Military: CWR: Dickey, Ephraim Rev., of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Dickey, Ephraim Rev.
                        
* Born July 4, 1848 
* Died Jan. 2, 1937 in Derry, Pa. 
*Buried in Berlin I. O. O. F. Cemetery, Berlin, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private in Captain William M. Schrock's Co., after Oct. 2, 1863 1st Battalion 
Pa. Infantry Co. H 
* Enlisted June 17, 1863 at New Centerville, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Mustered in June 24, 1863 in New Centerville, Pa. 
* Mustered out Jan. 8, 1864 in Harrisburg, Pa. 
* Private Battery K 204th Regiment 5th Pa. Heavy Artillery 
* Enrolled Aug. 29, 1864 as Private 
* Mustered in Sept. 1, 1864 
* Mustered out June 30, 1865 with battery at Camp Reynolds, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
* He became a Lutheran Minister after the war. 
* Height - 5' 7"; Hair - Light; Complexion - Fair 
* Occupation at enrollment - Farmer 
* Applied for a pension in 1891, certificate number 892,990 and again in 1912, 
when he was pensioned on certificate number 757, 648 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Oct. 16, 1890, Application #892990, Certificate 
#757648

SOURCE:
* Census 1890 Veterans, Meyersdale, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Civil War Veterans Reference by B. J. Ensley 
* Dickey Family File, Meyersdale Library 
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Muster Roster Battery K 
* Veterans Card File 
* 1884 County History, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Laurel Messenger Nov. 1961 
* Schrock's Co. Monument, New Centerville, Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Footnote.com
* Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards 1777 - 1999