Jacob was a Civil War Veteran
Company C, 36th Regiment
Home Guards, July 1863-August 1863
GAR - Company K, 9th Regiment,
Pennsylvania Cavalry
February 1864-July 1865

Married: August 25, 1867
Lykens Twp, Dauphin Co., PA
Husband of Amanda Lovina (Williard) Kissinger.

The Following is an Excerpt From
"The Amanda Kissinger Story"...
The Millersburg Sentinel - September 1932
By F. Park Campbell, Associate Editor

"It was one of these quilting parties, held at Strayer homestead, near Gratz, that Amanda met the young man, who later became her husband. Amanda was 17 and pretty, and when Jacob Kissinger, a handsome veteran of the Civil War, which had recently been settled, was introduced, a friendship was formed between the two which soon developed into love.

Jacob was the son of George and Sarah (Knerr) Kissinger, of Lykens Township, and served a year and six months with the Union Cavalry. He was with General Sherman during his famous march to the sea and came through the conflict without being injured.

Two years after the meeting of Amanda and Jacob, they were married, in a double ceremony, the second couple being John Saltzer and Hannah Folk, of Lykens township."

Jacob & Amanda Kissinger Had 11 Children:

Harvey Freeman, Mary Ann, Sarah Catherine, George Daniel, Edmon Oscar, Ida Amanda, Dora Elizabeth, Annie Seville, Charles Wellington, Jacob Milton and Thomas Harrison Kissinger.
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OBITUARY - JACOB E. KISSINGER

Jacob E. Kissinger was born on 14 November 1843 in Lykens Twp, Dauphin Co., PA. He was the son of George Kissinger and Sarah Knerr. Jacob E. Kissinger was baptized on 31 December 1843 in Zion (Klinger's) Lutheran Church, Erdman, Dauphin Co., PA, sponsors: Jacob Buffington and wife Rebecka. He served in GAR Company K, 9th Regiment, PA Cavalry during the Civil War. He had been in forty-two battles and skirmishes during the war, and had a gun shot wound in his left foot.

He married Amanda Lovina Williard, daughter of John George Williard and Lovina Deibler, on 25 August 1867 in Uniontown, Northumberland Co., PA, by Rev Jacob Kehm.

Jacob E. Kissinger died on 16 November 1921 in Lykens Township, Dauphin Co.,PA, at age 78. Mrs. Kissinger arose at 6 o'clock that morning while her husband slept and at 7 o'clock she went to call him for breakfast but found that his spirit had passed away. About a year ago he had entered the Williamstown Hospital being afflicted with ailments common among aged people and though he was temporarily relieved he never fully recovered.

He was buried in Simeon United Lutheran Church Cemetery, Gratz,Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was buried wearing his army cap.