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Pvt Aaron Burr Weight

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Pvt Aaron Burr Weight Veteran

Birth
Death
23 Mar 1862 (aged 22)
USA
Burial
Frankstown, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old Section (lower,east), row 15
Memorial ID
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Son of David and Rachel (Ritz) Weight.

Private, Co. C. 84 Pa. Infantry.

Funeral notes by Pastor Shindler of the Hollidaysburg Lutheran Church:

"...was killed while fighting for his country on the Battle Field of Winchester 23 March 1862. Was brought home April 18, 1862 and buried 19th April at the Luth. Grave Yard at Frankstown."


From the Hollidaysburg Democratic Standard, April 23, 1862:

"On Thursday night last the remains of Privates Thomas Hancuff and Aaron B. Weight, of the 84th Regiment, who fell in the battle of Winchester, arrived at this place and were conveyed to the Town Hall, where they lay, under military guard until Friday, when they were taken in charge by their friends [to be] moved. The former was buried near Yellow Springs and the latter in Lutheran cemetery, below Frankstown."In
Memory
Private
Aaron Waight
Co. C. 84th Reg.
Penna. Vol.
Killed Mar. 23, 1862
Son of David and Rachel (Ritz) Weight.

Private, Co. C. 84 Pa. Infantry.

Funeral notes by Pastor Shindler of the Hollidaysburg Lutheran Church:

"...was killed while fighting for his country on the Battle Field of Winchester 23 March 1862. Was brought home April 18, 1862 and buried 19th April at the Luth. Grave Yard at Frankstown."


From the Hollidaysburg Democratic Standard, April 23, 1862:

"On Thursday night last the remains of Privates Thomas Hancuff and Aaron B. Weight, of the 84th Regiment, who fell in the battle of Winchester, arrived at this place and were conveyed to the Town Hall, where they lay, under military guard until Friday, when they were taken in charge by their friends [to be] moved. The former was buried near Yellow Springs and the latter in Lutheran cemetery, below Frankstown."In
Memory
Private
Aaron Waight
Co. C. 84th Reg.
Penna. Vol.
Killed Mar. 23, 1862

Inscription

G. A. R. 1861 - 1865
(Civil War soldier)

Gravesite Details

Surname spelled "Waight" on stone.



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