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George Edward Litaker

Birth
Rowan County, North Carolina, USA
Death
13 Dec 1862 (aged 34–35)
Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial Place Unknown, probably a mass soldiers' grave. Add to Map
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George Edward Litaker was a son of Jacob Litaker and his wife Elizabeth Cope, of Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Teresa Van Pelt (1824-1906) in 1850. She was a daughter of Abraham Van Pelt and his wife Jane Reed, of Cabarrus County, NC.

George and Elizabeth had six children (per her reply to the 1900 census), but I only have the names of five daughters: Jane Minerva Litaker (1853-1934, m. James Robert Wilhelm), Sarah M. Litaker (1855-1903, m. Guion Haywood Weddington), Margaret Angeline Litaker (1857-1936, m. Peter J. Cress), Nancy E. Litaker (1859-1939, m. Thomas Alexander Albright) and Harriet Ellen Litaker (1862-1946, never married).

George E. Litaker, age 34, a farmer, enlisted in the Confederate Army on 7 July 1862, in Rowan Co., NC. He was assigned to Co. K, 57th NC Regiment, CSA on 17 July 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 Dec. 1862. His burial place is unknown.

"Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori"

George Edward Litaker was a son of Jacob Litaker and his wife Elizabeth Cope, of Rowan County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Teresa Van Pelt (1824-1906) in 1850. She was a daughter of Abraham Van Pelt and his wife Jane Reed, of Cabarrus County, NC.

George and Elizabeth had six children (per her reply to the 1900 census), but I only have the names of five daughters: Jane Minerva Litaker (1853-1934, m. James Robert Wilhelm), Sarah M. Litaker (1855-1903, m. Guion Haywood Weddington), Margaret Angeline Litaker (1857-1936, m. Peter J. Cress), Nancy E. Litaker (1859-1939, m. Thomas Alexander Albright) and Harriet Ellen Litaker (1862-1946, never married).

George E. Litaker, age 34, a farmer, enlisted in the Confederate Army on 7 July 1862, in Rowan Co., NC. He was assigned to Co. K, 57th NC Regiment, CSA on 17 July 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 Dec. 1862. His burial place is unknown.

"Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori"



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