Died in Lewisburg, Union Co., 7 June, Capt. William HOUSEL, in his 61st year.
Capt. HOUSEL served five years in the Regular Army of the U.S., part of the time as a private and part as orderly serjeant, and as in active service on the Canada frontier during the whole of the last war with Great Britain. He was taken prisoner in Dec. 1813, together with a small detachment of Americans, and marched to Quebec - suffering much hardship on the road and treated with much brutality. He rejoined his regiment in the succeeding month of June - participated in the bloody battles of Chippewa and Bridgewater (or Lundy's Lane) - and was in Ft. Erie when its magazine exploded during an assault from a storming party of he enemy. At Lundy's Lane, his company was the first in the field, and his comrades mowed down by platoons: yet he passed through the war without receiving a serious wound, and returned to die at the home of his youth.
In 1843, he attended the Volunteer Encampment at Danville to meet his old commander, Gen. SCOTT, who recognized, and gave him a most cordial greeting.
Capt. HOUSEL was a devoted husband and father, a kind neighbor, a brave and unflinching soldier, possessed of more than an ordinary share of military spirit and enthusiasm - but modest and reserved in referring to the incidents of his own military experience, which circumstances will account for the meagerness of this sketch. As his body wasted by disease, his thoughts were turned upon the future state, and he hoped to enjoy it through the Savior's merits.
His remains were borne by the Lewisburg Infantry and the Cameron Guards, followed by a large concourse of citizens, to the Lewisburg Cemetery, where he was interred, on a Saturday afternoon last."

~Obit of Capt. William HOUSEL, "Lewisburg Chronicle", 12 June 1850, pg 2.

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Annals of Buffalo Valley
June 7, Captain William Housel died in Lewisburg, aged sixty-one. He served five years in the regular army, was captured in 1813, taken to Quebec, and there was exchanged, and rejoined his regiment. He was in the engagements at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, and was in Fort Erie when the magazine exploded. He was buried with military honors by the Lewisburg infantry and the Cameron guards.
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William appears in the census of
- 1810 at West Buffalo Township, Northumberland, PA age 16- 1820 at West Buffalo Township, in not yet created Union County, PA
with:
Males (1) age 16 to under 25
Females (1) age 16 to under 25

1820 US Census of West Buffalo Twp. (now in Union County), PA
HOUSEL, William
1 Male 26 - 45
1 Male 10 - 15
1 Female 26 - 45
2 Females Under 10

1830 US Census of Lewisburg, Union Co., PA; Page 327.
William HOUSEL
1 Male 40-50
1 Male 15-20
1 Female 40-50
2 Females 10-15
1 Female 5-10
2 Females under 5

1840 US Census of Lewisburg, Union Co., PA; Page 282.
William HOUSEL
1 Male 60-70
1 Male 50-60
1 Male 20-30
1 Female 50-60
1 Female 20-30
2 Females 15-20
2 Females 10-15
1 Female under 5

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