The son of Samuel & Margaret (Hoster) McLenegan, in 1860 he was a coach painter living in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 3" tall and had red hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster September 30, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to musician (drummer), date unknown. He was shot in the head at the battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) somewhere between December 31, 1862, and January 3, 1863. The wound clearly was superficial because he returned to duty, re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. He honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
His marital situation requires clarification. Reportedly, he married Susan Ekert ca. 1868 but is also claimed to have wed Margaret Elizabeth Fetrow on March 17, 1868. However, his wife in the 1880 census is listed as Catherine. His children were Mary Elizabeth (b. 12/23/68), Lillian G. (b. 12/06/73 - married John Henry Wolf), and Joseph Edward (b. 06/10/78), but the mothers are as yet unknown to this researcher.
On September 1, 1906, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, based on the gunshot wound he had received during the war. He never discharged from the home, so he was apparently on leave when he died in Middletown at age 66-2-16 from "chronic interstitial nephritis."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster September 30, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to musician (drummer), date unknown. He was shot in the head at the battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) somewhere between December 31, 1862, and January 3, 1863. The wound clearly was superficial because he returned to duty, re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. He honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
His marital situation requires clarification. Reportedly, he married Susan Ekert ca. 1868 but is also claimed to have wed Margaret Elizabeth Fetrow on March 17, 1868. However, his wife in the 1880 census is listed as Catherine. His children were Mary Elizabeth (b. 12/23/68), Lillian G. (b. 12/06/73 - married John Henry Wolf), and Joseph Edward (b. 06/10/78), but the mothers are as yet unknown to this researcher.
On September 1, 1906, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, based on the gunshot wound he had received during the war. He never discharged from the home, so he was apparently on leave when he died in Middletown at age 66-2-16 from "chronic interstitial nephritis."
The son of Samuel & Margaret (Hoster) McLenegan, in 1860 he was a coach painter living in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 3" tall and had red hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster September 30, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to musician (drummer), date unknown. He was shot in the head at the battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) somewhere between December 31, 1862, and January 3, 1863. The wound clearly was superficial because he returned to duty, re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. He honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
His marital situation requires clarification. Reportedly, he married Susan Ekert ca. 1868 but is also claimed to have wed Margaret Elizabeth Fetrow on March 17, 1868. However, his wife in the 1880 census is listed as Catherine. His children were Mary Elizabeth (b. 12/23/68), Lillian G. (b. 12/06/73 - married John Henry Wolf), and Joseph Edward (b. 06/10/78), but the mothers are as yet unknown to this researcher.
On September 1, 1906, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, based on the gunshot wound he had received during the war. He never discharged from the home, so he was apparently on leave when he died in Middletown at age 66-2-16 from "chronic interstitial nephritis."
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Lancaster September 30, 1861, mustered into federal service there October 2 as a private with Co. I, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, and promoted to musician (drummer), date unknown. He was shot in the head at the battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) somewhere between December 31, 1862, and January 3, 1863. The wound clearly was superficial because he returned to duty, re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 9, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-mustered February 12. He honorably discharged with his company July 12, 1865, at Alexandria, Virginia.
His marital situation requires clarification. Reportedly, he married Susan Ekert ca. 1868 but is also claimed to have wed Margaret Elizabeth Fetrow on March 17, 1868. However, his wife in the 1880 census is listed as Catherine. His children were Mary Elizabeth (b. 12/23/68), Lillian G. (b. 12/06/73 - married John Henry Wolf), and Joseph Edward (b. 06/10/78), but the mothers are as yet unknown to this researcher.
On September 1, 1906, he entered the soldiers' home in Hampton, Virginia, based on the gunshot wound he had received during the war. He never discharged from the home, so he was apparently on leave when he died in Middletown at age 66-2-16 from "chronic interstitial nephritis."
Inscription
79 Regt, PVI; aged 66y 2m 16d
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
