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Notes for Washington Michael Brenizer and Sarah M Whitcomb

1835 Washington Michael Brenizer was born on August 4.

1839 Sarah M Whitcomb, daughter of Samuel Whitcomb and Margaret Beam, was born on May 13 in Tyrone, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [1]

1850 Mary Brenizer (age 44) lived in South Middleton, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with children Joanna (age 16), Lafayette and Washington (age 15). [2] [3]

1853 Washington and Lafayette Brenizer, minors of age over 14 and heirs of Mary Brenizer, late of reading, petitioned the Orphans' Court for Henry Picking to be their guardian. Dated June 21. [4]

1860 W Brenizer (age 23, born in Pennsylvania), millwright, lived in Reading Twp (post office Hampton), Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Sarah Brenizer (age 20), Edgar Brenizer (age 4), and Samuel Brenizer (age 2). [5] [6]

1861 Robert Ambros Brenizer, child of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Brenizer, was baptized on January 13, 1861, in Holy Trinity Lutheran, York Springs Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [7] [8] [9]

c 1861 Washington M Brenizer was 31 years old and was a millwright when he enlisted. He was born either in Adams County or in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was 5 feet 8-1/2 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, brown eyes, and brown hair. [10]

1862-65 Washington (Michael) Brenizer served in the 165th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers Company C and the 91st Company G as a private. He served in company L of the 165th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was mustered in to service on 16 October 1862. He was mustered out on 28 July 1863. He was drafted from Liberty Township, Cumberland County. He was enlisted and mustered into service in Company G, 91st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment on 28 February 1865. He was enlisted for one year, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by Captain Eyster. His service was credited to the 16th Congressional District. He served as a private in company G. He received clothing worth $37.87. He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

1865 Daughter Clara M Brenizer was buried May 5, 1865 (age 2-3-5) at the Hampton Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [16]

1870 Washington Brenizer (age 34), and Sarah (age 31), lived in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania (post office York Springs) with children Samuel (age 12), Robert (age 9), John (age 6), Ellen (age 3), Sarah (age 1), and Heber (age 1/12). Washington Brenizer was a millwright with real estate valued at $1000 and personal estate valued at $300. Son Edgar (age 15) worked on a farm in Tyrone Twp. [17] [18]

1880 Wash. Brenizer (age 45, born in Pennsylvania, married) lived in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Sarah Brenizer (age 41), Ella Brenizer (age 13), Annie Brenizer (age 11), Heaber Brenizer (age 9), and Emma Brenizer (age 4). Wash. Brenizer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Wash. Brenizer's occupation was farmer. [19] [20]

1890 Washington M Brenizer lived in Tyrone Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He had rheumatism, which he had contracted while in the army. [21] [22]

1891 Heber A. Brenizer, age 21, and Annie Eichelberger were married on October 11 in New Chester, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Heber A. Brenizer was a son of Washington M. Brenizer and Sarah M. Brenizer. [23] [24] [25]


1898 Washington M. Brenizer received a pension.
Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1898. [26]

1898 Washington M Brenizer ran as a Republican against Henry Weigle Democrat for inspector in Tyrone Twp. [27]


1898 Washington M. Brenizer ran for the position of Inspector.
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1898. [28]

1900 Washington Brenizer (born in Pennsylvania in Aug 1835, married for 45 years) lived in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with daughter Sarah M Brenizer (age 61), Belle Slaybaugh (age 23), and boarder Edgar P Brenizer (age 44). Washington Brenizer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. [29] [30]

1904 Edgar P. Brenizer, age 46, and Laura Eicholtz were married on March 27 in New Chester, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Edgar P. Brenizer, son of W. W. Brenizer and Sarah M. Brenizer, was born about 1858. [31] [32] [33]

1904 Washington Brenizer died at age about 70 on 16 Oct 1904 [34] [35]. Washington Brenizer was buried at Heidlersburg Cemetery, Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. [36] [37] [38] [39]

1904 A death record reported: W. M. Brenizer, married, died on October 16, at age 69, in Heidlersburg, Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. W. M. Brenizer was born in Cumberland County [Pennsylvania]. W. M. Brenizer was a Farmer. [40]

Washington Brenizer's will listed Mervin F. Slaybaugh of Tyrone Twp.

1904 Widow Sarah M Brenizer received a pension for Washington's service in the Civil War in G 91 PA Infantry and in L 165 PA Infantry (filed from Pennsylvania).

1904 An obituary for Washington M Brenizer reported:

Washington Brenizer died at his home at Heidlesburg on Saturday night, Oct. 15, aged about 72 years. About 9 o'clock on Saturday evening he remarked that he would retire. Soon after going to bed he suffered a stroke of apoplexy and died at 1 o'clock Sunday morning. The deceased was born in Cumberland Co. but came to this county before he grew to manhood. He was a veteran of the Civil War having been in service two different times. The funeral services were held from his late residence last Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock with interment at Heidlesburg. The deceased is survived by his wife, five sons and four [sic] daughters; Samuel, of Harrisburg; Robert, of Kansas; John, of Dillsburg; Heber, of Bendersville and Edward at home; Mrs. Charles Tate of Dillsburg; Mrs. Amos Minter, of Biglersville; and Mrs. Mervin Slaybaugh, of Butler township.


1904 Washington Brenizer died.
Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1904. [41]


Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1904. [42]


Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1904. [43]


Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1904. [44]

1904 In Memoriam [45]


1904 Memoriam for Washington Brenizer.
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1904. [46]

In loving remembrance of our dear father Washington M Brenizer, who departed this life October 15, 1904, aged 69 years, 2 months, and 12 days.

Home is not home since dear father's not there,
Our home is so lonely, so dark and so drear.
Never more will we hear his footsteps fall,
He's gone to that home prepared for us all.

We miss his kind and welcome hand,
His fond and earnest care.
Our home is dark without him,
A shadow o'er our life is cast.

Death came silently but sad,
To close his earthly days,
He seemed but sleeping when it came,
He is but sleeping now.

Farewell dear papa, a sad farewell.
Since your dear face no more we see,
A few more years on earth to dwell,
And we shall all united be.
By his daughter Annie Tate,

Dear grandpa, when we saw that we must part,
You drew like cords around our hearts.
Now we must drink the bitter cup,
And say our last farewell.
His little granddaughters
Estella and Helen Tate


1905 Mrs. Charles Tate, daughter of Mrs. Washington Brenizer, lived in Dillsburg.
Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1905. [47]


1905 Edgar P Brenizer sold the family home.
Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1905. [48]


1906 Mrs. Minter, daughter of Washington Brenizer lived in Biglersville.
Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1906. [49]

1910 Sarah M Brenizer (age 70, born in Pennsylvania, widowed), mother-in-law, lived in Tyrone Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Mervin F Slaybaugh (age 32), Belle Slaybaugh (age 32), Marie Slaybaugh (age 9), and Martha Slaybaugh (age 4). Sarah M Brenizer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Sarah M Brenizer could read and write. [50]

1911 Mrs Sarah M Brenizer of Heidlersburg visited her daughter Mrs M L Minter, of Biglerville. [51]

1916 Sarah Brenizer visited her daughter C.E. Tate of Goodyear.

1916 Samuel W Brenizer died on December 27 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was born on May 20, 1858, in Pennsylvania, son of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Welcome. [52]

1917 Son "Robert Brenizer of Kansas is circulating among friends and relatives of this place". [53]

1921 Heber Ashland Brenizer died on December 22 in Hamiltonban Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was born on May 8, 1870, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, son of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Welcome. [54]

1926 Sarah M Whitcomb Brenizer, daughter of Samuel Whitcomb and Margaret Beam, died at age 86, on February 9, 1926 at the home of her daughter, Mrs M.H. Slaybaugh, in Tyronne Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. Sarah M Whitcomb Brenizer was born on May 13, 1839 in Tyronne Twp, Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 16636). [55][56]


Obituary for Sarah M. Brenizer
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1926. [57] [58]

1938 Edgar Brenizer died on December 14 in Cumberland Twp, Adams County, Pennsylvania. He was born on March 1, 1856, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, son of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Welcomb. [59]

1954 Emma Belle Slaybaugh died on August 7 in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania. She was born on April 3, 1876, in Tyrone County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Washington Brenizer and Sarah Whitecomb. [60]


Footnotes:

[1] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[2] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].

[3] US census, 1850, Reel 0772, Image 282, family 107, [InternetArchive].

[4] Adams County, Pennsylvania, Orphans Court, G-506, [FamilySearchImage].

[5] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[6] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].

[7] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[8] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[9] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, [AncestryRecord].

[10] Samuel Penniman Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Vol. 3 (Harrisburg, PA: 1870), 186-233, 'Ninety-first regiment'. (In the roster). 2 company G, second descriptive list, [#96], [InternetArchive].

[11] Samuel Penniman Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5, Vol. 3 (Harrisburg, PA: 1870), 186-233, 'Ninety-first regiment', [InternetArchive].

[12] U.S., Civil War Pension Index, [AncestryRecord].

[13] U.S., Civil War Pension Index, [AncestryRecord].

[14] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, [AncestryRecord].

[15] Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916, [AncestryRecord].

[16] Find A Grave Memorial 54207306, [FindAGrave].

[17] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[18] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].

[19] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[20] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryRecord].

[21] The 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry records, [PA91_Website].

[22] US 1890 Veterans Schedules, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[23] Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].

[24] Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].

[25] Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].

[26] Harrisburg Telegraph, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, October 8, 1898, page 5, [NewspapersClip].

[27] Newspaper, Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), 8 Feb.

[28] Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1898, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[29] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[30] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryRecord].

[31] Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].

[32] Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].

[33] Pennsylvania, County Marriage Records, [AncestryRecord].

[34] Newspaper, The Sentinel, October 26, 1904.

[35] Newspaper, New Oxford Item, October 21, 1904, page 10, column 1 at access.newspaperarchive.com.

[36] Find A Grave Memorial 18312424, [FindAGrave].

[37] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[38] Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[39] Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[40] Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].

[41] Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1904, page 8, [NewspapersClip].

[42] Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, October 26, 1904, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[43] Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1904, page 8, [NewspapersClip].

[44] Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, October 22, 1904, page 8, [NewspapersClip].

[45] Newspaper, Gettysburg Compiler (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania), November 30, 1904, page 1, column 2.

[46] Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1904, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[47] Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1905, page 5, [NewspapersClip].

[48] Gettysburg Compiler, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1905, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[49] Adams County Independent, Littlestown, Pennsylvania, February 3, 1906, page 1, [NewspapersClip].

[50] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].

[51] Newspaper, Adams County News, May 6.

[52] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord].

[53] Newspaper, Adams County News, 13 Jan.

[54] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord].

[55] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].

[56] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].

[57] The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1926, page 2, [NewspapersClip].

[58] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].

[59] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord].

[60] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord].