The son of Emanuel [or was it David?] & Sarah (McCleaster) Adams, he married his sister-in-law Sarah Tomey, née Wollet, June 16, 1857, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Rebecca (b. @1858), William A. (b. 06/02/59), James C. (b. 02/08/64), Anna Elizabeth (b. 10/31/66 - married Joseph K. Rees), Albert L. (b. 04/01/68), Mary Gertrude (b. 12/28/71 - married a Kuhn), Robert McAllister (b. 06/16/74), and Carrie M. (b. 05/??/77). The 1860 census also lists Sarah's children Mary E. and Samuel H. living in the household. Per his statement in his pension file, in 1860 he was working for a tanner named Greenawalt in Harrisburg and still was at the time of his enlistment. However, the 1860 census claims he was a distillery fireman living with his family in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, offering doubt as to whether that entry refers to him and his family, although the wife's and two children's names match what is expected. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, August 25, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 26 as a private with Co. E, 200th Pennsylvania Infantry. A spent shell struck him in the forehead on November 17, 1864, while on the picket line at Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia, but he remained in active service. He was again wounded, this time in the left hip by a shell fragment April 2, 1865, during the final assault on the Confederate works outside Petersburg, Virginia. While a patient at City Point, Virginia, President Abraham Lincoln paid a visit to the hospital, and David claimed that he rose on crutches to shake the president's hand. He honorably discharged with his company May 30, 1865. His brother Alexander served in the same company.
In 1890, he was living in Harrisburg where he was a member of Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R. Sarah died in 1891, and he married Mary E. Fanus or Famous June 13, 1900, in Harrisburg. He later moved to Middletown, Dauphin County, and died at his home there.
The son of Emanuel [or was it David?] & Sarah (McCleaster) Adams, he married his sister-in-law Sarah Tomey, née Wollet, June 16, 1857, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and fathered Rebecca (b. @1858), William A. (b. 06/02/59), James C. (b. 02/08/64), Anna Elizabeth (b. 10/31/66 - married Joseph K. Rees), Albert L. (b. 04/01/68), Mary Gertrude (b. 12/28/71 - married a Kuhn), Robert McAllister (b. 06/16/74), and Carrie M. (b. 05/??/77). The 1860 census also lists Sarah's children Mary E. and Samuel H. living in the household. Per his statement in his pension file, in 1860 he was working for a tanner named Greenawalt in Harrisburg and still was at the time of his enlistment. However, the 1860 census claims he was a distillery fireman living with his family in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, offering doubt as to whether that entry refers to him and his family, although the wife's and two children's names match what is expected. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, August 25, 1864, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 26 as a private with Co. E, 200th Pennsylvania Infantry. A spent shell struck him in the forehead on November 17, 1864, while on the picket line at Dutch Gap Canal, Virginia, but he remained in active service. He was again wounded, this time in the left hip by a shell fragment April 2, 1865, during the final assault on the Confederate works outside Petersburg, Virginia. While a patient at City Point, Virginia, President Abraham Lincoln paid a visit to the hospital, and David claimed that he rose on crutches to shake the president's hand. He honorably discharged with his company May 30, 1865. His brother Alexander served in the same company.
In 1890, he was living in Harrisburg where he was a member of Hartranft Post No. 58, G.A.R. Sarah died in 1891, and he married Mary E. Fanus or Famous June 13, 1900, in Harrisburg. He later moved to Middletown, Dauphin County, and died at his home there.
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