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Daniel E. Artz – Militia Man of Gratz – Sudden Death, 1913
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on June 27, 2018
Readers of the “Gratz News” column of the Elizabethville Echo of 12 June 1913 were informed of the sudden and unexpected death of Daniel E. Artz. which occurred on 9 June 1913. Records establish his birth date and place as 28 March 1845, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Simon Artz (1819-1908) and Elizabeth [Stein] Artz (1824-1896).
During the Civil War, Daniel Artz (also found in the records as Daniel Edward Emanuel Artz) answered the call for emergency militia service on 2 July 1863 by joining the 48th Pennsylvania Infantry (Emergency Militia of 1863), Company B. as a Private. He served until the end of the emergency and was discharged on 26 August 1863. This was his only known Civil War service.
About 1863, Daniel Artz married Esther O. Umholtz, and with her there followed at least seven known children.
Daniel Artz is buried at the St. Paul (Artz) United Church of Christ Cemetery, Sacramento, Schuylkill County.
Additional information is sought about him, his military service, and his family. Comments should be added to this post.
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Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card from Pennsylvania Archives.
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