Served as a Sergeant in Co. K. (Michigan) Hiram Berdan's 1st U.S. Sharpshooters in the Civil War.
AGED VETERAN ANSWERS CALL
Dies at Home in Burlington Township at Age of 89
The final "taps" were sounded for another veteran of the G.A.R. when Harrison S. Castle responded to the last roll call at 9 a.m. Wednesday at his farm home in Burlington Township. He was 89 years old.
The last rites were held at the home on Saturday May 3, at 2 p.m., Rev B. B. Ferres officiating and assisted by Rev. E. H. Hazard and Rev. R. Crosby. Burial was in Burlington cemetery.
Harrison Castle was born at Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 28, 1840. In his boyhood he removed with his parents to Lapeer, and when a young man of 21 enlisted in the service of the Northern army on January 13, 1862, becoming a member of the first regiment of U. S. Sharpshooters, composed of picked men from nearly all the northern states, and known as Berdan Sharpshooters of Company K.
The years from the time of his enlistment to Oct. 9, 1865 the day of his honorable discharge as a non-commissioned officer, saw him an active participant in 36 battles of the Civil War.
When the uniform was once more replaced by civilian clothes, Mr. castle turned homeward again toward Lapeer. In a short time he had exchanged the life of a soldier for that of a lumberman on a wooded section, one and one-half miles west of North Branch.
In 1870 he was married to Miss Mary Coverdale and removed to the farm property. After a year's residence on the farm, he removed to North Branch, where, in a few months occurred the death of his wife. In 1874 he re-married, taking as his bride Mrs. Joanna Coverdale of North Branch Township, whose former husband was a brother to Mr. Castle's first wife. The farm property north of the village once more became his home. After suffering a serious injury to his hip in 1918, he was forced to retire from active farm duties, and resign his affairs to the hands of his son, Sidney Castle, his only surviving child, who, with his wife, resides on the homestead property. Besides the widow and son he leaves to mourn, a half-brother, H. D. Castle of Detroit, three brothers and one half sister and a half brother having died previously.
Lapeer County Press, May 7, 1930
AGED VETERAN ANSWERS CALL
Dies at Home in Burlington Township at Age of 89
The final "taps" were sounded for another veteran of the G.A.R. when Harrison S. Castle responded to the last roll call at 9 a.m. Wednesday at his farm home in Burlington Township. He was 89 years old.
The last rites were held at the home on Saturday May 3, at 2 p.m., Rev B. B. Ferres officiating and assisted by Rev. E. H. Hazard and Rev. R. Crosby. Burial was in Burlington cemetery.
Harrison Castle was born at Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 28, 1840. In his boyhood he removed with his parents to Lapeer, and when a young man of 21 enlisted in the service of the Northern army on January 13, 1862, becoming a member of the first regiment of U. S. Sharpshooters, composed of picked men from nearly all the northern states, and known as Berdan Sharpshooters of Company K.
The years from the time of his enlistment to Oct. 9, 1865 the day of his honorable discharge as a non-commissioned officer, saw him an active participant in 36 battles of the Civil War.
When the uniform was once more replaced by civilian clothes, Mr. castle turned homeward again toward Lapeer. In a short time he had exchanged the life of a soldier for that of a lumberman on a wooded section, one and one-half miles west of North Branch.
In 1870 he was married to Miss Mary Coverdale and removed to the farm property. After a year's residence on the farm, he removed to North Branch, where, in a few months occurred the death of his wife. In 1874 he re-married, taking as his bride Mrs. Joanna Coverdale of North Branch Township, whose former husband was a brother to Mr. Castle's first wife. The farm property north of the village once more became his home. After suffering a serious injury to his hip in 1918, he was forced to retire from active farm duties, and resign his affairs to the hands of his son, Sidney Castle, his only surviving child, who, with his wife, resides on the homestead property. Besides the widow and son he leaves to mourn, a half-brother, H. D. Castle of Detroit, three brothers and one half sister and a half brother having died previously.
Lapeer County Press, May 7, 1930
Served as a Sergeant in Co. K. (Michigan) Hiram Berdan's 1st U.S. Sharpshooters in the Civil War.
AGED VETERAN ANSWERS CALL
Dies at Home in Burlington Township at Age of 89
The final "taps" were sounded for another veteran of the G.A.R. when Harrison S. Castle responded to the last roll call at 9 a.m. Wednesday at his farm home in Burlington Township. He was 89 years old.
The last rites were held at the home on Saturday May 3, at 2 p.m., Rev B. B. Ferres officiating and assisted by Rev. E. H. Hazard and Rev. R. Crosby. Burial was in Burlington cemetery.
Harrison Castle was born at Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 28, 1840. In his boyhood he removed with his parents to Lapeer, and when a young man of 21 enlisted in the service of the Northern army on January 13, 1862, becoming a member of the first regiment of U. S. Sharpshooters, composed of picked men from nearly all the northern states, and known as Berdan Sharpshooters of Company K.
The years from the time of his enlistment to Oct. 9, 1865 the day of his honorable discharge as a non-commissioned officer, saw him an active participant in 36 battles of the Civil War.
When the uniform was once more replaced by civilian clothes, Mr. castle turned homeward again toward Lapeer. In a short time he had exchanged the life of a soldier for that of a lumberman on a wooded section, one and one-half miles west of North Branch.
In 1870 he was married to Miss Mary Coverdale and removed to the farm property. After a year's residence on the farm, he removed to North Branch, where, in a few months occurred the death of his wife. In 1874 he re-married, taking as his bride Mrs. Joanna Coverdale of North Branch Township, whose former husband was a brother to Mr. Castle's first wife. The farm property north of the village once more became his home. After suffering a serious injury to his hip in 1918, he was forced to retire from active farm duties, and resign his affairs to the hands of his son, Sidney Castle, his only surviving child, who, with his wife, resides on the homestead property. Besides the widow and son he leaves to mourn, a half-brother, H. D. Castle of Detroit, three brothers and one half sister and a half brother having died previously.
Lapeer County Press, May 7, 1930
AGED VETERAN ANSWERS CALL
Dies at Home in Burlington Township at Age of 89
The final "taps" were sounded for another veteran of the G.A.R. when Harrison S. Castle responded to the last roll call at 9 a.m. Wednesday at his farm home in Burlington Township. He was 89 years old.
The last rites were held at the home on Saturday May 3, at 2 p.m., Rev B. B. Ferres officiating and assisted by Rev. E. H. Hazard and Rev. R. Crosby. Burial was in Burlington cemetery.
Harrison Castle was born at Burlington, Vt., on Oct. 28, 1840. In his boyhood he removed with his parents to Lapeer, and when a young man of 21 enlisted in the service of the Northern army on January 13, 1862, becoming a member of the first regiment of U. S. Sharpshooters, composed of picked men from nearly all the northern states, and known as Berdan Sharpshooters of Company K.
The years from the time of his enlistment to Oct. 9, 1865 the day of his honorable discharge as a non-commissioned officer, saw him an active participant in 36 battles of the Civil War.
When the uniform was once more replaced by civilian clothes, Mr. castle turned homeward again toward Lapeer. In a short time he had exchanged the life of a soldier for that of a lumberman on a wooded section, one and one-half miles west of North Branch.
In 1870 he was married to Miss Mary Coverdale and removed to the farm property. After a year's residence on the farm, he removed to North Branch, where, in a few months occurred the death of his wife. In 1874 he re-married, taking as his bride Mrs. Joanna Coverdale of North Branch Township, whose former husband was a brother to Mr. Castle's first wife. The farm property north of the village once more became his home. After suffering a serious injury to his hip in 1918, he was forced to retire from active farm duties, and resign his affairs to the hands of his son, Sidney Castle, his only surviving child, who, with his wife, resides on the homestead property. Besides the widow and son he leaves to mourn, a half-brother, H. D. Castle of Detroit, three brothers and one half sister and a half brother having died previously.
Lapeer County Press, May 7, 1930
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