Albert Sill Borlin and Elizabeth Steiner
Husband Albert Sill Borlin 1 2
Born: 4 Apr 1843 or 2 Apr 1845 - Belmont, PA 1 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1918 Buried:
Father: James Borlin (1820-1899) 1 3 4 Mother: Hannah Reamer ( - ) 1 5
Marriage: 25 Jun 1868 6
Wife Elizabeth Steiner 1
AKA: Elizabeth Isaman 2 Born: 2 Oct 1848 7 Christened: Died: Aft 1918 Buried:
Children
1 F Carrie Borlin 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1918 Buried:
2 M James C. Borlin 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1918 Buried:
3 F Anna Elizabeth Borlin 2 7
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Daniel Reamer Ulery (1869- ) 2 7 8 Marr: 2 Jul 1901 7
4 M Albert "Bertie" Borlin 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1918 Buried:
5 M Daniel Hunter Borlin 9 10
AKA: Daniel R. Borlin 1 Born: 9 Oct 1876 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Viola May Miller (1881-1904) 10 Marr: 5 Dec 1899 11
6 F Emeline Borlin 1
AKA: Emma Borlin 2 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Roscoe Cramer ( - ) 2
General Notes: Husband - Albert Sill Borlin
Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
He was a veteran of the Civil war. He enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served under the following captains: Warden, Jordan, Newmyer and Alfred Robinson; the name of the commanding general was John W. Geary. He was actively engaged in the following battles: Antietam, where he received a wound from a piece of shell, second battle of Bull Run, South Mountain, Chancellorsville, Bolivar Heights, Lookout Mountain, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, the battle of the Wilderness, and a few minor skirmishes. He was honorably discharged in 1864.
He received his education in the local schools of the township, and afterwards engaged in the livery business where he remained for some thirty years in all and conducted an establishment on Pennsylvania avenue, near Otterman street. Eventually, however, he sold out this business and entered the restaurant business, where he remained for about five years. He was a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in the Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers, which served under the command of General John W. Gearing. He saw a great deal of active service and actually took part in the engagements of Antietam, where he was wounded by a fragment of shell, the second battle of Bull Run and the battles of South Mountain, Chancellorsville, Bolivar Heights, Lookout Mountain, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, the battle of the Wilderness and many minor skirmishes and engagements. He was honorably discharged in 1864.
For some time after his return from the war, he engaged in the oil business and was at Oil City during the great excitement there.
He was a member of the local post, Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Veteran Legion of America.
1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 394.
2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 287.
3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 286, 399.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 206.
5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 287, 399.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 75.
7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 74.
8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 707.
9 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 286.
10 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 69.
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Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 288.
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