The son of Samuel & Catherine (his death certificate claims Margaret Ganty or Gantz) Eichelberger, in 1850 he and his family lived in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in the 1860 census. He married Rebecca Jane Watson in 1864 and fathered Edwin or Edward J (b. 09/08/70), Annie Elizabeth (b. 07/07/72), Gertrude Florence (b. 12/23/73), and Bertha "Bertie" May (b. 05/24/81, d. 09/01/01).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 29, 1864, mustered into federal service there August 31 as a private with Co. H, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company on August 3, 1865.
He died from "diabetes & senility" at his home near Churchtown apparently as an indigent because Cumberland County paid $50.00 of his burial costs (Carlisle Sentinel, October 21, 1912).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 29, 1864, mustered into federal service there August 31 as a private with Co. H, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company on August 3, 1865.
He died from "diabetes & senility" at his home near Churchtown apparently as an indigent because Cumberland County paid $50.00 of his burial costs (Carlisle Sentinel, October 21, 1912).
The son of Samuel & Catherine (his death certificate claims Margaret Ganty or Gantz) Eichelberger, in 1850 he and his family lived in West Pennsboro Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in the 1860 census. He married Rebecca Jane Watson in 1864 and fathered Edwin or Edward J (b. 09/08/70), Annie Elizabeth (b. 07/07/72), Gertrude Florence (b. 12/23/73), and Bertha "Bertie" May (b. 05/24/81, d. 09/01/01).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 29, 1864, mustered into federal service there August 31 as a private with Co. H, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company on August 3, 1865.
He died from "diabetes & senility" at his home near Churchtown apparently as an indigent because Cumberland County paid $50.00 of his burial costs (Carlisle Sentinel, October 21, 1912).
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Harrisburg August 29, 1864, mustered into federal service there August 31 as a private with Co. H, 202nd Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company on August 3, 1865.
He died from "diabetes & senility" at his home near Churchtown apparently as an indigent because Cumberland County paid $50.00 of his burial costs (Carlisle Sentinel, October 21, 1912).
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