The data shown below and in the heading
refers to Abraham Test, but it is not 100% certain that this is the man buried
here.
The son of John & Margaret (Lloyd) Test, in 1850 he lived with his
mother in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, but in 1860, he was a
shoemaker residing with the Jacob Grove family in Hanover, York County. He
stood 5' 9" tall and had brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he
first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861,
as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged
with his company July 30, 1861. He then enlisted in York September 19, 1861,
and mustered into federal service there September 25 as a private with Co. G,
87th Pennsylvania Infantry. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 22,
1864, at Brandy Station, Virginia, and transferred to Co. D in late 1864 when
the regiment consolidated to a battalion. He honorably discharged with his
company June 29, 1865.
He married Amelia Hubley, May 26, 1867, but died of
mouth cancer shortly thereafter, a death Amelia blamed on his chewing tobacco
habit. The widowed Amelia later married a
Forrest.
Gratefully submitted by Dennis Brandt
refers to Abraham Test, but it is not 100% certain that this is the man buried
here.
The son of John & Margaret (Lloyd) Test, in 1850 he lived with his
mother in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, but in 1860, he was a
shoemaker residing with the Jacob Grove family in Hanover, York County. He
stood 5' 9" tall and had brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he
first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861,
as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged
with his company July 30, 1861. He then enlisted in York September 19, 1861,
and mustered into federal service there September 25 as a private with Co. G,
87th Pennsylvania Infantry. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 22,
1864, at Brandy Station, Virginia, and transferred to Co. D in late 1864 when
the regiment consolidated to a battalion. He honorably discharged with his
company June 29, 1865.
He married Amelia Hubley, May 26, 1867, but died of
mouth cancer shortly thereafter, a death Amelia blamed on his chewing tobacco
habit. The widowed Amelia later married a
Forrest.
Gratefully submitted by Dennis Brandt
The data shown below and in the heading
refers to Abraham Test, but it is not 100% certain that this is the man buried
here.
The son of John & Margaret (Lloyd) Test, in 1850 he lived with his
mother in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, but in 1860, he was a
shoemaker residing with the Jacob Grove family in Hanover, York County. He
stood 5' 9" tall and had brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he
first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861,
as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged
with his company July 30, 1861. He then enlisted in York September 19, 1861,
and mustered into federal service there September 25 as a private with Co. G,
87th Pennsylvania Infantry. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 22,
1864, at Brandy Station, Virginia, and transferred to Co. D in late 1864 when
the regiment consolidated to a battalion. He honorably discharged with his
company June 29, 1865.
He married Amelia Hubley, May 26, 1867, but died of
mouth cancer shortly thereafter, a death Amelia blamed on his chewing tobacco
habit. The widowed Amelia later married a
Forrest.
Gratefully submitted by Dennis Brandt
refers to Abraham Test, but it is not 100% certain that this is the man buried
here.
The son of John & Margaret (Lloyd) Test, in 1850 he lived with his
mother in York Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, but in 1860, he was a
shoemaker residing with the Jacob Grove family in Hanover, York County. He
stood 5' 9" tall and had brown hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he
first enlisted and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg April 25, 1861,
as a private with Co. G, 16th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged
with his company July 30, 1861. He then enlisted in York September 19, 1861,
and mustered into federal service there September 25 as a private with Co. G,
87th Pennsylvania Infantry. He re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer February 22,
1864, at Brandy Station, Virginia, and transferred to Co. D in late 1864 when
the regiment consolidated to a battalion. He honorably discharged with his
company June 29, 1865.
He married Amelia Hubley, May 26, 1867, but died of
mouth cancer shortly thereafter, a death Amelia blamed on his chewing tobacco
habit. The widowed Amelia later married a
Forrest.
Gratefully submitted by Dennis Brandt
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