Military: CWR: DeHaven, Dennis of interest in Somerset County, PA

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DeHaven, Dennis

* Died Oct. 19, 1864 in Little Cacapon, West Virginia 
* Buried in Wellersburg Cemetery, Wellersburg, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private Co. K 2nd Maryland Potomac Home Brigade Infantry 
* Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861 in Cumberland, Md. for 3 years
* Mustered in Oct 31, 1861 at Cumberland, Md 
* Absent without leave Dec. 4 to 9, 1861 
* Returned under arrest  
* Company muster roll dated June 30, 1862 lists him as sick at hospital 
* Company muster roll dated July - Aug. 1863 lists him as sick in hospital in 
Cumberland, Md.  
* Served Oct. 31, 1861 - Oct. 19, 1864 
* Accidentally killed Aug. 19, 1864 on an iron-clad car, in collision or wreck 
that occurred near Paw Paw, West Virginia 
* Widow Pension: Applied Nov. 21, 1864, Application #72975, Certificate #72639; 
Minor Pension: Application #178576, Certificate #138008
* Widow Pension lists the following: Widow - Sarah C.; Maiden name of Sarah is 
Johnson; Sarah was born May 11, 1838; Dennis and Sarah were married Oct. 9, 
1858; Minor children of Dennis and Sarah are: John Henry born Feb. 26, 1858, 
Dennis Ellsworth born Jan. 2, 1859, Ida M. 22, ay born Mar 1862 and Eliza Alice 
born Jan. 27, 1864; On May 2, 1866 Sarah was granted a pension of $8 per month 
commencing Oct. 19, 1864; On May 9. 1867 Sarah was granted a pension of $8 per 
month with an additional $2 per month for each child commencing July 25, 1866 
until they reach the age of 16 as follows: John on Feb. 25, 1875, Dennis on Jan. 
1, 1877, Ida on Mar. 21, 1878 and Eliza on Jan. 26, 1880 with former payments to 
be deducted; Sarah married second John W. Fleegle alias John Moore on Nov. 10, 
1868; John died Nov. 18, 1907; Sarah received a pension of $12 per month under 
John Fleegle's service; 


SOURCE:
* Somerset Co. Pa. Genealogy Web 
* Somerset Past Vol. 11 No. 4 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Muster Roster Co. K 
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Veterans Grave Registration 
* Footnote.com
* Military Affairs Register Md. Volunteers, Roll 1478073
* Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards 1777 - 1999
* Widow Pension, Fold 3 [Contains 125 pages of family information; some of 
which pertain to John W. Fleegle, alias John Moore of  Co. D 202nd Regiment Pa. 
Infantry, Sarah's second husband.]