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From: "Houston" <>
Subject: [PaCambri] Cambria Co. PA Civil War Draft 1864
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 20:29:00 -0400


Hi Folks,
Maybe you recall the below offer I posted in Nov. 2002. I now have the complete list and can add the following townships:
Taylor, Clearfield, White, Munster, and Allegheny.

Marcia Fronk

>This is a look-up offer.
>The offer is that I have a partial copy of page one of the Cambria
>newspaper "Democrat and Sentinel" dated June 15, 1864. This page
>listed by township the men's names drawn out of the wheel to be
>drafted. If you had an ancestor in the following townships I'll be glad
>to look for them in the paper, contact me off list.

>Townships include: Conemaugh, Yoder, Washington Twp. &
>Summitville Bor., Cambria Borough, Richland, Blacklick, Jackson,
>Carroll, Carrolltown Borough, Chest, Croyle, Summerhill, and
>Wilmore Borough. Sorry the copy is only partial.

>Below is listed Susquehanna township's list. Just a note of interest,
>my ancestor Cyrus Fronk who was one of those drawn, was age 37
>and had already served nine months with the 133rd through the
>battles of Fredericksburg and Chancelorsville. From this draft he
>serves another nine months with the 204th - 5th Heavy Artillery.

>Democrat and Sentinel, June 15, 1864 - Page 1

>Susquehanna Township - 108 names in the wheel; 22 drawn

1.. David Keith
2.. Jacob Johnson
3.. Robert W. Dunlap
4.. George Hammond
5.. Isaac Westover
6.. Joseph Lute
7.. Nicholas Nagle
8.. John Kythe
9.. William Lloyd
10.. John Kountzman
11.. Francis Yonner
12.. John Powers
13.. Thomas C. Byrne
14.. Joseph Holtz
15.. Richard Baum
16.. Cyrus Fronk
17.. John P. Baum
18.. Samuel Gray
19.. Martin Oaks
20.. Samuel Breth
21.. John Barringer
22.. Dan. Berkstresser

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