Quartermaster Sergeant George Deal
Information from Pension and Military Records:
Born: About 1826 in Cecil County, MD
Died: February 16, 1872 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Buried: Lawnview Cemetery, Montgomery County, Pa.
Occupation: Grocer, Baker
Marital Status: Married September 15, 1851 in Philadelphia, Pa.
Wife: Harriet N. Fithian – b. 9-12-27 d. 5-5-11
Children: Harriet b. 11-24-52
Residence: Camden, Philadelphia
Height: 5 ft. 7 in.
Weight:
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Gray
Complexion: Light
Enlisted: July 24, 1861 at Philadelphia Age: 36
Discharged: November 27, 1862 at Falmouth, Va.
Rank: Quartermaster Sergeant
Pension: Widow’s Pension – Application #265443 Certificate #216386 Applied May 18, 1880
Other: Discharged on Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability for illness. Also served as sutler for 18th Regt., VRC. Worked for Godfrey Keebler as a baker, this would become the Keebler Cookie Company. Daughter, Harriet, would marry William Johnson, son of Col. Charles F. Johnson, 81st Pa. Inf.
