Matthew Templeton

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Husband Matthew Templeton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Jan 1836 1
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         Father: David Templeton (1800-1867) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane McNary (      -      ) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew Templeton

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On September 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, command­ed by Capt. H. J. Van Kirk. He served three years and two months, was in the Peninsular Campaign, and fought at the battle of Fair Oaks. Immediately after the engagement at Fair Oaks, he was seized with a fever, and was sent for treatment to the hospital at Philadel­phia. On recovering he joined his regiment in North Carolina, taking part in the engagements of Yorktown, Williamsburg and Fort Wagner. At the last-mentioned place he was slightly wounded in the hip by a ball which killed a comrade at his side. He received an honorable discharge Novem­ber 22, 1864, and returned to the old home.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 847.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 985.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 875.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 12, 847.