1897 Catharine Wolf died, spouse of John Wolf, mason.
The News-Chronicle, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1897. [4]
1862 There are several records of military service by John Wolf in the Civil War. It is not clear which might relate to this John Wolf.
John Wolf of Dickinson Twp, Cumberland County was an enlisted man in the 17th PA Cavalry. [1]
John Wolf, private, mustered in on October 13, 1862. He mustered out with Co. F, 2d reg. Pro. Cav. on August 7, 1865. [2]
1880 John Wolf (age 39, born in Pennsylvania, married) lived in Penn Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Kate Wolf (44), Clayton H. Wolf (8), and Teressa A. Wolf (2). John Wolf's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. John Wolf was a laborer. [3]
MRS. CATHARINE WOLF. On Friday, November 19th. Mrs. Catharine Wolf, wife of John Wolf, a mason residing on East Garfield Street, died from stomach trouble, after a brief illness, aged about sixty-five years. Her funeral took place Monday morning, services conducted by Rev. M. L. Dean. Interment was made in Spring Hill Cemetery.
1910 John Wolf (age 63, born in Pennsylvania, single), boarder, lived in Carlisle Ward 3, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. John Wolf's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. John Wolf could not read or write. John Wolf was a laborer. [5]
1911 John Wolf, son of John S Wolf, died on September 7 at age 63, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. John Wolf was a mason. He was born on April 12, 1848, in Pennsylvania. (Death certificate: 83880). [6]
1911 John H. Wolf died on September 7, 1911 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. [7] [8] [9]
The son of John Sterner & Mary (Eichelberger) Wolf, in 1860 he lived with and/or worked for dry goods merchant Benjamin Plank in Dickinson Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted - overstating his age by five years - in Cumberland County October 13, 1862, and mustered into federal service at Harrisburg that same day as a private with Co. F, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry (162nd Pa). From July 20, 1863, through October 31, 1864, he was detached to the brigade as a teamster, On June 17, 1865, as part of a war-end consolidation, he transferred to Co. F, 2nd Pennsylvania Provisional Cavalry, and honorably discharged with his company August 7, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. According to his widow, he was shot in the hip in battle and the ball never removed, but his compiled military service records make no mention of this.
He married Anna/Kate/Catharine and fathered C. H. (b. 10/12/76 or 10/25/72) and Teresa (b. 08/10/80 or 08/19/77 - married Harry Z. Kegeris) - John reported both sets of birth dates for his children. Anna died November 19, 1897, and he married widow Julia A. Egolf, née Gross, October 14, 1904, in Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland, but he deserted her (he claimed he left for employment) in January 16, 1906. Julia filed for half his pension, and he returned to live with her the following December. Cause of his death is listed as "heart disease." In his pension, he reported his date of birth as April 12, 1839.
John Wolf, veteran of the Civil War, died at his home on Baltimore street, aged 65 years. He was a member of Co. F, 17th Penna. cavalry and a mason by trade. Two children survive, Harvey Wolf and Mrs. Harry Kegereis. Funeral Saturday noon, interment at Shippensburg.
Notes for daughter Tressa:
1898 Tressa Wolf and Harry Z. Kegerries were married on November 24 in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Tressa Wolf, daughter of John Wolf and Wolf, was born on abt 1878. (FHL film 000021009). [12] [13]
Marriage of Kegereis / Wolf
Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1898. [14]Marriage Licenses. Harry P. Kegereis and Tressa Wolf, both of Shippensburg.
1900 Harry Z Kegerries (born in Pennsylvania in Oct 1876, married for 1 years) lived in Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Harry Z Kegerries (23), Tressa A Kegerries (22), and Violet M Kegerries (5/12). Harry Z Kegerries's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. Harry Z Kegerries was a coachman. Harry Z Kegerries lived on East Main Street. [15]
1963 Tressa W Kegerreis, spouse of Harry Z Kegerreis, died on November 13 in Cowansville, Cumberland, Pennsylvania. She was born on August 19, 1877 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, daughter of John Wolf and Anna Wolf. [16]
The John Wolf who lived with Benjamin Plank in 1860 was born about 1840, according to census records. Was he the John Wolf, mason, being followed here? The newspaper records and the 1880 census cited above suggest that John, mason of Carlisle, was married to Kate (not Anna), despite the report in daughter Tressa's death certificate.
1860 John H Wolf (age 20, born in Pennsylvania) lived in Dickinson Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Benjamin Plank (32), Mary Plank (33), Sarah A Plank (5), John Plank (1), and Ann E Divers (15). John H Wolf was a clerk. [17]
[1] Role of Honor of the Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, p 50, [URL].
[2] History of the Seventeenth regiment, Pa (1911), 430, [URL].
[3] United States Federal Census, 1880, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[4] The News-Chronicle, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, November 26, 1897, page 3, [NewspapersClip].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1910, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, Certificate 83880, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial 51343181, [FindAGrave].
[8] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[9] Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012, reports service in Company I, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[10] Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1911, page 4, [NewspapersClip].
[11] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, [AncestryRecord].
[12] Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[13] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com, [AncestryRecord].
[14] Carlisle Evening Herald, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1898, page 1, [NewspapersClip].
[15] United States Federal Census, 1900, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[16] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[17] United States Federal Census, 1860, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
