizabeth Kaylor ca. 1865 and fathered John Eichelberger (b. 09/25/63 - allegedly not Elizabeth's child), Isaac (b. 06/28/66), Albert (b. 02/28/73), Alice (b. 03/12/77 - married Joshua B. Berstler), and Emma (b. 10/23/86 - married William Valentine Hummel). No obituary was found in online newspaper archives.
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