Benjamin TYSON [4838] 1276
- Born: 15 February 1832 1276
- Christened: 4 November 1832, West Manchester, York, Pennsylvania, United States 1276
- Died: 20 February 1882, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States at age 50 1276
- Buried: February 1882, Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States
FamilySearch ID: KZ8B-D6T. Find a Grave ID: 25833593.
General Notes:
In 1850, he worked for master butcher Abraham Greenewalt in York, Pennsylvania, and in 1860, lived with and/or worked for master butcher Jonathan Faust in Glen Rock, York County, although the 1863 draft registration has him a resident of York Borough, York County. He stood 5' 9" tall and had light hair and blue eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in York August 24, 1861, mustered into federal service there as a private with Co. K, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry. He contracted pneumonia in the summer of 1862 while stationed at New Creek, (West) Virginia, and "never performed any hard duty after that." He was sent to Tabor's boarding house in New Creek to recover. He transferred to the band and sometimes helped the regimental butcher. Despite his infirmity, he hung on to honorably discharge at term's end October 13, 1864.
He married Mary Ann Redding October 1, 1865, but they had no children. He died in Cumberland Township, Adams County, at the home of his father-in-law, Philip Redding. His obituary gives his age as ca. sixty-five, but the 1860 census indicates a birth year of 1835. In 1886, the widowed Mary Ann married Lewis E. Kumerant (209th Pa Inf).
Christening Notes:
Saint Pauls Reformed Or Wolfs Church Congregation
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