Joseph W. Uncapher and Mary Griffith

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Husband Joseph W. Uncapher ¹

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           Born: 17 Nov 1837 - Washington Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Father: Philip Uncapher (1810-1889) 1
         Mother: Mary Wilson (1807-1864) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 12 Dec 1867 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4

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Wife Mary Griffith ⁴

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           Born: 1 Jul 1840 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4
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         Father: Jesse Griffith (      -      ) 4 5 6
         Mother: Susanna(h) Pilson (1807-Aft 1891) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Luella Uncapher ⁴

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           Born: 31 Jan 1869 4
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         Spouse: Rev. L. A. Kirkland (      -      ) 4

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2 M Jesse Uncapher ⁴

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           Born: 9 Jan 1871 4
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         Spouse: Edith Wagner (      -      ) 4

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3 M John Uncapher ⁴

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           Born: 8 Aug 1882 4
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph W. Uncapher

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He worked for his father until he was twenty-two years old. In the meantime he had received his education in the public schools in his home locality. On Aug. 27, 1861, he enlisted for three years or during the war, in Company A, 78th P. V. I., under Capt. William Cummins and Col. William Sirwell. This command was attached to the 3d Brigade, 2d Division, Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Uncapher saw active service at the battles of Pulaski, March 12, 1862; Lavergne, Oct. 7, 1862; Neeleys Bend, White Creek, Charlottesville, and Franklin Pike-all in October, 1862; Stone River, Tenn., Dec. 31, 1862, to Jan. 1, 1863; Tullahoma, Tenn., July 9, 1863; Tunnell Hill, Ga., May 13, 1863; Elk River, Tenn., July 14, 1863; Buzzard's Roost Gap, Feb. 27, 1864; Resaca, Ga., May 16, 1864; Dallas, Ga., May 25 to June 1, 1864; Dug Gap, Sept. 11, 1864; Chickamauga, Sept. 19, 1863; Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863; Kenesaw Mountain, June 9 to 30, 1864; Pulaski, Sept. 26, 1864; and Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 1, 1864. Mr. Uncapher was discharged in the fall of 1864, and returned home at once. The following spring he went to the oil fields in Pennsylvania, where he followed the carpenter's trade, which he had learned in his earlier years. He continued to live in that region until 1882, when he moved to the Pilsen farm in White township, devoting himself to the cultivation of that place until 1900, when he settled at a home in the borough of Indiana and gave up active work.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Democrat in his political views.

1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1384.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 712.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 55.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1385.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 519.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 279.