Samuel Sherer Elder and Elizabeth Garland

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Husband Samuel Sherer Elder ¹

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           Born: Abt 1827
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1885 - Fortress Monroe, VA 1
         Buried:  - Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Lancaster Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Elder (1791-1827) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Sherer (1794/1795-1860) 3

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Garland ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Nov 1890 - Cincinnati, OH 1
         Buried:  - Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Lancaster Co, PA

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Sherer Elder

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He entered the United States army in 1853 as a private; appointed second lieutenant First Artillery March 23, 1861; promoted first lieutenant May 14, 1861; brevet captain September 17, 1862; captain First Artillery August 1, 1863; brevet major February 20, 1864, and brevet lieutenant colonel May 15, 1864.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Garland

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from Henderson, KY

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 212.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 71, 200.