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George W. Jury – Moved to Kansas and Died There in 1914

The little that was previously known about George Washington Jury was found in a history of the Jury family entitled Portrait of Our Ancestors, pages 86-87: George Washington Jury was born 29 December 1939, son of Simon Jury and his first wife Julianna/Juliann [__?__] Jury.  He was baptized at Fetterhoff’s Church, Halifax, Dauphin County, on […]

June 2016 Posts

A listing of the June 2016 posts on The Civil War Blog with direct links: Obituary of Samuel W. Sheesley Benjamin F. Harper’s Widow of Loyalton, Died in 1917 Elizabeth Imschweiler’s Obituary Connected Her to a Civil War Soldier from Tremont May 2016 Posts Was Henry B. Hoffman Excused from Military Service Because of a […]

George Jury of Halifax – 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry

George Jury was born on 2 March 1840 in Pennsylvania and died on 19 May 1912 in Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served in the 172nd Pennsylvania Infantry, Company A, as a Private.  After the Civil War, he applied for a pension on 25 September 1890.   He is buried at […]