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Topic: Bingaman brothers - PA, KS, & Civil War
Conf: Trego County Queries, Msg: 46884
From: Deleted User
Date: 1/5/2003 06:57 AM

Looking for the burial location et al on brothers David and Samuel Lewis Bingaman, natives of Adams County, PA who lived in Trego County in 1880. Both were Civil War veterans, having served with Company K, 30th Pennsylvania Infantry (a.k.a. 1st Pennsylvania Reserves). Here is what I know about them.

1) Bingaman, David, Pvt Co K; enlisted Jun 8, 1861; became seriously ill in 1861 at Camp Pierpont; deserted Oct 24, 1862 from camp in Sharpsburg, Maryland; born 1824; a mason from Fairfield, Franklin Township; 5' 9", light hair, gray eyes; born 1824, the son of Henry & Catherine Bingaman and brother of Samuel Bingaman; other siblings: James, Mary, Margaret; married Catharine ?; children: David, James, Samuel, and 4 others; Catharine died by 1880; may have remarried Julia Bushman; after the war, lived in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Banner, Trego County, Kansas (with or near Samuel), and, in March 1883, moved to Luray, Page County, Virginia; died >1883

2) Bingaman, Samuel Lewis, Pvt Co K; enlisted Jun 8, 1861; detached to the division provost guard from August 15, 1863 through muster-out; discharged Jun 13, 1864; later served with the 3rd, 15th, and 18th Pa Cav; born Apr 21, 1838, the brother of David Bingaman; a laborer from Fairfield, Franklin Township; married Sarah Bingaman [sic]; children: William (b. @1866), Harry (b. @1871), John (b. @1872), Sadie (b. @1876), and Charles (b. @1879); died Mar 12, 1908