Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. C, 36th Pennsylvania Infantry
N.B.: Although the attached obituary lists Samuel's birth year as 1832, most census records agree that Samuel was born about 1836-37.
The explosion that blinded Samuel and left him severely disabled likely happened sometime after 1880. The 1880 Census lists his occupation as a miner.
Civil War Veteran
Private, Co. C, 36th Pennsylvania Infantry
N.B.: Although the attached obituary lists Samuel's birth year as 1832, most census records agree that Samuel was born about 1836-37.
The explosion that blinded Samuel and left him severely disabled likely happened sometime after 1880. The 1880 Census lists his occupation as a miner.