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Spent majority of his life in East McKeesport, PA where he had beenemployed by the Westinghouse Airbrake Corporation. Member of I.O.O.F atEast McKeesport and a member of the First Presbyterian Church atReynoldsville, PA.
Death came suddenly at 11:45 p.m. as he was preparing to retire for thenight.
Services conducted at the Ober Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. on December 30,1953 by Rev. Warren K. Martin
Burial was at Ohl Cemetery, Ohl, PA.

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Information taken from early Harold's Reformed Church Records,Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania under the Rev. John William Weber1784-1815.
Records indicate that Christian Gumbert Sr. was to have taken a secondwife at the age of 80 years. He wed a Mrs Mary McCutcheon of Greensburg,aged 70 years. However records disagree on the exact day and year ofthis union. The Greensburg paper of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvaniastates the following:
"United in marriage - April 1820 - at six o'clock Wednesday eveningChristian Gumbert of Wshington Twp., aged 80 years, and Mrs MaryMcCutcheon, aged 70 years."
The Marriage and Death Records of Westmoreland County, Pa, for the years1818-1865, list the date as June 1, 1821.

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George and Daisy Rubright had an infant son born January 21, 1897 whodied on January 26, 1897 without being named.

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Buried at Markle Cemetary, Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County,Pennsylvania.

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Buried: Oakland Cemetary, Mahoning Twp., Armstrong County, Pennsylvania

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Never married.
Names of David and Rebecca appear on the headstone but Rebecca was hissister who also never married.

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After marriage to David Butler moved to Tennessee about 1860. No furtherrecords known other than shown.

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Ellen died of diphtheria at age 10 years, 9 month and 24 days. She wasburied in the Cliff Cemetery at Ohl, Jefferson County, Pa hers being thefirst funeral from the Cliff Church.

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In a bible owned by John Gumbert this woman's name is listed as Pearl E.Gumbert and in a bible owned by Philip Kepple Gumbert it is listed asEsther Pearl Gumbert.

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Buried : Pleasant Grove Cemetary, Beaver Twp., Jefferson Co., Pa.
Had seven children, all dying in infancy except for one son, Manoah.
Member of the Pleasantville Methodist Episcopal Church.
Buried on April 12, 1901. Services by Rev. L.E.Haviland.

The obiturary stated "The funeral services were conducted in thePleasantville M. E. church, by his pastor, Rev. L.E.Haviland on Fridaythe 12th instant, after which he was laid to rest beside his wife in thePleasantville cemetary, there to await the resurrection of the just."

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Henry was 31 years old when the Civil War broke out. He joined the fightagainst the Conferderate States of America in August of 1861. He did notsign up voluntarily, but was paid by another, more wealthy member of thecommunity, Jonas Lamberson, to take his place in the fighting. This was acommon practice during the early part of the war as troops were plentifuland the war was thought to last only a short time. This, of course,became less common as the war continued and every last man was needed tofight for the union.
Henry began his military life at Camp Orr, near Kittaning, Pennsylvania,and in September 1861 was assigned to the 103 Pennsylvania Infantry. InFebruary of 1862 his regiment moved to Washington, D.C. and joined theArmy of the Potomac and served with them until September of 1862 when itjoined the Department of Virginia. While serving with these twodivisions, Henry was part of several well-known battles. He was involvedin the advance on Manassas, the seige of Yorktown, the Seven Day Battles,as well as many others.
Henry finished his indebted service in December of 1863, but in January1864 he re-enlisted, at a place called Plymouth in North Carolina.Plymouth had been under Union control prior to this date and served as amajor port for supplies and such for our men in blue. In April of 1864,the confederate army decided to recapture Plymouth as their supply lineswere poor and winning Plymouth back would be a big moral booster as well.With the help of an ironclad floating vessel called the Albemarle,Jefferson Davis' army was successful. For the number of soldiersinvolved, few were killed on either side. This meant a high number ofUnion men became prisoners of war. Officers were taken to Libby Prison atRichmond, Virginia, while enlisted men were moved to one of the south'slargest and by many standards, the worst prison in history -Andersonville, Georgia.
Andersonville began taking prisoners in February of 1864. It was designedto hold 10,000 men, but by the end of July of the same year, it held over29,000. Adding to the overcrowding was the fact that there was little orno shade provided, the prison was in the middle of swampy grounds and theonly water provided was a small stream that flowed through the center ofthe stockade. This stream became contaminated by Confederate troops whocamped upstream and were using it as a latrine. As conditions worsenedprisoners were forced to dig their own wells. A spring was alsoestablished at one point by Confederate soldiers to aid the prisoners inobtaining fresh water.
Since the south was hurting to provide food for their own troops, foodfor prisoners was in very short supply. When the number of prisoners wasat its highest, the rations had become cornmeal with the cob ground in.The overcrowding, lack of water that was fresh, good food, and poorshelter, (the prisoners were forced to make their own, usually a seriesof poles put together and covered with blankets or clothes to form atent-like structure called a shebang) contributed to 13,000 deaths out ofthe 50,000 Union soldiers that walked through Andersonville Prison'sdoors. Henry Gumbert was one of these casualties. He died there on June26, 1864 from an acute case of diarrhea. He left behind a wife and threechildren. Mr. Lamberson was appointed guardian for the minor children bythe Orphans Court of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and on November 30,1873 he married Henry's widow.

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Buried in Mount Tabor Presbyterian Cemetery at Sigel, PA

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Buried:Gilmanton Cemetary, Gilmanton, Wisconsin

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Buried at Mount Tabor Cemetary, Segil, Pennsylvania

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John Gumbert Sr. helped to organize the Pine Run Reformed Church ofWashington Township, Westmareland County, Pennsylvania in April of 1861.He had previously attended services at the Saint James Church nearSalina, Pennsylvania. The distance was deemed to be too far to traveland the Pine Run Congregation was born. John Gumbert Sr. donated $100 tothe building fund, his brother Danielgave $50 and his daughter Susannagave $10.