Private Nathan Peter enlisted at Scranton, Pa in Company A, 97th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry as a substitute at age 18 on Oct. 22, 1864, for 1 yr.; He mustered out on Aug. 28, 1865 with his Company in North Carolina.
From the "History of the Ninety-Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania volunteer infantry", By Isaiah Price
From pension records he died on May 12, 1916 and from the 1900 Census he was born in June 1846 in Pennsylvania. His wife, Catharine, was born in October 1850, also in Pennsylvania [1]
Fact: Residence (1850) Hollenback Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Military Service (22 Oct 1864) Company A, 97th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
Fact: _MILT (22 OCT 1864) Company A, 97th Regt, PA Vols
Fact: _MILT (28 AUG 1865) Discharged
Fact: census (1880) Hollenback Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Hollenback, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: census (1900) Hobbie, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) ED 70 Hollenback Township Hobbie village, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: census (1910) Hollenback Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Burial Silver Maple Cemetery, St Peters Reformed Church, Hobbie PA
Sources
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 March 2019), memorial page for Nathan Peter (12 Jun 1846–12 May 1916), Find A Grave: Memorial #28478242, citing Silver Maple Cemetery, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Susie Dag (contributor 49025133) .
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