The Cambridge City Tribune
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, June 30, 1938
Death Calls Harry Doll, Last Civil War Veteran of Jackson Township
Jacob Henry Doll, better known as Henry Doll, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Pershing, aged 95 years. He was the last Union soldier in Jackson township. He had been in ill health for the past several months. Mr. Doll was well known throughout this section of the county, and for many years was in the grocery and meat business.
Funeral services were held at the Wiseman Funeral Home Wednesday morning. The Leroy Tout post, American Legion of Dublin, furnished the firing squad and performed the militaristic rites. Rev. M. L. Scheidler will officiate.
Mr. Doll was of a family of eight boys and two girls. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living with his parents on a farm near Gettysburg, Penn., and at the age of 18 years he joined the 101st division, serving three years, of which time 11 months was spent as a prisoner in the Andersonville prison. Three of his brothers joined the Union army and two brothers who had gone to Texas were drafted to the Confederate army. These two, by request, were in the quartermaster corps in order that they would not have to encounter battle
against their brothers. Mr. Doll was in the thickest of the fighting and suffered many hardships
throughout his three years service with the llth division of Co. K.,101st Pennsylvania. He served
with General McClellan's division during all the Virginia campaign. At the close of the war he settled at Altoona, Penn., and married. A son was born, and at the death of his wife he and the son Clarence came to Wayne county where he again married and another son Arlie was born. His second wife also died and he was again married to Leora Jolliff. Besides the widow Leora, he is
survived by the four sons, Clarence Doll of Rock Island, Ill.; Arlie of Milton; Ray of Dublin and Howard of Cambridge City; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The following is contributed by Dennis Brandt:
The son of Frederick Charles & Sarah (Reiff) Doll, in 1850 the family lived in Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Abraham Fickes, in Straban Township, Adams County, and in 1863, resided in Paradise Township in neighboring York County. He stood 5' 10" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg November 15, 1861, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg December 14 as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and promoted to corporal, date unknown. Wounded May 31, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. Captured April 20, 1864, during fighting at Plymouth, he found himself incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, remaining there until Confederate authorities transferred him first to Charleston, South Carolina, and lastly to the stockade at Florence, South Carolina. Paroled February 27, 1865, he arrived in safe hands by March 10, 1865, and furloughed, returning to be discharged by general order June 21, 1865.
NOTE: As is all too common for Civil War veterans, Jacob's obituary makes errors regarding his military service, ones biased by the application of twentieth century military terminology to the Civil War army. He never served with either the 101st Division or 11th Division because neither unit ever existed during the Civil War. Neither did he serve in "McClellan's division" because McClellan did not command merely a division, he commanded the entire Federal army (later reduced to command of only the Army of the Potomac). Jacob's military service was as I stated above.
After the war, he moved to Altoona, Blair County, where he married Mary lnu., fathering Harry C. (b. @1867 - apparently died young) and Clarence (b. 1869). Mary died at an unknown date, and he moved to the state of Indiana, where he married Leora Joliff November 14, 1885, in Cambridge City, Wayne County, fathering Arlie (b. ?), Howard Frederick (b. 08/14/86), and Ray E. (b. 01/??/88).
The obituary's statement that he had two brothers who served with the Confederate army and three more in the Union army remains unverified. He is the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Dull," a surname that in Pennsylvania "Dutch" was used interchangeably with "Doll" and likely pronounced the same way.
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, June 30, 1938
Death Calls Harry Doll, Last Civil War Veteran of Jackson Township
Jacob Henry Doll, better known as Henry Doll, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Pershing, aged 95 years. He was the last Union soldier in Jackson township. He had been in ill health for the past several months. Mr. Doll was well known throughout this section of the county, and for many years was in the grocery and meat business.
Funeral services were held at the Wiseman Funeral Home Wednesday morning. The Leroy Tout post, American Legion of Dublin, furnished the firing squad and performed the militaristic rites. Rev. M. L. Scheidler will officiate.
Mr. Doll was of a family of eight boys and two girls. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living with his parents on a farm near Gettysburg, Penn., and at the age of 18 years he joined the 101st division, serving three years, of which time 11 months was spent as a prisoner in the Andersonville prison. Three of his brothers joined the Union army and two brothers who had gone to Texas were drafted to the Confederate army. These two, by request, were in the quartermaster corps in order that they would not have to encounter battle
against their brothers. Mr. Doll was in the thickest of the fighting and suffered many hardships
throughout his three years service with the llth division of Co. K.,101st Pennsylvania. He served
with General McClellan's division during all the Virginia campaign. At the close of the war he settled at Altoona, Penn., and married. A son was born, and at the death of his wife he and the son Clarence came to Wayne county where he again married and another son Arlie was born. His second wife also died and he was again married to Leora Jolliff. Besides the widow Leora, he is
survived by the four sons, Clarence Doll of Rock Island, Ill.; Arlie of Milton; Ray of Dublin and Howard of Cambridge City; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The following is contributed by Dennis Brandt:
The son of Frederick Charles & Sarah (Reiff) Doll, in 1850 the family lived in Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Abraham Fickes, in Straban Township, Adams County, and in 1863, resided in Paradise Township in neighboring York County. He stood 5' 10" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg November 15, 1861, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg December 14 as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and promoted to corporal, date unknown. Wounded May 31, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. Captured April 20, 1864, during fighting at Plymouth, he found himself incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, remaining there until Confederate authorities transferred him first to Charleston, South Carolina, and lastly to the stockade at Florence, South Carolina. Paroled February 27, 1865, he arrived in safe hands by March 10, 1865, and furloughed, returning to be discharged by general order June 21, 1865.
NOTE: As is all too common for Civil War veterans, Jacob's obituary makes errors regarding his military service, ones biased by the application of twentieth century military terminology to the Civil War army. He never served with either the 101st Division or 11th Division because neither unit ever existed during the Civil War. Neither did he serve in "McClellan's division" because McClellan did not command merely a division, he commanded the entire Federal army (later reduced to command of only the Army of the Potomac). Jacob's military service was as I stated above.
After the war, he moved to Altoona, Blair County, where he married Mary lnu., fathering Harry C. (b. @1867 - apparently died young) and Clarence (b. 1869). Mary died at an unknown date, and he moved to the state of Indiana, where he married Leora Joliff November 14, 1885, in Cambridge City, Wayne County, fathering Arlie (b. ?), Howard Frederick (b. 08/14/86), and Ray E. (b. 01/??/88).
The obituary's statement that he had two brothers who served with the Confederate army and three more in the Union army remains unverified. He is the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Dull," a surname that in Pennsylvania "Dutch" was used interchangeably with "Doll" and likely pronounced the same way.
The Cambridge City Tribune
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, June 30, 1938
Death Calls Harry Doll, Last Civil War Veteran of Jackson Township
Jacob Henry Doll, better known as Henry Doll, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Pershing, aged 95 years. He was the last Union soldier in Jackson township. He had been in ill health for the past several months. Mr. Doll was well known throughout this section of the county, and for many years was in the grocery and meat business.
Funeral services were held at the Wiseman Funeral Home Wednesday morning. The Leroy Tout post, American Legion of Dublin, furnished the firing squad and performed the militaristic rites. Rev. M. L. Scheidler will officiate.
Mr. Doll was of a family of eight boys and two girls. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living with his parents on a farm near Gettysburg, Penn., and at the age of 18 years he joined the 101st division, serving three years, of which time 11 months was spent as a prisoner in the Andersonville prison. Three of his brothers joined the Union army and two brothers who had gone to Texas were drafted to the Confederate army. These two, by request, were in the quartermaster corps in order that they would not have to encounter battle
against their brothers. Mr. Doll was in the thickest of the fighting and suffered many hardships
throughout his three years service with the llth division of Co. K.,101st Pennsylvania. He served
with General McClellan's division during all the Virginia campaign. At the close of the war he settled at Altoona, Penn., and married. A son was born, and at the death of his wife he and the son Clarence came to Wayne county where he again married and another son Arlie was born. His second wife also died and he was again married to Leora Jolliff. Besides the widow Leora, he is
survived by the four sons, Clarence Doll of Rock Island, Ill.; Arlie of Milton; Ray of Dublin and Howard of Cambridge City; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The following is contributed by Dennis Brandt:
The son of Frederick Charles & Sarah (Reiff) Doll, in 1850 the family lived in Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Abraham Fickes, in Straban Township, Adams County, and in 1863, resided in Paradise Township in neighboring York County. He stood 5' 10" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg November 15, 1861, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg December 14 as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and promoted to corporal, date unknown. Wounded May 31, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. Captured April 20, 1864, during fighting at Plymouth, he found himself incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, remaining there until Confederate authorities transferred him first to Charleston, South Carolina, and lastly to the stockade at Florence, South Carolina. Paroled February 27, 1865, he arrived in safe hands by March 10, 1865, and furloughed, returning to be discharged by general order June 21, 1865.
NOTE: As is all too common for Civil War veterans, Jacob's obituary makes errors regarding his military service, ones biased by the application of twentieth century military terminology to the Civil War army. He never served with either the 101st Division or 11th Division because neither unit ever existed during the Civil War. Neither did he serve in "McClellan's division" because McClellan did not command merely a division, he commanded the entire Federal army (later reduced to command of only the Army of the Potomac). Jacob's military service was as I stated above.
After the war, he moved to Altoona, Blair County, where he married Mary lnu., fathering Harry C. (b. @1867 - apparently died young) and Clarence (b. 1869). Mary died at an unknown date, and he moved to the state of Indiana, where he married Leora Joliff November 14, 1885, in Cambridge City, Wayne County, fathering Arlie (b. ?), Howard Frederick (b. 08/14/86), and Ray E. (b. 01/??/88).
The obituary's statement that he had two brothers who served with the Confederate army and three more in the Union army remains unverified. He is the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Dull," a surname that in Pennsylvania "Dutch" was used interchangeably with "Doll" and likely pronounced the same way.
Cambridge City, Indiana
Thursday, June 30, 1938
Death Calls Harry Doll, Last Civil War Veteran of Jackson Township
Jacob Henry Doll, better known as Henry Doll, died Sunday afternoon at his home in Pershing, aged 95 years. He was the last Union soldier in Jackson township. He had been in ill health for the past several months. Mr. Doll was well known throughout this section of the county, and for many years was in the grocery and meat business.
Funeral services were held at the Wiseman Funeral Home Wednesday morning. The Leroy Tout post, American Legion of Dublin, furnished the firing squad and performed the militaristic rites. Rev. M. L. Scheidler will officiate.
Mr. Doll was of a family of eight boys and two girls. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was living with his parents on a farm near Gettysburg, Penn., and at the age of 18 years he joined the 101st division, serving three years, of which time 11 months was spent as a prisoner in the Andersonville prison. Three of his brothers joined the Union army and two brothers who had gone to Texas were drafted to the Confederate army. These two, by request, were in the quartermaster corps in order that they would not have to encounter battle
against their brothers. Mr. Doll was in the thickest of the fighting and suffered many hardships
throughout his three years service with the llth division of Co. K.,101st Pennsylvania. He served
with General McClellan's division during all the Virginia campaign. At the close of the war he settled at Altoona, Penn., and married. A son was born, and at the death of his wife he and the son Clarence came to Wayne county where he again married and another son Arlie was born. His second wife also died and he was again married to Leora Jolliff. Besides the widow Leora, he is
survived by the four sons, Clarence Doll of Rock Island, Ill.; Arlie of Milton; Ray of Dublin and Howard of Cambridge City; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The following is contributed by Dennis Brandt:
The son of Frederick Charles & Sarah (Reiff) Doll, in 1850 the family lived in Butler Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Abraham Fickes, in Straban Township, Adams County, and in 1863, resided in Paradise Township in neighboring York County. He stood 5' 10" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Gettysburg November 15, 1861, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg December 14 as a private with Co. K, 101st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and promoted to corporal, date unknown. Wounded May 31, 1862, at the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer January 1, 1864, at Plymouth, North Carolina. Captured April 20, 1864, during fighting at Plymouth, he found himself incarcerated in the stockade at Andersonville, Georgia, remaining there until Confederate authorities transferred him first to Charleston, South Carolina, and lastly to the stockade at Florence, South Carolina. Paroled February 27, 1865, he arrived in safe hands by March 10, 1865, and furloughed, returning to be discharged by general order June 21, 1865.
NOTE: As is all too common for Civil War veterans, Jacob's obituary makes errors regarding his military service, ones biased by the application of twentieth century military terminology to the Civil War army. He never served with either the 101st Division or 11th Division because neither unit ever existed during the Civil War. Neither did he serve in "McClellan's division" because McClellan did not command merely a division, he commanded the entire Federal army (later reduced to command of only the Army of the Potomac). Jacob's military service was as I stated above.
After the war, he moved to Altoona, Blair County, where he married Mary lnu., fathering Harry C. (b. @1867 - apparently died young) and Clarence (b. 1869). Mary died at an unknown date, and he moved to the state of Indiana, where he married Leora Joliff November 14, 1885, in Cambridge City, Wayne County, fathering Arlie (b. ?), Howard Frederick (b. 08/14/86), and Ray E. (b. 01/??/88).
The obituary's statement that he had two brothers who served with the Confederate army and three more in the Union army remains unverified. He is the Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file as "Dull," a surname that in Pennsylvania "Dutch" was used interchangeably with "Doll" and likely pronounced the same way.
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