The son of George Augustus & Sarah Evans (Knight) Shryock, in 1860 he was a clerk living with and/or working for his uncle John Shryock, a book merchant, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Chambersburg July 28, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was discharged October 9, 1862, for reasons unknown - albeit likely health related - at the regiment's camp near Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. Further research will be necessary to ascertain if he were wound at the battle of Antietam, although there is no mention of that in his obituary.
He married Elizabeth Maclay Reynolds June 25, 1868, and fathered the children you see linked below. His obituary claims he died in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, although his obituary says he passed at his daughter Jane's home in Downingtown. The cause was an ailment unreadable in his death certificate although the contributing factors of "terminal nephritis & uremia" are discernible.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Chambersburg July 28, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was discharged October 9, 1862, for reasons unknown - albeit likely health related - at the regiment's camp near Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. Further research will be necessary to ascertain if he were wound at the battle of Antietam, although there is no mention of that in his obituary.
He married Elizabeth Maclay Reynolds June 25, 1868, and fathered the children you see linked below. His obituary claims he died in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, although his obituary says he passed at his daughter Jane's home in Downingtown. The cause was an ailment unreadable in his death certificate although the contributing factors of "terminal nephritis & uremia" are discernible.
The son of George Augustus & Sarah Evans (Knight) Shryock, in 1860 he was a clerk living with and/or working for his uncle John Shryock, a book merchant, in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Chambersburg July 28, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was discharged October 9, 1862, for reasons unknown - albeit likely health related - at the regiment's camp near Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. Further research will be necessary to ascertain if he were wound at the battle of Antietam, although there is no mention of that in his obituary.
He married Elizabeth Maclay Reynolds June 25, 1868, and fathered the children you see linked below. His obituary claims he died in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, although his obituary says he passed at his daughter Jane's home in Downingtown. The cause was an ailment unreadable in his death certificate although the contributing factors of "terminal nephritis & uremia" are discernible.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Chambersburg July 28, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 11 as a private with Co. A, 126th Pennsylvania Infantry, but was discharged October 9, 1862, for reasons unknown - albeit likely health related - at the regiment's camp near Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland. Further research will be necessary to ascertain if he were wound at the battle of Antietam, although there is no mention of that in his obituary.
He married Elizabeth Maclay Reynolds June 25, 1868, and fathered the children you see linked below. His obituary claims he died in Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester County, although his obituary says he passed at his daughter Jane's home in Downingtown. The cause was an ailment unreadable in his death certificate although the contributing factors of "terminal nephritis & uremia" are discernible.
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Death Certificate 31995 Pa. Chester County, Upper Uwchlan
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