LAST CIVIL WAR VETERAN DIED AT WICONISCO
Henry W. Maurer, age 100 years, died last Thursday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel H. Miller, Wiconisco. He was a member of the Wiconisco Methodist Church.
Mr. Maurer, who was a native of Gratz, was Dauphin County’s last Civil War veteran. Enlisting in the 26th United States Cavalry of the Union Army at the age of 17 years, he participated in a number of battles of the Civil War including Gettysburg. Following the war he served for a number of years as a member of Pennsylvania National Guard.
Mr. Maurer had lived in Steelton forty-six years, where he was formerly employed by the Pennsylvania Steel Company. He had been a resident of Wiconisco the past seven years. His wife, Mrs. Louisa Maurer died in 1912.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Miller, of Wiconisco; Mrs. Margaret Gardner of West Cornwall, Connecticut and Mrs. John Schminky of Gratz; one son, Harry Maurer, of Bethlehem; twenty grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.
Military funeral services were held from the Miller residence in Wiconisco at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. W. H. Pauls, pastor of the Methodist Church officiated and interment was made in the Wiconisco Cemetery.
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From a local newspaper at the time of his death, 1947
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