The son of Abraham & Anna Maria (Reitmeyer) Clemmens, he married Isabella Mary Stricker ca. 1854 and fathered Daniel Augustus (b. 02/28/51), Clara E. (b. 09/27/57 - married Daniel W. Hoover), and Maria Christina (b. 08/??/60). In 1860, he was a machinist living with his family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with brown hair and gray eyes. He is in the 1860 census as a twenty-five-year-old but shown as thirty-nine in the 1870 census. Isabella died in 1861.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a musician (drummer) with the band of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Lancaster September 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day as a musician with the band of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, rising to the rank of principal musician. He broke his arm in Pittsburgh shortly after muster-in but was able to return to duty. Sometime around August 1862, he was reduced to private after Congress defunded regimental bands, but not until July 7, 1863, was he assigned to Co. A. Eight days later, he transferred to a brigade band. His eleven-year-old son Daniel Jr. mustered into Co. A on July 13, 1863, but either arrived after the elder Daniel has transferred, or they served together for few days at most, contrary to what the younger Daniel's obituaries claim. The elder Daniel honorably discharged at term's end to date September 5, 1864, and the son just nine days later for being disabled by "homesickness." The father's obituary contends that he discharged July 17, 1865, but there is no corroborating evidence for that, and his compiled military service records reflect the 1864 date. No index of his brigade bade compiled military service records was found on Fold3.com, although there is a leap from "Caswell" to "Coon" in that index the suggests missing records. He is in the company register as "Clemmans" but applied for his disability pension as "Clemmens."
He married Katharine or Catherine Bruhl March 14, 1872, in Reading, fathering Mary C. "Minnie" (b. @1872 - married Joseph Price) and Luther A. (b. 05/14/84). He was active in Lancaster County's musical circles after the war and the leader of band. He was found dead in his room at Smith's Opera House.
His son Daniel is buried as "Clemmens," the spelling used in this Daniel's obituary (see below), so the surname may be misspelled on the tombstone.
Philadelphia Inquirer-Bandmaster Clemmens Dead
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 22-Daniel Clemmens, aged 73, a native of Reading, and for many years a famous bandmaster, died last night from apoplexy, being found dead in bed. He came here from Reading to be master mechanic of the Lancaster Locomotive Works, and soon became lead of the Fencibles Band. Through the Civil War he was bandmaster of the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. [an exaggerated claim]
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Civil War injuries-left wrist broken and spine injured
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a musician (drummer) with the band of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Lancaster September 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day as a musician with the band of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, rising to the rank of principal musician. He broke his arm in Pittsburgh shortly after muster-in but was able to return to duty. Sometime around August 1862, he was reduced to private after Congress defunded regimental bands, but not until July 7, 1863, was he assigned to Co. A. Eight days later, he transferred to a brigade band. His eleven-year-old son Daniel Jr. mustered into Co. A on July 13, 1863, but either arrived after the elder Daniel has transferred, or they served together for few days at most, contrary to what the younger Daniel's obituaries claim. The elder Daniel honorably discharged at term's end to date September 5, 1864, and the son just nine days later for being disabled by "homesickness." The father's obituary contends that he discharged July 17, 1865, but there is no corroborating evidence for that, and his compiled military service records reflect the 1864 date. No index of his brigade bade compiled military service records was found on Fold3.com, although there is a leap from "Caswell" to "Coon" in that index the suggests missing records. He is in the company register as "Clemmans" but applied for his disability pension as "Clemmens."
He married Katharine or Catherine Bruhl March 14, 1872, in Reading, fathering Mary C. "Minnie" (b. @1872 - married Joseph Price) and Luther A. (b. 05/14/84). He was active in Lancaster County's musical circles after the war and the leader of band. He was found dead in his room at Smith's Opera House.
His son Daniel is buried as "Clemmens," the spelling used in this Daniel's obituary (see below), so the surname may be misspelled on the tombstone.
Philadelphia Inquirer-Bandmaster Clemmens Dead
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 22-Daniel Clemmens, aged 73, a native of Reading, and for many years a famous bandmaster, died last night from apoplexy, being found dead in bed. He came here from Reading to be master mechanic of the Lancaster Locomotive Works, and soon became lead of the Fencibles Band. Through the Civil War he was bandmaster of the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. [an exaggerated claim]
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Civil War injuries-left wrist broken and spine injured
The son of Abraham & Anna Maria (Reitmeyer) Clemmens, he married Isabella Mary Stricker ca. 1854 and fathered Daniel Augustus (b. 02/28/51), Clara E. (b. 09/27/57 - married Daniel W. Hoover), and Maria Christina (b. 08/??/60). In 1860, he was a machinist living with his family in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and stood 5' 9" tall with brown hair and gray eyes. He is in the 1860 census as a twenty-five-year-old but shown as thirty-nine in the 1870 census. Isabella died in 1861.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a musician (drummer) with the band of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Lancaster September 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day as a musician with the band of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, rising to the rank of principal musician. He broke his arm in Pittsburgh shortly after muster-in but was able to return to duty. Sometime around August 1862, he was reduced to private after Congress defunded regimental bands, but not until July 7, 1863, was he assigned to Co. A. Eight days later, he transferred to a brigade band. His eleven-year-old son Daniel Jr. mustered into Co. A on July 13, 1863, but either arrived after the elder Daniel has transferred, or they served together for few days at most, contrary to what the younger Daniel's obituaries claim. The elder Daniel honorably discharged at term's end to date September 5, 1864, and the son just nine days later for being disabled by "homesickness." The father's obituary contends that he discharged July 17, 1865, but there is no corroborating evidence for that, and his compiled military service records reflect the 1864 date. No index of his brigade bade compiled military service records was found on Fold3.com, although there is a leap from "Caswell" to "Coon" in that index the suggests missing records. He is in the company register as "Clemmans" but applied for his disability pension as "Clemmens."
He married Katharine or Catherine Bruhl March 14, 1872, in Reading, fathering Mary C. "Minnie" (b. @1872 - married Joseph Price) and Luther A. (b. 05/14/84). He was active in Lancaster County's musical circles after the war and the leader of band. He was found dead in his room at Smith's Opera House.
His son Daniel is buried as "Clemmens," the spelling used in this Daniel's obituary (see below), so the surname may be misspelled on the tombstone.
Philadelphia Inquirer-Bandmaster Clemmens Dead
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 22-Daniel Clemmens, aged 73, a native of Reading, and for many years a famous bandmaster, died last night from apoplexy, being found dead in bed. He came here from Reading to be master mechanic of the Lancaster Locomotive Works, and soon became lead of the Fencibles Band. Through the Civil War he was bandmaster of the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. [an exaggerated claim]
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Civil War injuries-left wrist broken and spine injured
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 20, 1861, as a musician (drummer) with the band of the 1st Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with the regiment July 27, 1861.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-nine in Lancaster September 19, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day as a musician with the band of the 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, rising to the rank of principal musician. He broke his arm in Pittsburgh shortly after muster-in but was able to return to duty. Sometime around August 1862, he was reduced to private after Congress defunded regimental bands, but not until July 7, 1863, was he assigned to Co. A. Eight days later, he transferred to a brigade band. His eleven-year-old son Daniel Jr. mustered into Co. A on July 13, 1863, but either arrived after the elder Daniel has transferred, or they served together for few days at most, contrary to what the younger Daniel's obituaries claim. The elder Daniel honorably discharged at term's end to date September 5, 1864, and the son just nine days later for being disabled by "homesickness." The father's obituary contends that he discharged July 17, 1865, but there is no corroborating evidence for that, and his compiled military service records reflect the 1864 date. No index of his brigade bade compiled military service records was found on Fold3.com, although there is a leap from "Caswell" to "Coon" in that index the suggests missing records. He is in the company register as "Clemmans" but applied for his disability pension as "Clemmens."
He married Katharine or Catherine Bruhl March 14, 1872, in Reading, fathering Mary C. "Minnie" (b. @1872 - married Joseph Price) and Luther A. (b. 05/14/84). He was active in Lancaster County's musical circles after the war and the leader of band. He was found dead in his room at Smith's Opera House.
His son Daniel is buried as "Clemmens," the spelling used in this Daniel's obituary (see below), so the surname may be misspelled on the tombstone.
Philadelphia Inquirer-Bandmaster Clemmens Dead
LANCASTER, Pa., Jan. 22-Daniel Clemmens, aged 73, a native of Reading, and for many years a famous bandmaster, died last night from apoplexy, being found dead in bed. He came here from Reading to be master mechanic of the Lancaster Locomotive Works, and soon became lead of the Fencibles Band. Through the Civil War he was bandmaster of the Seventy-ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. [an exaggerated claim]
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Civil War injuries-left wrist broken and spine injured
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Last name on the tombstone is misspelled--CLEMMENS
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