The son of Jacob & Frances "Fanny" Shireman, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and soon took up the trade of printing. He stood 5' 9" tall and had black hair and gray eyes. The Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file claims he was living in York County in 1864.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Marietta August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing," a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Philadelphia February 27, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. B, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 17, 1865.
On November 7, 1866, he enlisted in Harrisburg with the regular army, assigned to Co. I, 32nd U.S. Infantry, later consolidated into the 14th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end August 9, 1869, at Camp Grant, Illinois, a corporal.
He married Margaret LNU., but children, if any, remain unknown, and he is listed as single by 1884. He moved to Marion, Linn County, Iowa, where his brother Henry was residing, remaining there until March 27, 1884, when he entered the soldiers home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On January 11, 1887, he transferred to the commensurate facility at Hampton, Virginia, but was dropped from the rolls to date May 16, 1891, apparently returning home to Lancaster County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive. George, Margaret, and George's father Jacob all applied for pensions based on his military service, but all were denied.
Note that the tombstone contains "Shierman," a spelling not found anywhere in his military, pension, soldiers home, and census records. They are all "Shireman," as are those of the rest of his family, including his Civil War veteran brothers John and Henry. There is, therefore, the strong possibility that the tombstone surname is a misspelling.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Marietta August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing," a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Philadelphia February 27, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. B, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 17, 1865.
On November 7, 1866, he enlisted in Harrisburg with the regular army, assigned to Co. I, 32nd U.S. Infantry, later consolidated into the 14th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end August 9, 1869, at Camp Grant, Illinois, a corporal.
He married Margaret LNU., but children, if any, remain unknown, and he is listed as single by 1884. He moved to Marion, Linn County, Iowa, where his brother Henry was residing, remaining there until March 27, 1884, when he entered the soldiers home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On January 11, 1887, he transferred to the commensurate facility at Hampton, Virginia, but was dropped from the rolls to date May 16, 1891, apparently returning home to Lancaster County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive. George, Margaret, and George's father Jacob all applied for pensions based on his military service, but all were denied.
Note that the tombstone contains "Shierman," a spelling not found anywhere in his military, pension, soldiers home, and census records. They are all "Shireman," as are those of the rest of his family, including his Civil War veteran brothers John and Henry. There is, therefore, the strong possibility that the tombstone surname is a misspelling.
The son of Jacob & Frances "Fanny" Shireman, in 1860 he was a laborer living in Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and soon took up the trade of printing. He stood 5' 9" tall and had black hair and gray eyes. The Pennsylvania Archives' ARIAS file claims he was living in York County in 1864.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Marietta August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing," a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Philadelphia February 27, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. B, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 17, 1865.
On November 7, 1866, he enlisted in Harrisburg with the regular army, assigned to Co. I, 32nd U.S. Infantry, later consolidated into the 14th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end August 9, 1869, at Camp Grant, Illinois, a corporal.
He married Margaret LNU., but children, if any, remain unknown, and he is listed as single by 1884. He moved to Marion, Linn County, Iowa, where his brother Henry was residing, remaining there until March 27, 1884, when he entered the soldiers home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On January 11, 1887, he transferred to the commensurate facility at Hampton, Virginia, but was dropped from the rolls to date May 16, 1891, apparently returning home to Lancaster County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive. George, Margaret, and George's father Jacob all applied for pensions based on his military service, but all were denied.
Note that the tombstone contains "Shierman," a spelling not found anywhere in his military, pension, soldiers home, and census records. They are all "Shireman," as are those of the rest of his family, including his Civil War veteran brothers John and Henry. There is, therefore, the strong possibility that the tombstone surname is a misspelling.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the stated age of nineteen in Marietta August 8, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 12 as a private with Co. H, 135th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 24, 1863. At muster-out, the army docked his final pay $2.99 for "difference in price of clothing," a financial hit levied on most of the men in the regiment.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of twenty-one in Philadelphia February 27, 1864, mustered into federal service that day as a private with Co. B, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company July 17, 1865.
On November 7, 1866, he enlisted in Harrisburg with the regular army, assigned to Co. I, 32nd U.S. Infantry, later consolidated into the 14th U.S. Infantry, and honorably discharged at term's end August 9, 1869, at Camp Grant, Illinois, a corporal.
He married Margaret LNU., but children, if any, remain unknown, and he is listed as single by 1884. He moved to Marion, Linn County, Iowa, where his brother Henry was residing, remaining there until March 27, 1884, when he entered the soldiers home at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On January 11, 1887, he transferred to the commensurate facility at Hampton, Virginia, but was dropped from the rolls to date May 16, 1891, apparently returning home to Lancaster County. No obituary was found in any online newspaper archive. George, Margaret, and George's father Jacob all applied for pensions based on his military service, but all were denied.
Note that the tombstone contains "Shierman," a spelling not found anywhere in his military, pension, soldiers home, and census records. They are all "Shireman," as are those of the rest of his family, including his Civil War veteran brothers John and Henry. There is, therefore, the strong possibility that the tombstone surname is a misspelling.
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