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PVT Henry Simon Estright

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PVT Henry Simon Estright

Birth
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Nov 1892 (aged 64)
Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Milesburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Henry Simon Estrick / Estright, born in Bellefonte to Samuel and Elizabeth Slagle Estrick / Estright. He married Sarah Margaret Swisher July 17, 1856 in Altoona, Blair County, PA.
They were parents of 15 children.

Henry Estright was a Private in the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Civil War), Company B. He enlisted in Holidaysburg, PA, on September 23, 1864, for a 1-year stint. His pension request papers claim that he suffered a "rupture" while the unit was falling back in an engagement at Fort Steadman, VA. He was crossing a ditch and fell, was never treated, and his condition became worse over time. Henry was described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, with blue eyes, dark hair, and having a sandy complexion. When he was 59 (1887), he filed for a pension because he found that working was becoming too painful. The papers list him as a "Collier" before the war and employed in "coaling" and wood chopping after the war. He worked for McCoy and Lion Company as a charcoal burner. Henry was hit by a train on November 25, 1892, and died the next day in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.


Henry Simon Estrick / Estright, born in Bellefonte to Samuel and Elizabeth Slagle Estrick / Estright. He married Sarah Margaret Swisher July 17, 1856 in Altoona, Blair County, PA.
They were parents of 15 children.

Henry Estright was a Private in the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Civil War), Company B. He enlisted in Holidaysburg, PA, on September 23, 1864, for a 1-year stint. His pension request papers claim that he suffered a "rupture" while the unit was falling back in an engagement at Fort Steadman, VA. He was crossing a ditch and fell, was never treated, and his condition became worse over time. Henry was described as 5 feet 5 inches tall, with blue eyes, dark hair, and having a sandy complexion. When he was 59 (1887), he filed for a pension because he found that working was becoming too painful. The papers list him as a "Collier" before the war and employed in "coaling" and wood chopping after the war. He worked for McCoy and Lion Company as a charcoal burner. Henry was hit by a train on November 25, 1892, and died the next day in Bellefonte, Centre County, Pennsylvania.


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HENRY ESTRIGHT
Private Co B
208 Regt. Pa
Nov. 26 1892

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