In 1860, he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for the elderly Nancy Shipley in Howard County, Maryland. He stood 6' 0" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Elk Ridge, Howard County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Frederick, Maryland, November 27 as a private with Co. D, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal February 1, 1863, and honorably discharged at term's end September 8, 1864.
He married Lydia V. Carlisle ca. 1866 and fathered Robert G. (b. 06/??/67), John L. (b. 08/??/68), Stevenson (b. 1869), Howard V. (b. 01/15/72), Elizabeth M. (b. 09/??/75), Hetty J. (b. 11/??/78), George Washington (b. 11/28/83), and Emma (b. 08/??/87). By 1870, he was living with his family in Harrisburg and working in the iron industry.
See the accompanying obituary for a description of how he died, but note that it is likely that age at death stated in the article is incorrect.
His reported birth years are all over the chronological map. According to various sources, he was born in the following approximate years:
1860 census - 1839
1870 census - 1835
1880 census - 1841
Obituary - 1842
Enlistment - 1838
Death cert: 1846
(Courtesy Dennis Brandt)
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Elk Ridge, Howard County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Frederick, Maryland, November 27 as a private with Co. D, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal February 1, 1863, and honorably discharged at term's end September 8, 1864.
He married Lydia V. Carlisle ca. 1866 and fathered Robert G. (b. 06/??/67), John L. (b. 08/??/68), Stevenson (b. 1869), Howard V. (b. 01/15/72), Elizabeth M. (b. 09/??/75), Hetty J. (b. 11/??/78), George Washington (b. 11/28/83), and Emma (b. 08/??/87). By 1870, he was living with his family in Harrisburg and working in the iron industry.
See the accompanying obituary for a description of how he died, but note that it is likely that age at death stated in the article is incorrect.
His reported birth years are all over the chronological map. According to various sources, he was born in the following approximate years:
1860 census - 1839
1870 census - 1835
1880 census - 1841
Obituary - 1842
Enlistment - 1838
Death cert: 1846
(Courtesy Dennis Brandt)
In 1860, he was a farm laborer living with and/or working for the elderly Nancy Shipley in Howard County, Maryland. He stood 6' 0" tall and had dark hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Elk Ridge, Howard County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Frederick, Maryland, November 27 as a private with Co. D, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal February 1, 1863, and honorably discharged at term's end September 8, 1864.
He married Lydia V. Carlisle ca. 1866 and fathered Robert G. (b. 06/??/67), John L. (b. 08/??/68), Stevenson (b. 1869), Howard V. (b. 01/15/72), Elizabeth M. (b. 09/??/75), Hetty J. (b. 11/??/78), George Washington (b. 11/28/83), and Emma (b. 08/??/87). By 1870, he was living with his family in Harrisburg and working in the iron industry.
See the accompanying obituary for a description of how he died, but note that it is likely that age at death stated in the article is incorrect.
His reported birth years are all over the chronological map. According to various sources, he was born in the following approximate years:
1860 census - 1839
1870 census - 1835
1880 census - 1841
Obituary - 1842
Enlistment - 1838
Death cert: 1846
(Courtesy Dennis Brandt)
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Elk Ridge, Howard County, September 4, 1861, and mustered into federal service at Frederick, Maryland, November 27 as a private with Co. D, 1st Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Cavalry. He was promoted to corporal February 1, 1863, and honorably discharged at term's end September 8, 1864.
He married Lydia V. Carlisle ca. 1866 and fathered Robert G. (b. 06/??/67), John L. (b. 08/??/68), Stevenson (b. 1869), Howard V. (b. 01/15/72), Elizabeth M. (b. 09/??/75), Hetty J. (b. 11/??/78), George Washington (b. 11/28/83), and Emma (b. 08/??/87). By 1870, he was living with his family in Harrisburg and working in the iron industry.
See the accompanying obituary for a description of how he died, but note that it is likely that age at death stated in the article is incorrect.
His reported birth years are all over the chronological map. According to various sources, he was born in the following approximate years:
1860 census - 1839
1870 census - 1835
1880 census - 1841
Obituary - 1842
Enlistment - 1838
Death cert: 1846
(Courtesy Dennis Brandt)
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