Tag: 9th Pa Reserves
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Reuben M. Long, Co. A, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Reuben Miller Long was born in Pittsburgh on September 5, 1833. He was the fourth of seven children born to Joseph and Sarah Long. He was a mechanic partnered with his elder brother Joseph in Long & Brother, a blacksmithing business specializing in steamboat and railroad related work. He enlisted as a private in the…
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Edward W. Mouck, Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Edward Wright Mouck – was born in Finleyville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1839; died February 19, 1882, aged 42 years. In 1845 his parents removed to Pittsburgh, and two years thereafter to McKeesport, where he spent his boyhood, received his education in the public schools and McKeesport Academy, laid the foundation for his future…
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Joseph G. Beale, Co. C, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Joseph Grant Beale, the son of Washington and Rosann Beale, was born March 26, 1839, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. His father was being a successful farmer, Beale spent his youth on his family’s farm before attending the Caton Academy in Turtle Creek and the Iron City Commercial College in Pittsburgh.
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Lewis Schreiner, Co. B, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Schreiner was recruited by Captain Francis Hardtmayer and enlisted in the Garabaldi Guards on 25 June 1861. Mustered in as a Private as part of the Ninth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Company B on 28 June 1861 at Camp Wright by Lieutenant Chandler Hall. Mustered into federal service at Washington, DC on 28 JUL 1861 by…
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William F. Young, Jr., Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
WILLIAM FLEMING YOUNG, Jr. (1838-1908). Recruited by company commander Joseph C. Walkenshaw and enlisted in the McKeesport Union Guards on 23 APR 1861. Note: Muster in Roll has him enlisted by Captain James McKinney Snodgrass. Snodgrass was not in the company at this time. He was mustered into the unit as a Private at McKeesport,…
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Thomas A. Carnahan, Co. I, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
THOMAS A CARNAHAN was the son of Thomas M. Carnahan and Mary Polly Kenley – who are buried at Poke Run Presbyterian Church – 7 miles South of Apollo, Pa. Thomas was born in Perrysville, Pa. in 1819 in Westmoreland County as well as his father and mother; he lived a long life of 81…
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James H. Davison, Co. F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
JAMES H. DAVISON (deceased) was born in New Jersey, September 7, 1822, and is a son of William and Susan (Dillentosh) Davison, who settled in Woodcock Township, this county, in 1825, locating on the farm now owned by John George, Jr., which they cleared and improved. James H., our subject, was a shoe-maker by trade,…
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William J. McGill, Co. F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
William Johnston McGill was a Union Soldier in the War of the Rebellion. He enlisted May 11, 1861, at Meadville, Pa., in Company F, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, Captain Samuel B. Dick, and was honorably discharged May 11, 1864. He was severely wounded at the battle of Drainsville, Pa., Dec. 20, 1861. The missile that…
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Edgar S. Osborn, Co. F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Thomas A. Osborn, proprietor and editor of the Cambria Freeman, at Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, September 2, 1873, son of Edgar S. and Mary (Helfrich) Osborn. He was one of four children in his parents’ family, two of whom survive, Thomas A., and Elizabeth, single, residing at home. The father, EDGAR S.…
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George H. Bemus, Co. F, 9th Pennsylvania Reserves
Colonel George Hamlin Bemus was born 01 May 1831 in Pine Grove, Pa., and died 28 Dec 1896 in Corry, Pa. He married Juliana Prendergast Bemus 09 May 1854, daughter of Daniel Bemus and Jane Brooks. She was born 08 May 1836. He was educated at the Fredonia Academy; subsequently studied law with the Hon.…