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Extract of Civil War Mother's Pension Papers #222624  for BENJAMIN GEHO

Name: BENJAMIN GEHO; b. 1839 [never married, left no widow nor children]

Son Of: ADAM GEHO (b. 1805 - d. 1870 ) &
ZIBIAH (aka Sabia)(GARRISON) GEHO (b. 1807-d. 1898)

Known Siblings:
Christine (b. 1828),
Mariah Abigail (b. 1830),
George L. 9b. 1833)
Mary M. (b. 1832),
Kezia (b. 1835),
Missouri (b. 1841),
Elender (Ellen) (b. 1844),
Elizabeth (b. 1846),
William Garrison (b. 1837),
Charlotte (b. 1850),

Residence: 80 acre farm located on a branch of Hoover's Run, Jackson
Township,  Greene County, Pennsylvania

Physical Description At Time of Enlistment: age 23 years, 5 feet 7 inches
tall, of fair complexion with blue eyes and brown hair; occupation when
enrolled, as a farmer.

Service Record:
Benjamin Geho, Private, enlisted on the 28th day of September, 1861 at Oak
Forest, Pennsylvania for three years enlistment; 85th Regiment Pennsylvania
Infantry, Company G.
Reported as deserted on Muster Roll of November 11, 1861 from Camp
Lafayette, Uniontown.  Returned to his camp on March 27, 1862.  April 30,
1862 by order of General Casey, was returned to duty without trial, but was
ordered to forfeit all pay accruing to him while absent.
Report of War Department: Said soldier (age 25 years) died June 14, 1864 at
Chesapeake Hospital, Old Point Comfort, Virginia; from effect of wounds
(rifle ball shot to lungs) received in action near Ware Bottom Church,
during the Battle of Ft. Darling, Virginia May 20, 1864.  Company was in
action at said place on said date.

Medical Treatment: first at Gill's Farm; transferred from U.S.A. Hospital
Steamer Sylvan Shore , near Point of Rocks, Virginia on May 21, 1864 to
Fort Monroe; final transfer to Chesapeake Hospital where death occurred on
June 14, 1864.

Burial (June 14-15, 1864) at the National Cemetery at Hampton, Virginia in
grave # 532, under the name of GEHRE

Pension papers #22624 contain affidavits that attest to the poor health of
Benjamin's father, Adam Geho II, due to some type of back injury, for a
period of time before 1864, and forward to his death in 1870.  Benjamin was
cited as a primary provider for the family before the war, and that his
soldier's pay was sent home for the family's use, to supplement what the
small farm could provide. [Taken from Affidavits of local assessors in
Greene county, PA; sworn to local Justice's of the Peace]

Affidavit Witnesses:
 EPHRAIM COLE,
SARAH MARTHA MCGLUMPHY,
SARAH YAYLOL
A.J. HENDERSON (Post Office: Tom's Run, Greene County; neighbor within 1/2
mile to Geho farm.)
JACKSON KUGHN (Post Office: Tom's Run, Greene County)
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