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Sylvester McComsey

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Sylvester McComsey

Birth
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
8 Jul 1918 (aged 74)
Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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The son of John & Annie (Reath) McComsey, in 1860 he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for William Gibson in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster County July 26, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay for loss of his knapsack and metallic scales. He also enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster August 22, 1864, as a private with Co. I, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.

He married Mary E. lnu. and fathered Ulphana A. (b. @1874) and Harry Sylvester (b. 06/24/79). Mary's status is unknown, but he married Florence lnu. in 1891 and fathered Caroline Blanche (b. 01/16/92 - married Ambrose Herbert Chappell).

Cause of death is listed as "chronic myocarditis."
The son of John & Annie (Reath) McComsey, in 1860 he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for William Gibson in Little Britain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster County July 26, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 11 as a private with Co. C, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay for loss of his knapsack and metallic scales. He also enlisted and mustered into federal service at Lancaster August 22, 1864, as a private with Co. I, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.

He married Mary E. lnu. and fathered Ulphana A. (b. @1874) and Harry Sylvester (b. 06/24/79). Mary's status is unknown, but he married Florence lnu. in 1891 and fathered Caroline Blanche (b. 01/16/92 - married Ambrose Herbert Chappell).

Cause of death is listed as "chronic myocarditis."


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