1860 George Brenizer (age 26) lived in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, occupation Coach Smith, with real estate $1200, personal estate $90, born in PA. He was living with wife Caroline Brenizer (age 24) and Lucy Traxler (age 4) both born in PA. [1] [2]
Geo. Brenizer served in Company D of the 113th Pennsylvania Volunteers. [3] [4]
There are several records of George's death:
1862 George Brenizer died in October, at age 26, at Shippensburg, after enlisting in the Union Army on August 10 at Harrisburg. [5] [6]
1862 George Brenizer died of disease on October 20. [7]
1862 George W Brenizer died on October 20 and was buried at the Memorial Lutheran Church Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [8] [9] [10]
1862 George W. Brenizer, Company D, 130th Infantry Regiment Pennsylvania on 20 October 1862, died of a wound mortal in the Battle of Antietam Creek. [11]
1862 Letters of administration were issued to James Blair on November 3, for the estate of George W Brenizer, late of the Borough of Shippensburg. [12]
1862 Widow Caroline M Brenizer was named as beneficiary on the pension card of Sgt George W Brenizer for service in Company D, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 130. Dated November 7. Caroline M Brenizer, widow of George W Brenizer was approved for a pension. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]
Research Notes:
We are researching George Brenizer, son of Michael Brenizer and Mary Wise. The notes below might be for different men named George Brenizer. We seek further clarification about George, son of Michael and Mary Brenizer.
See our notes for George Washington Brenizer (1834-1912) of Silver Spring and Missouri. [19]
George Brenizer of Harrisburg and Clinton, Iowa:
1844 George Brenizer was a student at the "Lancasterian School" on Walnut Street between 4th and 5th Streets in Harrisburg. [20]
1850 George Brenizer (age 17), carpenter, lived in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Isabella Paxton (age 16) lived in the same household. [21]
1856 George Brenizer and Emma Louisa Goodhall were married on September 24 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [22] Note that Charlotte Brenizer and Reuben Reinhold were married on February 2, 1857 at the same church.
1860 George Brenizer (age 28, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Harrisburg Ward 5, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Emma Brenizer (age 22), Lilley Brenizer (age 2), Harry Brenizer (age 10/12), Alexander Barr (age 41), Elizabeth Barr (age 36), and Elizabeth Barr (age 6). George Brenizer was a carpenter. [23]
1863 George Brenizer living in the 4th ward of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was reported as age 30, with occupation carpenter, to the draft board. Dated July 1. (Thus, his birthdate was between July 1, 1832, to 1833). [24]
1870 George Brenizer (age 38, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Clinton Ward 1, Clinton County, Iowa, in a household with Emma L Brenizer (age 32), Harry Brenizer (age 10), Ida M Brenizer (age 8), and James M Tyler (age 48). George Brenizer was a carpenter & joiner. [25]
1880 George Brenizer (age 46, born in Pennsylvania, married) lived in Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, in a household with Emma L. Brenizer (age 41), Harry Brenizer (age 20), Ida Brenizer (age 17), Horace W. Brenizer (age 9), Bertha Brenizer (age 7), and Albert C. Brenizer (age 2). George Brenizer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. George Brenizer was a carpenter. [26]
1900 Geo Brenizer (born in Pennsylvania in Aug 1833, married for 40 years) lived in Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, in a household with Emma Brenizer (age 58), Verona Stoll (age 23), Sussie Stoll (age 26), and Frank Stoll (age 19). Geo Brenizer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Geo Brenizer was a justice peace. [27]
1910 George Brenizer (age 74, born in Pennsylvania, married for 49 years) lived in Clinton Ward 1, Clinton County, Iowa, in a household with Emma L Brenizer (age 67). George Brenizer's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. George Brenizer could read and write. [28]
1918 George Brenizer died on December 31 and was buried at Springdale Cemetery, Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa. George Brenizer was born in 1832. [29] [30]
1850 Caroline Flory (age 19, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in a household with George Flory (age 73), Christiana Flory (age 29), Henrietta Deaver (age 28), Lucretia Flory (age 16), George Deaves (age 7), David Deaves (age 2), and Lebright Gelwicks (age 22). [31]
1854 George Brenizer reportedly married Caroline M Flory on November 16, at Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. (documentation not seen)
[1] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[2] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[3] Samuel P. Bates, P. A. Durant, and J. Fraise Richard, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania [Cumberland] (Warner, Beers:1886), 126, [GoogleBooks].
[4] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865, [AncestryRecord].
[5] Pennsylvania, Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916, [AncestryRecord].
[7] U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, [AncestryRecord].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial 100349399, [FindAGrave].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[10] Conway Phelps Wing, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (1879), 259.
[11] Bill Burkhart, Cumberland Valley Chronicles: A Bicentennial History (1976),, [GoogleBooks].
[12] Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994, Cumberland, Administration Record E-370, [FamilySearchImage].
[13] U.S., Civil War Pension Index, [AncestryRecord].
[14] U.S., Civil War Pension Index, [AncestryRecord].
[15] Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Card Files, 1775-1916, [AncestryRecord].
[16] United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[17] United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917, "United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files", application WC13164, [FamilySearchRecord].
[18] Conway Phelps Wing, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (1879), 254.
[19] Janet and Robert Wolfe, Genealogy Page for George Washington Brenizer of Silver Spring and Missouri, [JRWolfeGenealogy].
[20] William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries Historical Biographical and Genealogical, Series 4, Vol. 1, (1893), 77-78.
[21] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[22] Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1708-1985, PA, Dauphin, Harrisburg, Lutheran, Zion German Lutheran Church, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[23] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryRecord].
[24] National Archives and Records Administration, Civil War Draft Registration Records (Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865) (Washington, D.C.), [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[25] United States Federal Census, 1870, [AncestryRecord].
[26] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryRecord].
[27] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryRecord].
[28] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryRecord].
[29] Find A Grave Memorial 5862623, [FindAGrave].
[30] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[31] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryRecord].