During the Civil War, Isaac Kemble served with the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company C, as a Corporal, enrolling at Sunbury, Northumberland County on 19 August 1861, and mustered into service in Harrisburg, 2 September 1861. At the time he was 22 years old (born 1839), was employed as a surveyor, and resided at Sunbury. He […]
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 […]
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 […]
On 27 January 1864, William A. Hershey, an 18 year old boatman who claimed he was residing in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, enrolled in the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. He was 5 foot, 4 inches tall, had a light complexion, brown eyes and light colored hair. The Pennsylvania Veterans’ File Card (shown […]
William Doubert Stites (1840-1915) is the “W. D. Stites” whose name appears on the Millersburg Soldier Monument. On 31 August 1861, William D. Stites was mustered into service at Harrisburg in the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company D, as a Private. At the time of enrollment, he gave his age as 21, his residence as Bloomfield, […]
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