The son of James Shimp & Ruth (Wierman) McElwee, in 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was federally drafted and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg February 27, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded and listed as "missing in action" at the battle of Sailor's (spelled a variety of ways) Creek August 6, 1865, he was eventually found and is listed on the roll as "absent, sick at muster-out." He honorably discharged at Camp Discharge at Merion Square (now Gladwyne), Montgomery County, July 22, 1865, to date July 1, 1865.
He married Mary Ann Mentzer November 18, 1869, in Cumberland County, and fathered Ada Ruth (b. @1869), Maggie Jane (b. 05/02/72), and Sarah Florence (b. 05/13/76).
A Civil War veteran, he was federally drafted and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg February 27, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded and listed as "missing in action" at the battle of Sailor's (spelled a variety of ways) Creek August 6, 1865, he was eventually found and is listed on the roll as "absent, sick at muster-out." He honorably discharged at Camp Discharge at Merion Square (now Gladwyne), Montgomery County, July 22, 1865, to date July 1, 1865.
He married Mary Ann Mentzer November 18, 1869, in Cumberland County, and fathered Ada Ruth (b. @1869), Maggie Jane (b. 05/02/72), and Sarah Florence (b. 05/13/76).
The son of James Shimp & Ruth (Wierman) McElwee, in 1860 he was a farmer living with his family in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 9" tall and had dark hair and hazel eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he was federally drafted and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg February 27, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded and listed as "missing in action" at the battle of Sailor's (spelled a variety of ways) Creek August 6, 1865, he was eventually found and is listed on the roll as "absent, sick at muster-out." He honorably discharged at Camp Discharge at Merion Square (now Gladwyne), Montgomery County, July 22, 1865, to date July 1, 1865.
He married Mary Ann Mentzer November 18, 1869, in Cumberland County, and fathered Ada Ruth (b. @1869), Maggie Jane (b. 05/02/72), and Sarah Florence (b. 05/13/76).
A Civil War veteran, he was federally drafted and mustered into federal service at Chambersburg February 27, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 99th Pennsylvania Infantry. Wounded and listed as "missing in action" at the battle of Sailor's (spelled a variety of ways) Creek August 6, 1865, he was eventually found and is listed on the roll as "absent, sick at muster-out." He honorably discharged at Camp Discharge at Merion Square (now Gladwyne), Montgomery County, July 22, 1865, to date July 1, 1865.
He married Mary Ann Mentzer November 18, 1869, in Cumberland County, and fathered Ada Ruth (b. @1869), Maggie Jane (b. 05/02/72), and Sarah Florence (b. 05/13/76).
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age 64 yr, 5 mo, 4 da
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