Company G, 209th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
b. 01-11-1831 in Adams County, Pennsylvania,
Entered Service 09-03-1864 at Camp Curtain,
Discharged 05-20-1865 in Alexandria, Pennsylvania,
d. 02-07-1902 in Northboro, Iowa
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The son of George & Rachel Winrott or Wintrode, in 1850 he was living with his family in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He married Celena M. Zook November 26, 1856, in Hanover, York County, and fathered Laura Ann (b. 08/07/59 - married Ellis L. Benedict). While he is not found in the 1860 census, he was presumably still living in or near Adams County. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and black eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg September 3, 1864, and mustered into federal service there September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded in the left arm at the battle of Fort Stedman outside Petersburg, Virginia, on March 25, 1865, he discharged by surgeon's certificate per general order to date May 20, 1865.
By 1870, he was living in Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois, and was in Page County, Iowa, by no later than 1885 where he was a member of Northboro's Gettysburg Post No. 241, G.A.R.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) •
Company G, 209th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
b. 01-11-1831 in Adams County, Pennsylvania,
Entered Service 09-03-1864 at Camp Curtain,
Discharged 05-20-1865 in Alexandria, Pennsylvania,
d. 02-07-1902 in Northboro, Iowa
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The son of George & Rachel Winrott or Wintrode, in 1850 he was living with his family in Germany Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He married Celena M. Zook November 26, 1856, in Hanover, York County, and fathered Laura Ann (b. 08/07/59 - married Ellis L. Benedict). While he is not found in the 1860 census, he was presumably still living in or near Adams County. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and black eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg September 3, 1864, and mustered into federal service there September 4 as a private with Co. G, 209th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded in the left arm at the battle of Fort Stedman outside Petersburg, Virginia, on March 25, 1865, he discharged by surgeon's certificate per general order to date May 20, 1865.
By 1870, he was living in Kickapoo, Peoria County, Illinois, and was in Page County, Iowa, by no later than 1885 where he was a member of Northboro's Gettysburg Post No. 241, G.A.R.
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334) •
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