It is not certain where in Pennsylvania he was living in 1860, but it appears to have been in the Adams or Franklin County area. He was then a farmer by occupation and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and black eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Fannettsburg, Franklin County, June 30, 1863, mustered into federal service July 9 as a private with Co. H, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and discharged January 5, 1864, for the purpose of reenlisting. On Fabruary 6, 1864, he reenrolled with Co. K of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
He married Kate ? but they had no children (or at least any who survived to adulthood). By 1880, he was a resident of Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois, but in 1892 appears on a Chicago voter registration list. He later moved to Belvidere, Boone County. He worked for many years first as a brakeman and then as a conductor for the Chicago-Northwestern Railroad.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Fannettsburg, Franklin County, June 30, 1863, mustered into federal service July 9 as a private with Co. H, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and discharged January 5, 1864, for the purpose of reenlisting. On Fabruary 6, 1864, he reenrolled with Co. K of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
He married Kate ? but they had no children (or at least any who survived to adulthood). By 1880, he was a resident of Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois, but in 1892 appears on a Chicago voter registration list. He later moved to Belvidere, Boone County. He worked for many years first as a brakeman and then as a conductor for the Chicago-Northwestern Railroad.
It is not certain where in Pennsylvania he was living in 1860, but it appears to have been in the Adams or Franklin County area. He was then a farmer by occupation and stood 5' 9" tall with dark hair and black eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Fannettsburg, Franklin County, June 30, 1863, mustered into federal service July 9 as a private with Co. H, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and discharged January 5, 1864, for the purpose of reenlisting. On Fabruary 6, 1864, he reenrolled with Co. K of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
He married Kate ? but they had no children (or at least any who survived to adulthood). By 1880, he was a resident of Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois, but in 1892 appears on a Chicago voter registration list. He later moved to Belvidere, Boone County. He worked for many years first as a brakeman and then as a conductor for the Chicago-Northwestern Railroad.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Fannettsburg, Franklin County, June 30, 1863, mustered into federal service July 9 as a private with Co. H, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry (182nd Pa), and discharged January 5, 1864, for the purpose of reenlisting. On Fabruary 6, 1864, he reenrolled with Co. K of the three-year organization of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry and honorably discharged with his company July 8, 1865.
He married Kate ? but they had no children (or at least any who survived to adulthood). By 1880, he was a resident of Franklin Grove, Lee County, Illinois, but in 1892 appears on a Chicago voter registration list. He later moved to Belvidere, Boone County. He worked for many years first as a brakeman and then as a conductor for the Chicago-Northwestern Railroad.
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