BIO:  William Ilgenfritz, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Spring Garden Township, Pg 191

WILLIAM ILGENFRITZ, son of Martin and Margaret (Stauffer) Ilgenfritz, of Manchester Township, 
was born in Conewago Township, November 14, 1842.  He is the fourth in a family of seven 
children.  September 11, 1861, Mr. Ilgenfritz enlisted in Company E, Eighty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was engaged in the battles that his regiment was in:  the 
skirmishes at Fisher’s Hill, April 28, 1863; Newtown, Va., June 12, 1863; Winchester, June 13; 
Carter’s Woods, June 15; Locust Grove, November 27; also at Coal Harbor, Petersburgh and 
Bermuda Hundred: on the 6th of July, 1864 he came to the Shenandoah Valley; 9th of July, was in 
the battle of Monocacy; at the battle of Opequan, September 19, 1864; battle of Fisher’s Hill, 
and at Cedar Creek, October 19, and was honorably discharged at Chester Hospital, Penn.  
February 11, 1869, Mr. Ilgenfritz married Eliza Boyer, daughter of Jonas and Huldah (Kline) 
Boyer, of Newberry Township.  Seven children have blessed this marriage:  Annie, Katie 
(deceased), Ellen, Martha, Elmer, Nettie and Harry.  Mr. Ilgenfritz is a member of Post 37,   
G. A. R. of York, Penn.  He has charge of the first toll gate on the Baltimore pike.