Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David R. Whitehill




Husband David R. Whitehill 1 2

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           Died: 10 Dec 1864 - Hatcher's Run, VA 1
         Buried: 1 Jan 1865 - Mill Creek, Beaver Co, PA 1


         Father: James Whitehill (1804-1858) 1 2
         Mother: Martha Ewing (      -Aft 1888) 1 2





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General Notes: Husband - David R. Whitehill


Civil War: he was a member of Company H, 140th P. V., was taken prisoner at the second day's battle at Gettysburg, and taken to Richmond; was in Libby prison and on Belle Isle three months, was paroled, sent to Annapolis, Maryland, and returned home, where he remained a short time. He then went back to his regiment. He was mortally wounded Dec. 9, 1864, and died the next day. His remains were brought home and buried in Mill Creek cemetery.

He was killed at the battle of Hatcher's Run.

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 906.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 577.


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