The son of Abraham H. & Mariah (Taylor) Boyer, in 1860 he was living with his family in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where his father operated an inn. He is in the 1860 census by his middle name.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted with the regular army at the grossly overstated age of twenty-five in Harrisburg March 25, 1862, and assigned as a private to Co. C, 18th U.S. Infantry, also serving with Co. G and A, dates unknown. He discharged by surgeon's certificate, reason as yet unknown, to date November 19, 1864, at Camp Thomas, Columbus, Ohio, a corporal. In typical fashion, his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph misrepresents his military service, claiming that he served with the "118th U.S. Infantry," a regiment that did not exist, and that he served "three years," which is also false.
He married Mary Elizabeth Hampton ca. 1867 and fathered Galen (b. 03/??/70), John A. (b. 12/17/75), Harry Allen (b. 12/10/78), Chester Samuel (b. 05/12/81), and William M. (b. 12/05/84). Cause of his death is listed as "uremia," although his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph claims he had suffered a stroke. (Keep in mind that urinary tract infections in the elderly can create symptoms similar to those of a stroke.)
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted with the regular army at the grossly overstated age of twenty-five in Harrisburg March 25, 1862, and assigned as a private to Co. C, 18th U.S. Infantry, also serving with Co. G and A, dates unknown. He discharged by surgeon's certificate, reason as yet unknown, to date November 19, 1864, at Camp Thomas, Columbus, Ohio, a corporal. In typical fashion, his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph misrepresents his military service, claiming that he served with the "118th U.S. Infantry," a regiment that did not exist, and that he served "three years," which is also false.
He married Mary Elizabeth Hampton ca. 1867 and fathered Galen (b. 03/??/70), John A. (b. 12/17/75), Harry Allen (b. 12/10/78), Chester Samuel (b. 05/12/81), and William M. (b. 12/05/84). Cause of his death is listed as "uremia," although his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph claims he had suffered a stroke. (Keep in mind that urinary tract infections in the elderly can create symptoms similar to those of a stroke.)
The son of Abraham H. & Mariah (Taylor) Boyer, in 1860 he was living with his family in East Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, where his father operated an inn. He is in the 1860 census by his middle name.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted with the regular army at the grossly overstated age of twenty-five in Harrisburg March 25, 1862, and assigned as a private to Co. C, 18th U.S. Infantry, also serving with Co. G and A, dates unknown. He discharged by surgeon's certificate, reason as yet unknown, to date November 19, 1864, at Camp Thomas, Columbus, Ohio, a corporal. In typical fashion, his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph misrepresents his military service, claiming that he served with the "118th U.S. Infantry," a regiment that did not exist, and that he served "three years," which is also false.
He married Mary Elizabeth Hampton ca. 1867 and fathered Galen (b. 03/??/70), John A. (b. 12/17/75), Harry Allen (b. 12/10/78), Chester Samuel (b. 05/12/81), and William M. (b. 12/05/84). Cause of his death is listed as "uremia," although his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph claims he had suffered a stroke. (Keep in mind that urinary tract infections in the elderly can create symptoms similar to those of a stroke.)
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted with the regular army at the grossly overstated age of twenty-five in Harrisburg March 25, 1862, and assigned as a private to Co. C, 18th U.S. Infantry, also serving with Co. G and A, dates unknown. He discharged by surgeon's certificate, reason as yet unknown, to date November 19, 1864, at Camp Thomas, Columbus, Ohio, a corporal. In typical fashion, his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph misrepresents his military service, claiming that he served with the "118th U.S. Infantry," a regiment that did not exist, and that he served "three years," which is also false.
He married Mary Elizabeth Hampton ca. 1867 and fathered Galen (b. 03/??/70), John A. (b. 12/17/75), Harry Allen (b. 12/10/78), Chester Samuel (b. 05/12/81), and William M. (b. 12/05/84). Cause of his death is listed as "uremia," although his obituary in the Harrisburg Telegraph claims he had suffered a stroke. (Keep in mind that urinary tract infections in the elderly can create symptoms similar to those of a stroke.)
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