Individual Details

David Newcomer was a surgeon. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1859, and began practice in Upton, Pennsylvania. David was appointed Assistant Surgeon with the 26th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in 1862. He served with McClellan at Hickahominy Swamp and in the Wilderness, and in the Peninsular Campaign with the Army of the Potomac. In the later battle David became ill from exposure. He resigned his commission and returned home to recover. In 1864 he reentered the Surgical Corp, stationed in New Jersey.

Upon being discharged from the Army, he returned to Upton, Franklin, Pennsylvania. In 1865 he moved to Martinsburg, West Virginia. Then, in 1871 he moved to Mount Morris, Ogle, Illinois. David Newcomer was a member of the Lutheran Church and the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias and John Smith's Post G.A.R. in Mount Morris, Illinois.

Birth	26 Jul 1830	Greencastle, Franklin, PA
Marriage	18 Nov 1851	, Franklin, PA - Mary Shelley Funk
Death	19 Oct 1900	Mount Morris, Ogle, IL
Burial		Oakwood Cemetery, Mount Morris, Ogle, IL

Spouse	Mary Shelley Funk (1831 - 1915)
Child	Mary Katherine "Katie" Newcomer (1855 - 1931)
Child	Alice Barbara Newcomer (1856 - 1921)
Child	David Wilmot Newcomer Senior (1858 - )
Child	Martha Newcomer (1853 - )
Child	Newcomer (1857 - )
Child	Henry Clay Newcomer (1861 - 1952)

Father	Daniel Newcomer Senior (1801 - 1875)
Mother	Barbara Stoner (1800 - 1873)
Sibling	Elizabeth Newcomer (1823 - 1891)
Sibling	John R. Newcomer Senior (1826 - 1872)
Sibling	Peter Newcomer (1827 - 1905)
Sibling	Cyrus Barr Newcomer Senior (1828 - 1896)
Sibling	Daniel W. Newcomer Junior (1833 - 1899)
Sibling	Barbara Ann Newcomer (1835 - 1905)
Sibling	Martin S. Newcomer (1838 - 1905)

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