Blacksmith
Company C
17th Pennsylvania
Cavalry
Contributed by Andy Gappa
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
Pittsburg, Carroll County, Indiana
Enlisted September 11, 1862 at Hinkletown, Pa., age 23; mustered in as Ferrier at Harrisburg, September 27, 1862; residence: Annville, Pa.; promoted to Blacksmith, October 15, 1862; mustered out with Company, June 16, 1865; applied for a pension, June 22, 1888, Application No. 661, 250, Certificate No. 767,581; died March 28, 1927 at Indianapolis, Ind.; his widow applied for a pension, May 3, 1927, Application No. 1,578,889, Certificate No. A-7-11-27
Sources:
Samuel P. Bates. "History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865."
Pennsylvania State Archives, "Card Index to Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865."
National Archives. "Index to Civil War and Later Pensions."
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