David H. Johns

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Husband David H. Johns ¹

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           Born: 15 Dec 1826 1
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         Father: Samuel Johns (1800-1869) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Carson (1807-1883) 1

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General Notes: Husband - David H. Johns

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Civil War: he enlisted in Company H, 7th Regiment, P. V., April 22, 1862, and served in the 3d Brigade, 1st Division, of Major-Gen. Patterson's army. He went into camp with his regiment at Camp Slifer, which was within the present limits of the borough of Chambersburg, and joined in the advance into the Shenandoah Valley. After the expiration of his three months' term of enlistment he re-enlisted for three years, serving until Feb. 28, 1864, when he was mustered out, only to re-enlist as a veteran in Company E, 49th Regiment, P. V., from which he was discharged by order of the War Department, July 16, 1865. During this long service he was wounded only once, and then slightly, being struck on one of his thumbs by a piece of shell, which also grazed his shoulder. An army surgeon ordered the wounded thumb to be amputated, but Mr. Johns, feeling sure that it could be saved, slipped away and dressed his own wound. Time proved that he was right, for the thumb thus saved gave him little trouble. He became a farmer living in Perry County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 550.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 507.