The son of John & Susanna (Brothers) Parr, in 1860, he was a laborer living in Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Eyler October 25, 1843, in Hanover, York County, and fathered Ellen (b. @1843), Alexander (b. 04/06/44), Mary Elizabeth (b. 03/10/47), John (b. @1849), Susan Elmira (11/15/50 - married John Wesley Gillenwater), Louis Henry (b. 07/23/52, d. 04/06/56), Salome (b. @1854), Rufus (b. @1857), Robert (b. @1859), Albert (b. @1862), and Margaret (b. @1865).
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. His son Alexander served in Co. F in the same regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of forty-two and mustered into federal service at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 1862, as an unassigned private with the 8th Maryland Infantry, likely as a substitute given that this was a state drafted regiment and he lived in Pennsylvania. Three days after mustering, he deserted and did not return to duty.
By no later than 1880, he and his family were living in Rushville, Illinois.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. His son Alexander served in Co. F in the same regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of forty-two and mustered into federal service at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 1862, as an unassigned private with the 8th Maryland Infantry, likely as a substitute given that this was a state drafted regiment and he lived in Pennsylvania. Three days after mustering, he deserted and did not return to duty.
By no later than 1880, he and his family were living in Rushville, Illinois.
The son of John & Susanna (Brothers) Parr, in 1860, he was a laborer living in Heidelberg Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He married Catherine Eyler October 25, 1843, in Hanover, York County, and fathered Ellen (b. @1843), Alexander (b. 04/06/44), Mary Elizabeth (b. 03/10/47), John (b. @1849), Susan Elmira (11/15/50 - married John Wesley Gillenwater), Louis Henry (b. 07/23/52, d. 04/06/56), Salome (b. @1854), Rufus (b. @1857), Robert (b. @1859), Albert (b. @1862), and Margaret (b. @1865).
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. His son Alexander served in Co. F in the same regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of forty-two and mustered into federal service at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 1862, as an unassigned private with the 8th Maryland Infantry, likely as a substitute given that this was a state drafted regiment and he lived in Pennsylvania. Three days after mustering, he deserted and did not return to duty.
By no later than 1880, he and his family were living in Rushville, Illinois.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861, as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 30, 1861. His son Alexander served in Co. F in the same regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of forty-two and mustered into federal service at Camp Bradford, Baltimore, Maryland, December 5, 1862, as an unassigned private with the 8th Maryland Infantry, likely as a substitute given that this was a state drafted regiment and he lived in Pennsylvania. Three days after mustering, he deserted and did not return to duty.
By no later than 1880, he and his family were living in Rushville, Illinois.
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