Notes for Reuben Edward Fielis: According to an affidavit given by Edgar Eyde, orderly sergeant of Company K, on 2 Oct 1865, Reuben was wounded in the right hand and both legs and during the Battle of the Wilderness near Spotsylvania VA. As a result, his right index finger was amputated.
other sources Barbara F. Elliott - personal knowledge Melvern Evans, Jr family research Mt Bethel Cemetery records Military Records and Pension file: XC-2691,893 1870/1880 Lancaster County Census records Holy Trinity Church Records R.E. Fielis original military papers Columbia PA 1869 city directory Lancaster Co. PA Land Transaction Records
More About Reuben Edward Fielis: Burial: Unknown, Mt. Bethel Cemetery, Columbia, PA. Military service 1: 05 Apr 1864, Promoted to Sergeant, Company K, 45th Pennsylvania Volunteers. Military service 2: 01 Jan 1864, transferred to 145th, 2nd Battalion of Vet. Res. Corps.531 Military service 3: 16 Sep 1865, Honorably discharged.531 Occupation 1: Aft. 1865, railroad conductor/dispatcher. Occupation 2: 01 Jan 1864, Shoemaker.531 Religion: Raised in Methodist church.
More About Reuben Edward Fielis and Martha Ann Skeen: Marriage: 14 Jun 1866, Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, Lancaster, PA.532
Children of Reuben Edward Fielis and Martha Ann Skeen are:
Reuben Edward Fielis (b. 10 Oct 1843, d. 19 Aug 1913)
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