The son of Abraham & Ann Margaret (van Harten) Demaree, he was orphaned by age eleven. He married Victorine Lowther and fathered William Lowther (b. 12/23/59), Clara M. (b. 09/??/61, d. 1862), Thomas Elliott (b. 02/25/64), Anna Lowther (b. 09/06/65), Albert B. (b. @1873), and Frederick Milton (b. 04/18/76). In 1860 he was a successful merchant living with his young family in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 6, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 13 as captain of Co. I, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
According to a newspaper death notice, he died from "la grippe."
(bio info courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
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The News (Newport, PA), 4 Dec 1891 (Fri), page 3
Twenty minutes before 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Captain A. B. Demaree's spirit took its flight into eternity. He died peacefully and without a struggle. Although slightly indisposed for two or three weeks, he was only confined to his room eleven days. It was the first time he had been sick for forty-three years. Grip in its most determined shape was the disease that carried him off, the grip although he had light pneumonia, too; had a more or less powerful effect upon his brain, with a tendency to produce irrational but not violent demonstrations. His death was not entirely unexpected for twenty-four hours prior to final dissolution, and there were some who feared from the beginning that the captain would not get well. No recent death has caused more general sorrow. When the fact became known to the public, upon everybody's lips were the words, "How sad!" For Captain Demaree was a man widely known. He was a progressive, enterprising citizen and business man, and one of the most earnest of the members of the Board of Trade, of which he was a Vice President at the time of his death. He was outspoken, of positive character, and most thoroughly detested anything of the sham order. Although severely wounded at Fredericksburg, he never would stretch his conscience sufficiently to apply for a pension, although frequently urged to do so.
He was born in this place nearly 53 years ago and was married to Miss Victorine Lowther in April, 1859. They had six children, all of whom are living save one daughter. Mrs. Demaree survives, with the following offspring: W. L. Demaree, T. E. Demaree, Mrs. I. M. Cook of Wilmington, Del., A. B., Jr., and Fred M. Prior to the war Mr. Demaree was engaged in the merchantile business with his brotherinlaw, Mr. John R. Lowther.
He was captain of company I, 133d regiment, P. V., having enlisted with the nine months men and was mustered out with his company May 21, 1863. He was severely wounded in his right leg by the explosion of a shell at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. The hospital surgeons insisted upon cutting off the leg, but he would not permit it to be done. Although unfit by reason of his wounds to accompany his command, he insisted upon going along to the battle of Chancellorsville, and rode a horse to that sanguinary field. Here he did something that most less aggressive men would have hesitated to assume to do. Several, probably ten, wagon-loads of ammunition were liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, to prevent which he set fire to it with his own hands, causing such an explosion as is not frequently heard. It was a hazardous undertaking for the captain, but was the best thing to do under the circumstances, as was evidenced by the fact that he was not reprimanded by his superior officers for the wise course pursued. Said one of his comrades: "Captain Demaree was loved by all his men. He was exceedingly kind and brave. He was always ready to share his last dollar or crust of bread with his men. When rations fell short and the supply was not immediately replenished, he would spend his last dollar if need be for food for his men."
Six years after the war were spent in Illinois and Missouri and the balance of his lifetime he was a resident of this place. For years he traveled for the firm of Monroe Brothers, a large Philadelphia shoe house. He carried on the shoe business in Wilmington, Del., during the year 1888, and has since been engaged in the same business here.
The funeral will be this (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock and will be of a private character, according to the wishes of Mrs. Demaree, although the deceased's comrades would have welcomed the privilege to bury him with military honors. The obsequies will, therefore, be held at the late residence of the deceased, and interment will be made in the Newport cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 6, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 13 as captain of Co. I, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
According to a newspaper death notice, he died from "la grippe."
(bio info courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
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The News (Newport, PA), 4 Dec 1891 (Fri), page 3
Twenty minutes before 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Captain A. B. Demaree's spirit took its flight into eternity. He died peacefully and without a struggle. Although slightly indisposed for two or three weeks, he was only confined to his room eleven days. It was the first time he had been sick for forty-three years. Grip in its most determined shape was the disease that carried him off, the grip although he had light pneumonia, too; had a more or less powerful effect upon his brain, with a tendency to produce irrational but not violent demonstrations. His death was not entirely unexpected for twenty-four hours prior to final dissolution, and there were some who feared from the beginning that the captain would not get well. No recent death has caused more general sorrow. When the fact became known to the public, upon everybody's lips were the words, "How sad!" For Captain Demaree was a man widely known. He was a progressive, enterprising citizen and business man, and one of the most earnest of the members of the Board of Trade, of which he was a Vice President at the time of his death. He was outspoken, of positive character, and most thoroughly detested anything of the sham order. Although severely wounded at Fredericksburg, he never would stretch his conscience sufficiently to apply for a pension, although frequently urged to do so.
He was born in this place nearly 53 years ago and was married to Miss Victorine Lowther in April, 1859. They had six children, all of whom are living save one daughter. Mrs. Demaree survives, with the following offspring: W. L. Demaree, T. E. Demaree, Mrs. I. M. Cook of Wilmington, Del., A. B., Jr., and Fred M. Prior to the war Mr. Demaree was engaged in the merchantile business with his brotherinlaw, Mr. John R. Lowther.
He was captain of company I, 133d regiment, P. V., having enlisted with the nine months men and was mustered out with his company May 21, 1863. He was severely wounded in his right leg by the explosion of a shell at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. The hospital surgeons insisted upon cutting off the leg, but he would not permit it to be done. Although unfit by reason of his wounds to accompany his command, he insisted upon going along to the battle of Chancellorsville, and rode a horse to that sanguinary field. Here he did something that most less aggressive men would have hesitated to assume to do. Several, probably ten, wagon-loads of ammunition were liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, to prevent which he set fire to it with his own hands, causing such an explosion as is not frequently heard. It was a hazardous undertaking for the captain, but was the best thing to do under the circumstances, as was evidenced by the fact that he was not reprimanded by his superior officers for the wise course pursued. Said one of his comrades: "Captain Demaree was loved by all his men. He was exceedingly kind and brave. He was always ready to share his last dollar or crust of bread with his men. When rations fell short and the supply was not immediately replenished, he would spend his last dollar if need be for food for his men."
Six years after the war were spent in Illinois and Missouri and the balance of his lifetime he was a resident of this place. For years he traveled for the firm of Monroe Brothers, a large Philadelphia shoe house. He carried on the shoe business in Wilmington, Del., during the year 1888, and has since been engaged in the same business here.
The funeral will be this (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock and will be of a private character, according to the wishes of Mrs. Demaree, although the deceased's comrades would have welcomed the privilege to bury him with military honors. The obsequies will, therefore, be held at the late residence of the deceased, and interment will be made in the Newport cemetery.
The son of Abraham & Ann Margaret (van Harten) Demaree, he was orphaned by age eleven. He married Victorine Lowther and fathered William Lowther (b. 12/23/59), Clara M. (b. 09/??/61, d. 1862), Thomas Elliott (b. 02/25/64), Anna Lowther (b. 09/06/65), Albert B. (b. @1873), and Frederick Milton (b. 04/18/76). In 1860 he was a successful merchant living with his young family in Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 6, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 13 as captain of Co. I, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
According to a newspaper death notice, he died from "la grippe."
(bio info courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
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The News (Newport, PA), 4 Dec 1891 (Fri), page 3
Twenty minutes before 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Captain A. B. Demaree's spirit took its flight into eternity. He died peacefully and without a struggle. Although slightly indisposed for two or three weeks, he was only confined to his room eleven days. It was the first time he had been sick for forty-three years. Grip in its most determined shape was the disease that carried him off, the grip although he had light pneumonia, too; had a more or less powerful effect upon his brain, with a tendency to produce irrational but not violent demonstrations. His death was not entirely unexpected for twenty-four hours prior to final dissolution, and there were some who feared from the beginning that the captain would not get well. No recent death has caused more general sorrow. When the fact became known to the public, upon everybody's lips were the words, "How sad!" For Captain Demaree was a man widely known. He was a progressive, enterprising citizen and business man, and one of the most earnest of the members of the Board of Trade, of which he was a Vice President at the time of his death. He was outspoken, of positive character, and most thoroughly detested anything of the sham order. Although severely wounded at Fredericksburg, he never would stretch his conscience sufficiently to apply for a pension, although frequently urged to do so.
He was born in this place nearly 53 years ago and was married to Miss Victorine Lowther in April, 1859. They had six children, all of whom are living save one daughter. Mrs. Demaree survives, with the following offspring: W. L. Demaree, T. E. Demaree, Mrs. I. M. Cook of Wilmington, Del., A. B., Jr., and Fred M. Prior to the war Mr. Demaree was engaged in the merchantile business with his brotherinlaw, Mr. John R. Lowther.
He was captain of company I, 133d regiment, P. V., having enlisted with the nine months men and was mustered out with his company May 21, 1863. He was severely wounded in his right leg by the explosion of a shell at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. The hospital surgeons insisted upon cutting off the leg, but he would not permit it to be done. Although unfit by reason of his wounds to accompany his command, he insisted upon going along to the battle of Chancellorsville, and rode a horse to that sanguinary field. Here he did something that most less aggressive men would have hesitated to assume to do. Several, probably ten, wagon-loads of ammunition were liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, to prevent which he set fire to it with his own hands, causing such an explosion as is not frequently heard. It was a hazardous undertaking for the captain, but was the best thing to do under the circumstances, as was evidenced by the fact that he was not reprimanded by his superior officers for the wise course pursued. Said one of his comrades: "Captain Demaree was loved by all his men. He was exceedingly kind and brave. He was always ready to share his last dollar or crust of bread with his men. When rations fell short and the supply was not immediately replenished, he would spend his last dollar if need be for food for his men."
Six years after the war were spent in Illinois and Missouri and the balance of his lifetime he was a resident of this place. For years he traveled for the firm of Monroe Brothers, a large Philadelphia shoe house. He carried on the shoe business in Wilmington, Del., during the year 1888, and has since been engaged in the same business here.
The funeral will be this (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock and will be of a private character, according to the wishes of Mrs. Demaree, although the deceased's comrades would have welcomed the privilege to bury him with military honors. The obsequies will, therefore, be held at the late residence of the deceased, and interment will be made in the Newport cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 6, 1862, mustered into federal service there August 13 as captain of Co. I, 133rd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
According to a newspaper death notice, he died from "la grippe."
(bio info courtesy of Dennis Brandt)
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The News (Newport, PA), 4 Dec 1891 (Fri), page 3
Twenty minutes before 4 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon Captain A. B. Demaree's spirit took its flight into eternity. He died peacefully and without a struggle. Although slightly indisposed for two or three weeks, he was only confined to his room eleven days. It was the first time he had been sick for forty-three years. Grip in its most determined shape was the disease that carried him off, the grip although he had light pneumonia, too; had a more or less powerful effect upon his brain, with a tendency to produce irrational but not violent demonstrations. His death was not entirely unexpected for twenty-four hours prior to final dissolution, and there were some who feared from the beginning that the captain would not get well. No recent death has caused more general sorrow. When the fact became known to the public, upon everybody's lips were the words, "How sad!" For Captain Demaree was a man widely known. He was a progressive, enterprising citizen and business man, and one of the most earnest of the members of the Board of Trade, of which he was a Vice President at the time of his death. He was outspoken, of positive character, and most thoroughly detested anything of the sham order. Although severely wounded at Fredericksburg, he never would stretch his conscience sufficiently to apply for a pension, although frequently urged to do so.
He was born in this place nearly 53 years ago and was married to Miss Victorine Lowther in April, 1859. They had six children, all of whom are living save one daughter. Mrs. Demaree survives, with the following offspring: W. L. Demaree, T. E. Demaree, Mrs. I. M. Cook of Wilmington, Del., A. B., Jr., and Fred M. Prior to the war Mr. Demaree was engaged in the merchantile business with his brotherinlaw, Mr. John R. Lowther.
He was captain of company I, 133d regiment, P. V., having enlisted with the nine months men and was mustered out with his company May 21, 1863. He was severely wounded in his right leg by the explosion of a shell at the battle of Fredericksburg, Va., December 13, 1862. The hospital surgeons insisted upon cutting off the leg, but he would not permit it to be done. Although unfit by reason of his wounds to accompany his command, he insisted upon going along to the battle of Chancellorsville, and rode a horse to that sanguinary field. Here he did something that most less aggressive men would have hesitated to assume to do. Several, probably ten, wagon-loads of ammunition were liable to fall into the hands of the enemy, to prevent which he set fire to it with his own hands, causing such an explosion as is not frequently heard. It was a hazardous undertaking for the captain, but was the best thing to do under the circumstances, as was evidenced by the fact that he was not reprimanded by his superior officers for the wise course pursued. Said one of his comrades: "Captain Demaree was loved by all his men. He was exceedingly kind and brave. He was always ready to share his last dollar or crust of bread with his men. When rations fell short and the supply was not immediately replenished, he would spend his last dollar if need be for food for his men."
Six years after the war were spent in Illinois and Missouri and the balance of his lifetime he was a resident of this place. For years he traveled for the firm of Monroe Brothers, a large Philadelphia shoe house. He carried on the shoe business in Wilmington, Del., during the year 1888, and has since been engaged in the same business here.
The funeral will be this (Friday) morning at 10 o'clock and will be of a private character, according to the wishes of Mrs. Demaree, although the deceased's comrades would have welcomed the privilege to bury him with military honors. The obsequies will, therefore, be held at the late residence of the deceased, and interment will be made in the Newport cemetery.
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