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Zell & Zoll - PA & Civil War

tbng  (View posts) Posted: 13 Sep 2001 11:20PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Zell, Wibley, McKinnis, Grau, Pfanmueller, Rausch, Eichman
Looking for info on Civil War veterans named Zell who served with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry.

1) Zell, Peter H., Pvt Co H; mustered Sep 19, 1861; discharged Oct 13, 1864; born @1843/44 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died Sep 1, 1908; a mason and brick layer from Mt. Holly Springs, Cumberland County; 5' 9", brown hair, gray eyes; "a number one soldier, always ready for duty"; married Mary C. Wibley December 12, 1867, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; children: Eliza Ellen (b. 01/27/70 - married a McKinnis), Minnie May (b. 11/06/72 - married a Grau), Blossom Maria (b. 03/09/85), and Todd Simpson (b. 05/27/92); died in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; buried in Grove's Cemetery,
New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

2) Zell, William, Pvt Co F; mustered Sep 25, 1861; discharged Jan 15, 1864, to the 2nd Battalion Veteran Reserve Corps; born Feb 4, 1824 [calculated] in Germany; died Dec 31, 1881; from Gettysburg, Adams County; became ill and detailed as nurse in Baltimore April 1862 and remained there through the end of his term; overstayed a furlough when he was home with his ill wife who died; married Hannah Pfanmueller; son: William; Hannah died in 1864; remarried widow Anna Sybilla Rausch, nee Eichman, June 29, 1865, in Baltimore, Maryland; buried in Western Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore County, Maryland

3) Zoll, Henry M., Pvt Co I; mustered Mar 14, 1865; discharged Jun 29, 1865; stated age at enlistment was 31; enlisted in Harrisburg, Dauphin County; a laborer; 5' 8", brown hair, gray eyes
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tbng 13 Sep 2001 11:20PM GMT 
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