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Philadelphia, 31 Dec. 1836; a manufacturer of edge-tools; married, 4 Oct. 1860, at Holmesburgh, Philadelphia, by Rev. Anthony Atwood, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Frankford, to Achsah Deacon Dobbins, dau. of Daniel Brock and Mary Ann (Vansciver) Dobbins, of Holmesburgh. She was born at Budd Town, N.J., 4 Oct. 1839, and died at Delanco, N.J., where they had settled, 16 Aug. 1867, and was buried in the cemetery of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Bridgeborough, N.J. He was married (2nd), 27 Sept. 1868, at Camden, N.J., by Rev. John W. Hickman, Methodist, to Amanda Pritchett, dau. of Lorenzo Dow and Anna (Phillips) Pritchett, of Smithville, N.J., formerly of Philadelphia, where she was born 26 June 1838. They dwelt at Delanco till 1871; and then moved to Musconetcong, N.J., where they were living in June 1875. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, 18 Aug. 1864; took part in the battles of Fort Fisher, N.C., 23 to 25 Dec. 1864, and its reduction and capture, 13 to 15 Jan. 1865; Fort Anderson, on Cape fear River, 17 to 19 Feb. 1865; Fort Strong, 20 Feb. 1865; capture of Wilmington, N.C., 22 Feb. 1865; was ordered to James River, in March 1865, and remained at Dutch Gap till the capture of Richmand gave him the opportunity of visiting that city, in Ap. 1865; after which, he was with the squadron cruising off Havana, Cuba, till ordered to Fortress Monroe, and thence to Boston, Mass., where he was discharged, 17 June 1865.
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IV. George Whitney, b. in Frankford Road, below Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Penn., 15 Dec. 1841; agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and of the Adams Express Company; was living at Delanco, N.J., in Ap. 1876, unmarried. He enlisted, 27 Ap. 1861, as private, in Co. K, 4th Reg., N.J. Militia; and was mustered out 31 July 1861. He enlisted, 25 Sept. 1861, for three years, as private, in Co. I, 5th Reg., N.J. Volunteers. He took part in the siege of Yorktown, Va., 5 Sp. to 4 May; in the battle of Williamsburgh, Va., 5 May; in that of Fair Oaks, 31 May and 1 June, where his regiment was surrounded, and narrowly escaped destruction; and in all the "seven days battles," viz. Oak Grove, near Fair Oaks, 25 June--near Mechanicsville, 26 and 27 June--on the Chickahominy, 28 June--Peach Orchard and Savage Station, 29 June--White Oak Swamp, 30 June--and Malvern Hill, 1 July, 1862; Kettle Run, near Manassas, 27 Aug. 1862; Bull Run, 29 and 30 Aug. 1862; Chantilly, 1 Sept. 1862; Fredericksburgh, 13 Dec. 1862; Chancellorsville, 2, 3, and 4 May 1863, where his regiment charged upon the enemy, capturing three strands of colors and about five hundred prisoners; and at Gettysburgh, Penn., 1 amd 2 July 1863, where, on the second day, he was shot through the right lung. He was sent to the hospital in Philadelphia, Penn., and after about six months, was transferred to Co. G, 6th Reg., Veteran Reserve Corps; was appointed drill-master of the Company, after every member of it had been inspected by the captain; and was mustered out
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