NameJoseph Hoopengardner 247
Birth PlaceWhip's Cove, Fulton, PA
Residence PlaceUnion Township, Fulton Co., PA, USA
Death Date11 Jul 1903175 Age: 79
Death PlaceBuck Valley, Fulton Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceBuck Valley Methodist Cemetery, Buck Valley, Fulton Co., PA, USA2619
Misc. Notes
Co. H, 208th Penn. Vol. Inf. BET 6 SEP 1864 AND 1 JUN 1865
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Joseph was born in the cove; in 1856 moved to Buck Valley*, purchased one hundred acres of land of William McKibbin, where he now lives [1884]; in 1856 married Miss Anna M. Sigel, of Germany; enlisted in Co. H, 208th Penn. Vol. Inf., September 1, 1864; discharged June 6, 1865.
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Private, 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company H.
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*Buck Valley, Fulton County, PA. Born in Whipp’s Cove, Brush Creek Township, Fulton, PA. Joseph applied for a pension on July 30, 1890.
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General source indicated birth date as 9 June 1824 and death date as 17 July 1903. Compiler has corrected the record to reflect the dates seen on Joseph’s headstone.
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Spouses
Birth Date19 Feb 1834
Birth PlaceWurttemberg, GERMANY
Death Date3 Feb 1910 Age: 75
Death PlaceBuck Valley, Fulton Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceBuck Valley Methodist Cemetery, Buck Valley, Fulton Co., PA, USA
Misc. Notes
Obituary. Fulton County, PA newspaper Feb. 1911.
Identified as Margaretha in these sources.
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As a widow she applied for a pension on (unreadable) 1903(?).
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Her birthplace Wurttemberg, Germany, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia.
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Family ID2160
Marr Date28 Feb 1856