Individual Details

Henry A. L. GIRTS

(Abt 1825 - 23 Nov 1879)

Henry was in the Civil War and both he and his second wife Priscilla applied for pensions based on his civil war service. The marriage information is supposedly in his pension files.

Events

BirthAbt 1825
MarriageAbt 1854Martha WHITSELL
Marriage24 Sep 1857the home of Barbara A. Himes, Beaver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Priscilla HIMES
Census1860Mahoning Post Office, East Mahoning Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
MilitaryFrom 9 Sep 1862 to 1 Oct 1863in Company F, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry
MilitaryFrom 1 Oct 1863 to 29 Jun 1865in the U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps
Census1870Coolspring Post Office, Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous27 Feb 1875applied for a civil war pension
Death23 Nov 1879Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Burial1879Salem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, Oliver Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Families

SpousePriscilla HIMES (1835 - 1888)
SpouseMartha WHITSELL ( - )

Endnotes

1. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 5 January 2013), digital images, "Henry A. L. Girts," index card.

2. 1860 U.S. census, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Mahoning Post Office, East Mahoning Township, page 171B (stamped), page 306 (penned) , dwelling 2165, family 2116, Henry A. Girts; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 January 2013); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1116.

3. Historical Data Systems, "American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), Henry Girts.

4. National Park Service, "U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 Janauary 2013), Henry A. L. Girts; citing from film number M554, roll 43; Company F, 105th Pennsylvania Infantry.

5. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 5 January 2013), digital images, "Henry A. L. Girts," index card.

6. "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), Henry A. L. Girts and his widow Priscilla Girts; citing from National Archives microfilm T288, roll 176.

7. Historical Data Systems, "American Civil War Soldiers," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), Henry Girts.

8. National Park Service, "U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), Henry A. Girts/Henry A. Girtz; citing from film M636, roll 15/16; 2nd Battalion, Veteran Reserve Corps.

9. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 5 January 2013), digital images, "Henry A. L. Girts," index card.

10. 1870 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Coolspring Post Office, Oliver Township, page 95B, page 4 (penned), dwelling 23, family 23, Henry A. Girts; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 January 2013); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1352.

11. "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), Henry A. L. Girts and his widow Priscilla Girts; citing from National Archives microfilm T288, roll 176.

12. "Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans , 1879-1903," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 January 2013), Henry A. L. Girts; citing from National Archives microfilm M1845 (22 rolls); date of death 23 November 1879, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

13. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), II:91.

14. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), II:91.