Obituary of George N. Wilver

Posted By Norman Gasbarro on April 11, 2018

George N. Wilver is buried at Long’s Cemetery, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. During the Civil War he served in the 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company L, as a Private from 14 February 1865 through his honorable discharge on 14 July 1865. He was born 22 January 1842, the son of George G. Wilver and his wife Nancy Wilver. About 1868, he married Catherine A. Getz, and with her had at least seven children.

George N. Wilver died on 23 July 1912 and his obituary appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph on 24 July 1912:

War Veteran Dies

Millersburg, Pennsylvania, 24 July 1912 — George N. Wilver, aged 70 years, a veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in Lenkerville, yesterday after a few week’s illness. Mr. Wilver had been in poor health for several weeks and was almost blind. He was a member of the United Brethren Church and Kilpatrick Post, No. 212, G.A.R., of this place, which will attend the funeral on Friday at 9:30 a.m. in charge of the Rev. A. L. Haesler.

George N. WIlver applied for disability pension on 2 June 1877, which he received and collected until his death, as shown on the Pension Index Card (above) from Fold3. His widow then applied and collected until her death, which according to death information found on Ancestry.com, occurred in 1921.

For his Civil War service George Wilver was recognized on the Millersburg Soldier Monument.

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