Henry was born in 1846. He is the son of Daniel Gemperling and Anna Hurst.
Company A, 79th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry
"United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSPS-KZZ : 4 December 2014), Henry Gemperling, Corporal, Company A, 79th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M554 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 42; FHL microfilm 882,377.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZPF-R3D : 12 April 2016), Henry Gempesling, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 50, family 372, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,855.
"United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDYL-43W : 13 March 2018), Henry C Gemperling, 1883.
"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K89R-72S : 11 March 2018), Henry C Gemperling, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,240.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M33F-H3N : accessed 10 July 2018), Henry C Gemperling, Lancaster city Ward 2, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 13A, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,423.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZH-YJF : accessed 10 July 2018), Henry C Gemperling, Lancaster Ward 2, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 64, sheet 14A, family 291, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1354; FHL microfilm 1,375,367.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFYW-5WT : accessed 10 July 2018), Henry C Gemperling, Lancaster Ward 7, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 13B, line 55, family 281, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1584; FHL microfilm 1,821,584.
"United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K64F-1W1 : 11 March 2018), Henry C Gemperling, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,859.
Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. J. H. Beers & Company, Publishers. 1903. Page 581. https://books.google.com/books?id=HM4xAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA734&lpg=PA734&dq=givler+bowers+%26+hurst+lancaster+pa&source=bl&ots=JgdW_iQdyj&sig=L5AOQXeSTsSU4YxyWRueAmyEswg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjf7svf-szdAhUJ0IMKHYp1ARkQ6AEwBnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Elam%20Hurst&f=false
Bates, Samuel P History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 Vol 2 prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature Publisher Harrisburg, B. Singerly, State Printer P 1085
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