History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 97

Author: Waterman, Watkins & Co.
Publication date: 1884
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VILLAGES.

The village of Lavansville is situated about four miles west of the county seat. Its name is derived from David Lavan, who owned the east- ern part of the town site. The first building erected here, a hotel, was built by John Tant- linger, of Somerset, in 1803 ; the second and third being the shop. and dwelling-house of David Lavan, who located here as a blacksmith about the year 1812. Martin Ross was the owner of the western part of the town site, but did not lay out lots, etc., until some time after Lavan had done so. About 1890 Isaac Fried- line and Frederick Neff opened the first store. The first church edifice was erected by the Lutherans about 1848. At the present time the town contains two churches, two stores, one wagonshop, two smithshops, two shoeshops, two cabinetshops, one harness-shop, and one hotel.

. Sipesville derives its name from Michael Sipe, who established a mercantile house here in 1843, and thus made it a local point of attraction. The lands were purchased by Michael Sipe from Henry Geiger. Levi Hoffman became the first postmaster at Sipesville, about the year 1851.

. Friedens, a postoffice station and the site of two church edifices, Fairview, Pleasant Hill and Beams Mills, are the names of other localities in the large township of Somerset.

CHURCHES.

Friedens Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized about the year 1783, by Rev. Mr. Steck, whose labors extended over a vast region lying on both sides of the Allegheny mountains.

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Among the original members (as heads of fami- lies) were : Frederick Mostollar, Andrew Woy, Casper Swank, Thomas Swank, Jacob Barnhart, Peter Barnhart, Joseph S. Miller, John Mostol- lar, George Mostollar, Michael Mowry, Sr., Christian Spangler, Henry Baker and Benjamin Gerfoss.

Of the pastors, Rev. Mr. Steck continued from 1783 until 1794 ; F. W. Long, during the years 1795-1808 ; Peter Schmucker, 1809-23; C. F. Heyer, 1823-8 ; Daniel Heilig, 1829-30 ; C. F. Heyer, recalled 1831-5 ; H. Haverstick, 1836-8; P. Rizer, 1839-43; S. B. Lawson, 1844-9 ; J. F. Williams, 1849-50 ; J. K. Miller, 1851-7; Peter Sahm, 1858-61 ; John Tomlin- son, 1861-74, and J. J. Welch, the present pastor, since 1874.

The first house of worship was built jointly by members of the Lutheran and Reformed con- gregations, about the year 1783. It was also used for educational purposes. The second edi- fice was erected by members of the same congre- gations in 1820. In 1858, however, the Lutherans built their present church edifice alone, at a cost of about four thousand dollars. They also own other valuable properties, including a parsonage, barns, etc., and thirty acres of land. The con- gregation now numbers two hundred and fifteen, a flourishing sabbath school has an average at- tendance of one hundred and fifty.

Friedens Reformed Church" was organized by Rev. D. B. Ernst and Rev. J. D. Gacken- heimer, in December, 1846. Rev. D. B. Ernst had previously preached to the people for one year. The first elders were : Jacob Snyder and Nicholas Zahnies ; deacons, John Sudor and John Schmedt. Names of original members : Elias Crissy, Peter Wilt, Samuel Bender, Nicho- las Apple, Abraham Good, Joseph Long, Daniel Wilt, Josiah Wilt, Elizabeth Crissy, Elizabeth Apple, Elizabeth Wilt, Sophia Wilt, Sarah Sudor, Mrs. Zahnies, Catharine Crissy, Catha- rine Zerfass, Rebecca Schmedt and Catharine, Zahnies. The pastors have been as follows : Revs. D. B. Ernst, 1845 ; J. D. Gachenheimer (assistant to the above) ; C. F. Hoffmeier, 1852-6 ; Wm. Conrad, 1859-62 ; H. H. W. Hibshman, 1863-4 ; A. J. Heller, 1865-9 ; W. H. Bates, 1876-9 ; H. F. Keener, 1869-75 ; J. S. Wagner, 1879-83; W. D. Lefevre, .1883. The church edifice formerly belonged to the

Reformed and Lutheran denominations, but is now the property of the Reformed congregation. It is worth about six hundred dollars. A thirty- acre tract of land belongs to it. The present membership is twenty-four ; sabbath school, twenty-seven.

Will's Evangelical Lutheran Church, situ- ated five miles east of Somerset borough, was organized in 1839, by Rev. Charles Rees. Of its original members were : Daniel Will and Michael Weyand, elders, and William Will and D. A. Rhodes, deacons.

The pastors have been : Revs. Charles Rees, Samuel B. Lawson, J. F. Williams, J. K. Miller, P. Sahm, John Tomlinson and J. J. Wech. The latter from 1874 to the present date.

In 1839 a church edifice was erected at a cost of four hundred and seventy-five dollars. It is still in use. The present members of the con- gregation number sixty-six ; sabbath-school at- tendants, fifty.

Christ's Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Somerset township, was organized, in 1844, by Rev. Peter Rizer. Among the original mem- bers were Absalom Casebeer and wife, David Casebeer and wife, Jacob Baker and wife, Jacob Casebeer and wife, Philip Maurer and wife, Samuel C. Pile and wife, Jacob Kline and wife, Ephraim Pisel and wife, John Hess, Godfrey Stahl and wife, Peter Auman and wife, Joseph Good and wife, John Schmucker and wife, Jonathan Bowman and wife, Henry Baker, Conrad Davis, John Darr and wife, Abra- ham Pile and wife, George Bitner, Solomon Baker, Samuel Miller and wife, Jonas Shaulis and wife, and Alexander Landis and wife, of whom Absalom Casebeer and Philip Maurer were the first elders ; David Casebeer and Jacob Baker, the first deacons.

The pastors in the order of their succession have been Revs. Peter Rizer, William Uhl, Charles Whitmer, Leonard Gerhart, J. P. Hentz, A. M. Whetstone and J. F. Shearer.

A house of worship was built in 1845, at a cost of nine hundred dollars. It has since been repaired to the amount of twenty-two hundred dollars. The congregation is out of debt and numbers at this time one hundred and seventy ; the sabbath-school scholars one hundred and forty.

The German Lutheran Church in Somerset township was established in 1870, by Rev. Frederick Kohler. Its members were John

. This church was at first a Union congregation, composed of Reformed and Lutherans.

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Bromm, William Bromm, Frederick Bingner Daniel Shoemaker, Christian Schlickerman, Charles Kline, Ludwick Broseker, William Zinke, Christian Zinke and Frederick Habe- nicht. The wives of the above-named were also members, excepting Habenicht. The pastors were A. W. Mueller and Charles Lauderbach ; Christian Zinke and Frederick Bingner served as trustees, and Charles Kline as deacon.

A church edifice was built in 1870 at a cost of seven hundred dollars. The organization bas ceased to exist.

St. Peter's Reformed Church, of Somerset township, was organized from Beam's church, Jenner township, by Rev. William H. Bates, in 1880. Its original members were Jonathan Rhoads and wife, Israel Hemminger and family, George Geisel and family, Levi Berkey and family, John Freidline and family, Jonathan Miller and family, Samuel Berkey and family, Joseph F. Rhoads and family, Noah Brendel and family, David B. Ash and family, and John A. Moore and family.

Rev. William H. Bates, the first pastor, was succeeded by Rev. Moses Diffenderfer.

A church edifice was erected in 1882 at a cost of seventeen hundred dollars. The present members of the congregation number forty- five, and the sabbath-school scholars ninety.

The Salem congregation of the Reformed Church at Lavansville was organized in 1856, by Rev. Charles Hoffmire. Among the original members were Levi Knepper, David Lavan and wife, Jonas Hemminger and wife, Israel Herring and wife, George Kimmel and wife, John Thompson and wife, Levi Boucher and wife, Solomon Boucher, Simon Chorpenning and wife, Henry Hay and wife, Mary Stern and Israel Hemminger.

The successors of Mr. Hoffmire have been F. K. Lavan, E. R. Esbach, George H. Johnson, John Sykes, George H. Johnson, second term, A. E. Truxall and Hiram King.

A house of worship was built in 1856, at a cost of fifteen hundred dollars. The congrega- tion is out of debt and embraces a present mem- bership of ninety.

The Somerset church of the Brethren or Ger- man Baptist denomination was formed in 1880, with seventy-five members. There is but one meeting-house in this district. Bishop, H. Hol- singer; ministers, Michael Weyant, Solomon Baer, Alfred Syford.

The Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Lavansville, was organized as Samuel's Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Bedford county, at a very early date, but the earliest records in existence do not show when the organization was effected. It was prior to the year 1784, however. The early records were written in German, and from a translation made by Rev. J. F. Kuhlman, the present pastor, we learn that " on April 17, 1791, after a public profession of her faith and the promise to live according to God's commandments, Rachel, a negress belonging to Peter Ankeny, was received into covenant with God and His church by baptism ; and in order that she might have aid and protection in her Christian life, the elder, Peter Ankeny, and the deacon, Henry Stahl, took upon themselves the office of spon- sors."

It is believed that a Rev. Mr. Long was the first pastor, a gentleman who was one of the first, if not the very first Lutheran minister in the county. Up to the time of the change of name, and for years after, the congregation belonged to the Somerset charge and was served by its pastors.

On August 15, 1846, the congregation deter- mined to build a new church at Lavansville, and on April 5. of the following year, it was resolved to change the name from "Samuel's" to Mount Calvary. In 1848 the present church edifice was built at Lavansville, and in 1872 the congregations at Lavansville, Bakersville and the old Samuel's church were formed into a separate charge.

Those who served as pastors since the loca- tion of the church at Lavansville were : P. Rizer, who was succeeded by William Uhl, in 1847 ; A. Babb, 1852 ; C. Witmer, 1857 ; G. A. Pile, 1860 ; L. Gerhart, 1861; J. P. Hentz, 1866 ; and - Winecoff, 1872. The first pas- tor after the separation from Somerset - Mr. Winecoff - was succeeded by Mr. Earhart, in 1873 ; he by L. L. Sieber, in 1876, and the latter by the present pastor, Rev. J. F. Kuhlman, in 1882. The congregation has a membership of one hundred and forty.

SOMERSET CIRCUIT OF THE EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION.

The following five churches and congrega- tions constitute what is called "Somerset Cir- cuit of the Evangelical Association of North

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America," Rev. D. K. Lavan, pastor in charge, Rev. L. M. Boyer, presiding elder.

Emanuel Church, situated three and one-half miles north of Somerset borough, was organized in 1815 by Revs. A. Hennig and M. Walter. Among its original members were the families of the Emmerts, Boyers, Pauls, Metzlers, Zimmermans, Cobaughs, McQuillions and Fer- ners. The church edifice was built in 1848, and remodeled in 1873, at a cost of twelve hundred dollars. Of those who have served as preach- ers on this circuit we mention the names of Revs. A. Hennig, M. Walter, J. Richel, J. Stam- baugh, H. Weiand, J. Barber, S. Witt, A. Cling- felter, John Peters, M. Dehoff, D. Middlekauf, J. Baumgardner, J. Long, T. Buck, J. Stoll, F. Borauf, A. Beck, J. Hamilton, H. Wissler, J. Reich, J. Fry, D. Manweller, S. Tobias, J. Allen, J. Bruer, G. Mattinger, G. Brickly, S. G. Miller, W. Roehring, C. Kring, B. Bixler, G. Anstein, D. Kehr, J. Harlacher, D. Brickly, A. Fry, H. Bucks, G. Schneider, J. Lutz, G. Seger, M. J. Caroather, J. L. W. Seibert, G. W. Cupp, J. G. Pfeuffer, J. M. Zirkle, S. B. Kring, J. Pfeuffer, D. H. Long, W. B. Poling, B. L. Miller, H. W. Hampe, M. H. Shannon, S. Van- dersal, G. W. Risinger, D. Strayer, H. B. Sum- mers, J. A. Grimm, J. Esch, S. M. Baum- gardner, F. Bone, T. Eisenhower, G. W. White, I. A. Smith, D. K. Lavan and W. A. Rininger. The names of preachers who traveled between 1836 and 1850 could not be ascertained. The circuit, being very large in earlier years, was served by two and three preachers at the same time. The present members of the congrega- tion number seventy-seven ; sabbath-school at- tendants, sixty.

Pleasant Hill Church is situated three miles east of the town of Somerset. In 1870 a house of worship was built at a cost of one thousand dollars. Its present members number twenty- seven, while seventy children are sabbath-school attendants. It has been served by the same pastors mentioned in connection with Emanuel church. There seems to be no record showing when the church was organized, or who were among its original members.

Mount Zion Church, standing two and one- half miles northwest of the town of Somerset, was built in 1863. In 1881 it was repaired by an expenditure of fifteen hundred dollars. For many years before the building of the church, devotional exercises were held in private houses.

The present members of the congregation num- ber twenty-seven, and the sabbath-school scholars forty-five. Most of the pastors whose names are mentioned in connection with Emanuel church preached here, but we have failed to learn when the congregation was formed, or who were its first members.

St. James church, located three miles south- west of the borough of Somerset, has a member- ship of thirteen, while thirty-five scholars attend its sabbath schools. The house of worship was completed in 1873, at a cost of $650. The con- gregation has been served by a number of the preachers named in the sketch of Emanuel church, but there are no records to show when the organization was effected, or the names of original members.

Somerset church is located in the town of Somerset. The congregation was organized in 1877, by Rev. I. A. Smith. Among its original active members were Jacob Lenhart, William and Henry Shaffer. The present members are twelve in number, and twenty-seven children attend its sabbath school. The house of wor- ship is a very old one. It was purchased from the Methodist Episcopal society, and remodeled in 1879, at a cost of twelve hundred dollars. Since its organization, this church has been served by pastors already mentioned. Revs. Boyer and Lavan are present residents of the town of Somerset.

CHAPTER LVIII.

BROTHER'S VALLEY.

Township Organized in 1771 - Then Included all of the Present County of Somerset west of the Allegheny Mountain- Origin of the Name - Early Settlers- Tax List of 1796- Berlin - Early Settlement by Germans - The Town Laid Out by the Reformed and Lutheran Congregations-Growth - Incorporation - Industries - Prominent Citizens- Interest- ing Church Histories - Lodges.

B ROTHER'S VALLEY was organized as a township of Bedford county, in 1771. It then included all of the present county of Som- erset which is situated west of the Allegheny mountain, and extended northward into the present county of Cambria. Various explana. tions of the origin of the name of the township have been given, but the most probable theory is that the German Baptists, or Brethren, many of whom were among the first settlers, bestowed the name upon the settlement.

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Land was not open to settlers until 1768. There doubtless were hunters, trappers and squatters within the territory prior to that date. To write the history of Brother's Valley, as originally formed, would be to write the history of Somerset county. Therefore, for matters not purely local and pertaining to the township as now constituted, the reader is referred to the general history.

Of the early settlers it can truthfully be said that they were generally poor but industrious. The dawn of prosperity did not begin until after the revolution, and even then it came so slowly that few lived to see its full brightness. Though possessed of little education, many of the pioneers held strong religious convictions, and amid the trials and hardships which beset them were sustained by a simple, unfaltering trust in God. Let all honor and reverence be paid to their memories, for to their heroic achievements the present generation is indebted for invaluable blessings.

George Walker, Sr., was among the earliest settlers of the township. Among his children were Philip, Jacob, George, Peter and Frederick. George, Jr., lived in this township and followed the weaver's trade. He owned several farms in this township.

George Walker, Jr., died in 1848, aged about seventy-five years. He married Catharine Cole- man, and was the father of eleven children : John, Daniel, William, Jonathan, Lydia (Hay) and Catharine (Hay), deceased ; Benjamin, Elizabeth (Mower), Mary (Brubaker), Dinah (Boger) and Caroline (Miller), living. Jonathan was born in 1816, died in 1874. His sons, Joseph and Ephraim, reside on adjoining farms, which are among the best in the township. Joseph was a soldier in the late war, and was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. Ben- jamin, son of George, lives on a farm adjoining the old homestead. In 1880 he sold one hun- dred acres to his son Henry.

John Walker was born in this township in 1800. He purchased of his father the land on which Amos Walker now lives; died in 1874. He married Elizabeth Boger. Children : Henry, Amos, Mary A. (Coleman), Rebecca (Heffley) and Emeline (Hay).

Henry Musser, a native of this county, settled in this township early in life, and died here in 1879, aged about eighty-one years. His children were Alexander, Samuel, John, David, Henry,

Elizabeth (Hay), deceased, and Mary (Cole- man). Cyrus Musser, son of Henry, settled in Berlin about 1868, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he has since followed.

John Landis came to this county from Lan- caster county, and brought with him wife and family, two sons and four daughters, about the year 1800. In 1802 he purchased a small tract of land from Peter Cober. This tract of land was known by the name "Hopewell " on the warrant issued to one Michael Ulrich, in the year 1796. He had started the improvement on this tract. Landis afterward purchased a larger tract of unimproved land adjoining this tract, and commenced to improve it. In time he put up a water-power sawmill on this tract. John Lan- dis, Jr., purchased this tract with the first tract in June, 1819. He was married to Elizabeth Rushaberger, and had a family of ten children, six daughters and four sons. In time he put up another sawmill on this tract, also gristmill and carding-machine. He lived on this farm until his death, which occurred April 19, 1868, aged eighty-three years. His wife Elizabeth died in the year 1839, aged fifty years. John Landis, Sr., died April 19, 1838, aged over eighty-six years. His wife Elizabeth was born February 21, 1760, died July 19, 1818, in her fifty-ninth year. John Landis, Jr., and his sons were farmers and framers ; they built a great many barns, etc. Henry Landis, son of John Landis, Jr., was born June 27, 1811, died May 13, 1883, in his seventy-second year. He was a farmer, framer and distiller. He distilled in Jenner township, this county, in the year 1840. He moved to this (Brother's Valley) township in 1852. In the fall of 1862 he put up a dis- tillery about three miles from Berlin, that he ran until 1867, when it was purchased by his son, Rufus C. Landis. He then bought a farm on the mountain, and farmed until 1870. In 1878, he and his son, Rufus C., commenced to distill, in a building erected for milling and dis- tilling, under the firm name of H. & R. C. Lan. dis. In 1879 Rufus C. withdrew, and his father operated it until his death. He held a great many township offices, being justice of the peace for a great many years. Rufus C. Landis was born in Jenner township, this county, and moved with his father to this township in 1852. He taught a few terms of winter school before the war. When the war broke out, he enlisted in the first company that left this county ; it

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was made Co. A, 10th regt. P. R. C. He served over. three years, and was mustered out at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 11, 1864, at expiration of term of service. In 1867 he purchased the distillery from his father, erected in 1862, and has since carried on distilling. Henry Landis had five children : Rufus C., Urias, Sylvester K., Joel and Obediah, who died in infancy. Rufus C. Landis married Miss Carrie L. Fisher, daughter of J. H. and E. Fisher, of Berlin, Pennsylvania. They have been the parents of five daughters, the two eldest deceased, and three sons.

Frederick Suder, a native of Berks county, settled in this township about 1798, on the farm now owned by his grandson, John Suder. He died in 1828. The name of his children, all of whom are dead, were : Daniel, Jacob, Jonathan, John, Solomon, Henry, Reuben, Catharine (Baughman), Margaret (Annawalt), Peggy (Keifer) and Hester. Henry Suder, born in 1789, in Berks county, died in this township, on the homestead, in 1875. His son John pur- chased the farm in 1860, and is the present owner. The farm is an excellent one, not only for agricultural purposes, but also contains valu- able quantities of coal and limestone.

Simon Hay, one of the pioneers of this county, was born in Germany in 1742. He emigrated to America in 1763, and settled in Brother's Val- ley, where he died in 1841. He built a gristmill and a large fish-pond where Baker's mill now is. The names of his children were : Jacob, Michael, George, Peter, Valentine, Elizabeth (Weller), Catharine (Miller) and Susan (Baker). George, who was born in this township in 1782, was a farmer and manufacture. He died in 1845. He married Mary Countryman, and was the father of Simon, living; Benjamin, de- ceased ; John and William, living; George, deceased ; Harry, living ; Herman, Jacob, Eliza- beth (Hoyman) and Harriet (Shoemaker), de- ceased ; Mary A. (Braugher), living.

Simon, born in 1807, succeeded his father on the farm. He is still living with his son, Ben- jamin, to whom he sold the property in 1882. Benjamin served in the late war in Co. F, 142d regt. Penn. Vols .; was taken prisoner at Get- tysburg ; wounded at Gettysburg, Hatcher's Run and Five Forks.

George Hay was an early settler on the farm now occupied by Rufus Hay. John G. pur- chased the farm of George Hay, his father.

Allen Hay, son of John G., is a farmer in this township.

John Forney was born in Elk Lick township in 1777. In 1815 he settled in Brother's Valley, on the farm now owned by his grandson, S. S. Forney. About 1842 he moved to Conemaugh township, where he died in 1846. He married Susan Beachly. Children : Jacob (deceased), Samuel, Michael, John, Joseph, Daniel, Elias, Peter, Catharine (Horner), Sarah (Miller), and Elizabeth (Strauser), deceased. Samuel, now seventy-four years of age, lives with his son, S. S. The latter has held various township offices. In March, 1863, he enlisted in Co. A, 169th regt. Ohio Vols., and was mustered out October, 1863.

Edward Kimmel, son of Dr. John Kimmel, was born in 1803 ; has followed cabinetmaking, farming and stock-dealing. He has held various local offices, and was county commissioner two terms. A. G. Kimmel, son of Edward, pur- chased a farm of his father in 1881, for four thousand six hundred dollars. He has held various township offices. Mr. Kimmel has a fine farm, and raises abundance of fruit.

John Brubaker came from Lancaster county and settled near Berlin prior to 1791. His sons, John, Benjamin, Peter, Jacob, Daniel and Jo- seph, all lived in this county. John was an of- ficer in the war of 1812. He also served as county commissioner. Dr. Henry Brubaker, of Somerset, is his eldest son.

Peter Brubaker was born in Lancaster county in 1780. Early in life he settled in Brother's Valley, where he died in 1830. Peter married Rosanna Cable, and was the father of Joseph, John P., Benjamin P., Peter, Mary (Kuhns), Leah (Miller), Elizabeth (Musser), Anna and Rose (Zimmerman). John P., born in this township in 1803, purchased a farm of Jacob G. Glessner in 1834; died in 1851. His wife was Mary Walker. Children : Herman W., Daniel J., Juliana (Musser), Catharine (Horner) and Sarah (Olinger). Daniel J. owns the home- stead farm. He has followed the carpenter's trade over thirty years. Herman W. is a farmer in this township. He at present holds the of- fice of county commissioner.

Adam Palm settled in this township at the close of the revolutionary war, on the farm where William Fritz, Jr., now resides. He had three daughters-Elizabeth, who married Will- iam Fritz, Sr .; Susan, who married Valentine Fritz, and Eva, who married Michael Hoover.

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Christian William Fritz was born near Phila- delphia in 1744. He served in the revolution- ary war, and after losing the greater part of his property through depreciation of the continental money, at the instance of his son-in-law, Jacob Good, of Hagerstown, Maryland, he came to Brother's Valley township and settled on two hundred acres of land which had been war- ranted to Good in 1775. This land is now the farm of Daniel Fritz, grandson of Christian W. He was the father of five children: William, who married Elizabeth Palm ; Valentine, who married Susan Palm ; Eva, Dinah and Margaret. William Fritz was the father of eleven children : Adam, John, Elizabeth, Sally, George, Polly (married Rev. L. Gerhard), Henry, Rosanna, Daniel, Lydia and William. Daniel Fritz mar- ried Mary A. Chorpenning. Children : J. Harry, Josiah W., Uriah, Simon P., Eliza, Jerome F. and Franklin A. The eldest, J. H. Fritz, served three years as county surveyor ; he was princi- pal of the Somerset schools in 1871-2, and after- ward principal of the twenty-fourth ward schools, Pittsburgh. Uriah Fritz was a private in Co. F, 142d regt. Penn. Vols .; mustered in August 29, 1862 ; captured at Gettysburg July 1, 1868; died at Andersonville, October 19, 1864.

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History of Bedford, Somerset, Fulton counties Pennsylvania, Part 97

Author: Waterman, Watkins & Co. Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Number of Pages: 967

Author: Waterman, Watkins & Co.
Publication date: 1884
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 967