My GG Grandfather was Alfred B Entriken from Chester Co., PA. I am looking for information on Alfred (1844-1919) and Henry Entriken (his brother). I have found out that Henry was in the Civil War from 4/1861 to ? (age 20 so born in 1840) and then from 10/1861 to 7/1865. Alfred was in from 9/13/1862 to 9/28/1862 (though he registered in Media, Delaware Co.), along with numerous other Entrikens from the area who only entered for those 2 weeks, and then he re-entered from 6/1863 to 8/1863 (probably for Gettysburg). Alfred's headstone has his wife as Zilla S. and his mother is Ellen S. Ellen's last name is believed to be Tweed and Zilla's was Sapp. The problem is we haven't tracked records for Alfred and Henry's father and he wasn't buried at the same site. Alfred and Zilla had Clarence Sapp (my G Grandfather), Rebecca, Ida, George Henry, and Alfred Bent. My Dad believes that Alfred's Father was Henry.

There is extensive records on the Internet for Samuel and George Entriken's families back to the early 1700's because they owned land and their ancestors did a lot of research. We can't figure why there aren't records for Henry and Alfred except that maybe they didn't own land.

Any help would be appreciated. We know that Alfred and Henry are cousins to the other Chester Co Entriken's, but how?