OBIT: Elijah ELLENBERGER, 1915, native of Somerset County, PA

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Ellenberger, Elijah

"Elijah Ellenberger" Died Saturday at the age of 93 years at the residence of 
his eldest son on Spear Street, Dunbar. He was born in Somerset County about 
five miles north of the present town of Somerset. He was a veteran of the Civil 
War and served in Co. B Sixteenth regiment, Pennsylvania cavalry. He enrolled in 
Connellsville Oct. 15, 1862 and was discharged July 14, 1865, at Gettysburg. He 
served under Capt. R. W. McDowell and fought in the battles of Bull Run, Lookout 
Mountain, Chickamauga and Gettysburg. Mr. Ellenberger was the father of 12 
children.

Meyersdale Commercial, Feb. 18, 1915