He married Henrietta Catherine Trevetz/Trevitz/Trewitz March 21, 1844, in York, Pennsylvania, and fathered Clarissa Elizabeth (b. 04/30/46 - married George Boyd Grube), John Francis (b. 07/10/49), and Lucy Ann [per pension file; "Anna L." in the 1860 census and her death certificate] (b. 12/11/53). In 1860, he was a cabinet maker living with his family in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is in the 1863-65 draft registration still residing in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, and listed as being "in Philada."
He served during the Civil War in a civilian capacity with the Quartermaster Department, U.S. Volunteers, in the construction corps. While the draft registration suggests he was working at Philadelphia on July 1, 1863, he was at Point Lookout, St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he contracted a severe case of dysentery. Trying to return home to Lancaster, he got as far as Baltimore where his deteriorating condition forced his admission to Camden Street U.S. Hospital. Within hours, he was dead. His pension records reveal that he was buried at Baltimore in Western Cemetery, but he apparently was re-interred to Lancaster County as his tombstone there does not give the appearance of a cenotaph. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
On May 18, 1891, Henrietta applied for a widow's pension but was denied because her husband had never been in the military.
He served during the Civil War in a civilian capacity with the Quartermaster Department, U.S. Volunteers, in the construction corps. While the draft registration suggests he was working at Philadelphia on July 1, 1863, he was at Point Lookout, St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he contracted a severe case of dysentery. Trying to return home to Lancaster, he got as far as Baltimore where his deteriorating condition forced his admission to Camden Street U.S. Hospital. Within hours, he was dead. His pension records reveal that he was buried at Baltimore in Western Cemetery, but he apparently was re-interred to Lancaster County as his tombstone there does not give the appearance of a cenotaph. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
On May 18, 1891, Henrietta applied for a widow's pension but was denied because her husband had never been in the military.
He married Henrietta Catherine Trevetz/Trevitz/Trewitz March 21, 1844, in York, Pennsylvania, and fathered Clarissa Elizabeth (b. 04/30/46 - married George Boyd Grube), John Francis (b. 07/10/49), and Lucy Ann [per pension file; "Anna L." in the 1860 census and her death certificate] (b. 12/11/53). In 1860, he was a cabinet maker living with his family in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He is in the 1863-65 draft registration still residing in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, and listed as being "in Philada."
He served during the Civil War in a civilian capacity with the Quartermaster Department, U.S. Volunteers, in the construction corps. While the draft registration suggests he was working at Philadelphia on July 1, 1863, he was at Point Lookout, St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he contracted a severe case of dysentery. Trying to return home to Lancaster, he got as far as Baltimore where his deteriorating condition forced his admission to Camden Street U.S. Hospital. Within hours, he was dead. His pension records reveal that he was buried at Baltimore in Western Cemetery, but he apparently was re-interred to Lancaster County as his tombstone there does not give the appearance of a cenotaph. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
On May 18, 1891, Henrietta applied for a widow's pension but was denied because her husband had never been in the military.
He served during the Civil War in a civilian capacity with the Quartermaster Department, U.S. Volunteers, in the construction corps. While the draft registration suggests he was working at Philadelphia on July 1, 1863, he was at Point Lookout, St. Mary's County, Maryland, where he contracted a severe case of dysentery. Trying to return home to Lancaster, he got as far as Baltimore where his deteriorating condition forced his admission to Camden Street U.S. Hospital. Within hours, he was dead. His pension records reveal that he was buried at Baltimore in Western Cemetery, but he apparently was re-interred to Lancaster County as his tombstone there does not give the appearance of a cenotaph. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive.
On May 18, 1891, Henrietta applied for a widow's pension but was denied because her husband had never been in the military.
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