Military: CWR: Hoover, Israel of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Hoover, Israel 

* Born 1838 in Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Died 1910 
* Buried in Bakersville Lutheran Cemetery, Jefferson Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Private in Captain Reinhard's Co. D 148th Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Enrolled Aug. 30, 1863 to serve 3 years or the duration 
* Mustered in Aug. 31, 1862 at age 31 as Private in Chambersburg, Pa. 
* Discharged Nov. 8, 1865 at Baltimore, Md. by reason of Surgeon's Certificate 
of Disability, 
* Can not re-enlist 
* Age 31 
* Height - 5'10"; Hair - Black; Complexion - Dark; Eyes - Brown 
* Occupation - Carpenter 
* "Headquarters Middle Mill Department, Baltimore, Md., Nov. 8, 1865 To be 
discharged by command of General Humphreys" 
* Paid in full Nov. 17, 1865 
* Served Aug. 30, 1863 - Nov. 8, 1865 - 25 month 9 days 
* Disability - Piles 
* Transferred to Veterans Reserve Corps Apr. 14, 1864 by Special Order #104 War 
Dept. 

SOURCE:
* Census 1890 Veterans, Black Twp. Somerset Co. Pa. 
* Cemetery Records, Meyersdale Library 
* Somerset Past Vol. 12 No. 3 
* Somerset Past Vol. 13 No. 2 
* Veterans Grave Registration [Lists year of death as 1918] 
* Muster Roster Co. D 
* Veterans Card File

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Hoover, Israel

* Somerset Post Office 
* Disease 
* Monthly pension of 12 dollars.

SOURCE:
* 1883 List of Pensioners, Somerset Co. Pa.