. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. subjectsfather, was captured, and held a prisoner at Ouebecfor three years. He served as a musician in his regi-ment. After the war he drifted to Schoharie coun-ty, N. Y., where he married, and engaged in farm-ing until his death. His wife is also left two children, of whom our subject is theelder. His sister, Ellen, married Nathan Wellsand
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. subjectsfather, was captured, and held a prisoner at Ouebecfor three years. He served as a musician in his regi-ment. After the war he drifted to Schoharie coun-ty, N. Y., where he married, and engaged in farm-ing until his death. His wife is also left two children, of whom our subject is theelder. His sister, Ellen, married Nathan Wellsand resided in Albany, N. Y., for some years butfinally removed to Detroit, Mich. In their familywere two daughters. Our subject lived with bis uncle, Tacob Postabout six months. After this he worked at theshoemakers trade, which he followed for some yearsIn July, 1861, at the age of twentv-four vears heenlisted, at Great Bend, Penn., becoming a privatein Company H, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves 2nd Bri-gade, McCalls Division. He was in active serviceuntil March, 1862, when he was taken ill with ty-phoid fever and confined in the hospital at George-town, D. C. for six weeks. The following Augusthe was again taken sick, and after spending some. q/u/u& tsU^^t? COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 829 time in the field hospital at Fredericksburg, he wastransferred to the hospital at York, Perm., being offduty at this time for four months. He was honora-bly discharged January 18, 1864, at Martinsburg,W. Va., but the following day re-enlisted in thesame company and regiment. After spending sometime at home, on furlough, he was transferred, inMarch, 1864, while near Winchester, to CompanyE, 54th P. V. I. In May, 1864, at Meadow Bluff,he volunteered to serve in the 1st Kentucky LightArtillery, as a gunner under Capt. Glassie. On re-joining his regiment he served with the Army of theJames until the war ended. The engagements inwhich he participated were the battles of Draines-ville, Mechanicsvi
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