Valentine Epler (I33554)
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Personal Facts and Details
| Birth | 1839 29 23 Northumberland Co., Pa |
| Death of mother | 21 August 1871 (Age 32) Mary Magdelena Zimmerman (I33525) (Age 54) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death of father | 17 September 1886 (Age 47) Samuel Epler (I4584) (Age 76) - [Relationship Chart] |
| Death | 1909 (Age 70) Paxinos, Northumberland, Pa |
| Universal Identifier | 24E94EEF4AD9E148A6CD8AA70CE09E703431 |
| Religion | Lutheran, St. Jacob's Reformed Lutheran Church |
| Burial | Reed's Cemetery, Paxinos, Northumberland, Pa |
| Last Change | 22 June 2006 - 23:07:39 |
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Civil War service with the Union forces. Served with Co. K, 46th PA Volunteers. He served 3 yrs. and 11 months. VALENTINE EPLER was born in Shamokin township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, in 1843, son of Samuel and Mary (Zimmerman) Epler. He was educated in the common schools and followed the life ofa farmer until 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served three years and eleven months. At the battle of Winchester he was taken prisoner and sent to Belle Isle, where he was kept four months, after which he was exchanged. He then returned to his regiment and was detailed to the quartermaster department, in which he served until the close of the war. In 1866 he settled upon his present farm. In 1889 he purchased the Logan Run mill, which he is operating in connection with his farm. He married Ellen, daughter of Reuben Snyder, of Shamokin township, and by this union theyhave had ten children, eight of whom are living: Reuben; Harry S.; Mary J.; Sallie E.; Flora L.; John C.; Francis H., and George M. Mr. Epler has filed several township offices. Politically he is a Democrat, and in religious faith a German Reformed, and is a member of Jacob's church of Ralpho township. |
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