Perry J. Tawney, one of the oldest residents of Gettysburg, died on last Thursday morning at his home on Steinwehr avenue, aged 84 years, 9 months and 26 days.
He was born in Straban township. He took up the trade of mason early in life and has been employed in the building of hundreds of houses in this place. He not only excelled at his trade but was a man of his word and made friends of all with whom he dealt and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of Co. F, 87th Pa. Vol. Regt. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post No. 9.
He married Miss Amanda McGonigal, who died six years ago.
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, services being conducted at the home by Rev. J. A. Clutz. The interment was conducted with military honors in Evergreen Cemetery, by G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans.
He leaves five sons: John J.; William; Edward; Frank; and Harry Tawney, all of Gettysburg, and two brothers: Jerry Tawney of Mechanicsburg; and John Tawney of Montgomery.
Source: The Gettysburg Compiler - Wednesday, February 19, 1913
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Suggested edit: The son of John & Lydia Ann (Muse or Moose) Tawney, he married Rebecca Amanda McGonigal July 4, 1850, and fathered Mary E. (b. 10/23/51 - married Peter D. Masenheimer), John James (b. 09/04/53), Millard Fillmore (b. 09/16/56, d. 08/24/58), William (b. 04/09/58), Edward L. (b. 07/09/60), Beniah Franklin (b. 03/24/67), & Harry H. (b. 04/26/69). In 1860, he was a mason living with his family in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 6' 0" tall with black hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Gettysburg October 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day at Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. On November 21, 1863, he was detailed to division headquarters guard and honorably discharged at term's end October 13, 1864, in York.
In 1890, he was living in Gettysburg where he was a member of Skelly Post No. 9, G.A.R., and where he died at his home from "hypostatic pneumonia."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
He was born in Straban township. He took up the trade of mason early in life and has been employed in the building of hundreds of houses in this place. He not only excelled at his trade but was a man of his word and made friends of all with whom he dealt and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of Co. F, 87th Pa. Vol. Regt. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post No. 9.
He married Miss Amanda McGonigal, who died six years ago.
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, services being conducted at the home by Rev. J. A. Clutz. The interment was conducted with military honors in Evergreen Cemetery, by G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans.
He leaves five sons: John J.; William; Edward; Frank; and Harry Tawney, all of Gettysburg, and two brothers: Jerry Tawney of Mechanicsburg; and John Tawney of Montgomery.
Source: The Gettysburg Compiler - Wednesday, February 19, 1913
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Suggested edit: The son of John & Lydia Ann (Muse or Moose) Tawney, he married Rebecca Amanda McGonigal July 4, 1850, and fathered Mary E. (b. 10/23/51 - married Peter D. Masenheimer), John James (b. 09/04/53), Millard Fillmore (b. 09/16/56, d. 08/24/58), William (b. 04/09/58), Edward L. (b. 07/09/60), Beniah Franklin (b. 03/24/67), & Harry H. (b. 04/26/69). In 1860, he was a mason living with his family in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 6' 0" tall with black hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Gettysburg October 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day at Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. On November 21, 1863, he was detailed to division headquarters guard and honorably discharged at term's end October 13, 1864, in York.
In 1890, he was living in Gettysburg where he was a member of Skelly Post No. 9, G.A.R., and where he died at his home from "hypostatic pneumonia."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
Perry J. Tawney, one of the oldest residents of Gettysburg, died on last Thursday morning at his home on Steinwehr avenue, aged 84 years, 9 months and 26 days.
He was born in Straban township. He took up the trade of mason early in life and has been employed in the building of hundreds of houses in this place. He not only excelled at his trade but was a man of his word and made friends of all with whom he dealt and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of Co. F, 87th Pa. Vol. Regt. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post No. 9.
He married Miss Amanda McGonigal, who died six years ago.
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, services being conducted at the home by Rev. J. A. Clutz. The interment was conducted with military honors in Evergreen Cemetery, by G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans.
He leaves five sons: John J.; William; Edward; Frank; and Harry Tawney, all of Gettysburg, and two brothers: Jerry Tawney of Mechanicsburg; and John Tawney of Montgomery.
Source: The Gettysburg Compiler - Wednesday, February 19, 1913
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Suggested edit: The son of John & Lydia Ann (Muse or Moose) Tawney, he married Rebecca Amanda McGonigal July 4, 1850, and fathered Mary E. (b. 10/23/51 - married Peter D. Masenheimer), John James (b. 09/04/53), Millard Fillmore (b. 09/16/56, d. 08/24/58), William (b. 04/09/58), Edward L. (b. 07/09/60), Beniah Franklin (b. 03/24/67), & Harry H. (b. 04/26/69). In 1860, he was a mason living with his family in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 6' 0" tall with black hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Gettysburg October 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day at Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. On November 21, 1863, he was detailed to division headquarters guard and honorably discharged at term's end October 13, 1864, in York.
In 1890, he was living in Gettysburg where he was a member of Skelly Post No. 9, G.A.R., and where he died at his home from "hypostatic pneumonia."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
He was born in Straban township. He took up the trade of mason early in life and has been employed in the building of hundreds of houses in this place. He not only excelled at his trade but was a man of his word and made friends of all with whom he dealt and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him.
He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of Co. F, 87th Pa. Vol. Regt. He was a member of Corporal Skelly Post No. 9.
He married Miss Amanda McGonigal, who died six years ago.
The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon, services being conducted at the home by Rev. J. A. Clutz. The interment was conducted with military honors in Evergreen Cemetery, by G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans.
He leaves five sons: John J.; William; Edward; Frank; and Harry Tawney, all of Gettysburg, and two brothers: Jerry Tawney of Mechanicsburg; and John Tawney of Montgomery.
Source: The Gettysburg Compiler - Wednesday, February 19, 1913
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Suggested edit: The son of John & Lydia Ann (Muse or Moose) Tawney, he married Rebecca Amanda McGonigal July 4, 1850, and fathered Mary E. (b. 10/23/51 - married Peter D. Masenheimer), John James (b. 09/04/53), Millard Fillmore (b. 09/16/56, d. 08/24/58), William (b. 04/09/58), Edward L. (b. 07/09/60), Beniah Franklin (b. 03/24/67), & Harry H. (b. 04/26/69). In 1860, he was a mason living with his family in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, and stood 6' 0" tall with black hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of thirty-three in Gettysburg October 8, 1861, and mustered into federal service that day at Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland, as a private with Co. F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. On November 21, 1863, he was detailed to division headquarters guard and honorably discharged at term's end October 13, 1864, in York.
In 1890, he was living in Gettysburg where he was a member of Skelly Post No. 9, G.A.R., and where he died at his home from "hypostatic pneumonia."
Contributor: Dennis Brandt (47232334)
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