Henry served as a First Lieutenant in the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company F (Civil War). Henry built the town fountain in Newville; he was a mason by trade.
Additional information courtesy of Dennis Brandt:
The son of John & Mary (Bistline) Shreffler, the family appears in the 1850 census for Toboyne Township, Perry County, as "Bistline" even though John and Mary are shown living together. Orphaned by 1859, a year later Henry was living with his brother Andrew in Jackson Township ans working as a mason. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Perry County August 5, 1862, reportedly at the age of twenty-two, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. G, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Fredericksburg December 13, 1862, but remained on the active roll and honorably discharged with his company May 26, 1863. He also enlisted - probably in Harrisburg; date not reported but in sometime in early September or late August 1864 -, mustered into federal service at the rank of private, promoted to 1st lieutenant September 9, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
After the war, he married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Adams and fathered Saloma C. (b. 1867, d. 1868), John Bistline (b. 1868), Annie Maude (b. 1870), Florence Nevada (b. @1873), Henry "Harry," Louella M. (b. 1874 - married Dr. John A. Bender), Lula (b. @1876), Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (b. 1877), Emma (b. 1879 - married a Mickleborough), and Mary Justina (b. 1881 - married a Trostle). He did not mention service with the 208th Pennsylvania in the 1890 Veterans' Schedule.
Additional information courtesy of Dennis Brandt:
The son of John & Mary (Bistline) Shreffler, the family appears in the 1850 census for Toboyne Township, Perry County, as "Bistline" even though John and Mary are shown living together. Orphaned by 1859, a year later Henry was living with his brother Andrew in Jackson Township ans working as a mason. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Perry County August 5, 1862, reportedly at the age of twenty-two, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. G, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Fredericksburg December 13, 1862, but remained on the active roll and honorably discharged with his company May 26, 1863. He also enlisted - probably in Harrisburg; date not reported but in sometime in early September or late August 1864 -, mustered into federal service at the rank of private, promoted to 1st lieutenant September 9, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
After the war, he married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Adams and fathered Saloma C. (b. 1867, d. 1868), John Bistline (b. 1868), Annie Maude (b. 1870), Florence Nevada (b. @1873), Henry "Harry," Louella M. (b. 1874 - married Dr. John A. Bender), Lula (b. @1876), Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (b. 1877), Emma (b. 1879 - married a Mickleborough), and Mary Justina (b. 1881 - married a Trostle). He did not mention service with the 208th Pennsylvania in the 1890 Veterans' Schedule.
Henry served as a First Lieutenant in the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company F (Civil War). Henry built the town fountain in Newville; he was a mason by trade.
Additional information courtesy of Dennis Brandt:
The son of John & Mary (Bistline) Shreffler, the family appears in the 1850 census for Toboyne Township, Perry County, as "Bistline" even though John and Mary are shown living together. Orphaned by 1859, a year later Henry was living with his brother Andrew in Jackson Township ans working as a mason. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Perry County August 5, 1862, reportedly at the age of twenty-two, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. G, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Fredericksburg December 13, 1862, but remained on the active roll and honorably discharged with his company May 26, 1863. He also enlisted - probably in Harrisburg; date not reported but in sometime in early September or late August 1864 -, mustered into federal service at the rank of private, promoted to 1st lieutenant September 9, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
After the war, he married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Adams and fathered Saloma C. (b. 1867, d. 1868), John Bistline (b. 1868), Annie Maude (b. 1870), Florence Nevada (b. @1873), Henry "Harry," Louella M. (b. 1874 - married Dr. John A. Bender), Lula (b. @1876), Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (b. 1877), Emma (b. 1879 - married a Mickleborough), and Mary Justina (b. 1881 - married a Trostle). He did not mention service with the 208th Pennsylvania in the 1890 Veterans' Schedule.
Additional information courtesy of Dennis Brandt:
The son of John & Mary (Bistline) Shreffler, the family appears in the 1850 census for Toboyne Township, Perry County, as "Bistline" even though John and Mary are shown living together. Orphaned by 1859, a year later Henry was living with his brother Andrew in Jackson Township ans working as a mason. He stood 5' 6" tall and had black hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Perry County August 5, 1862, reportedly at the age of twenty-two, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. G, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was wounded in the left leg at the battle of Fredericksburg December 13, 1862, but remained on the active roll and honorably discharged with his company May 26, 1863. He also enlisted - probably in Harrisburg; date not reported but in sometime in early September or late August 1864 -, mustered into federal service at the rank of private, promoted to 1st lieutenant September 9, and honorably discharged with his company June 1, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
After the war, he married Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Adams and fathered Saloma C. (b. 1867, d. 1868), John Bistline (b. 1868), Annie Maude (b. 1870), Florence Nevada (b. @1873), Henry "Harry," Louella M. (b. 1874 - married Dr. John A. Bender), Lula (b. @1876), Benjamin Franklin "Frank" (b. 1877), Emma (b. 1879 - married a Mickleborough), and Mary Justina (b. 1881 - married a Trostle). He did not mention service with the 208th Pennsylvania in the 1890 Veterans' Schedule.
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