Alexander Ormstead

Picture of yellowed death certificate with cursive handwriting
Black and white photograph of Ormstead. He is bald with a bushy mustache, and is wearing a coat and vest.

Alexander Ormstead served in the 127th U.S.C.T., with companies C and D. He was born around 1851 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, to unknown parents.1 He enlisted and was mustered into Company C of the 127th U.S.C.T. as a private on August 29, 1864, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and was transferred to Company D at some point during his time in service. He was 5 feet and 4 inches tall, with dark hair, eyes, and complexion. According to his muster roll he was eighteen years old at the time, but given his approximate birth date, there is a chance that is not his actual age.2 While information from his time in the military is scarce, it is possible he was discharged with the rest of his company on October 20, 1865, in Brazos Santiago, Texas, due to the end of the Civil War.3 After his service, he lived in Cumberland County with the family of William Allen, and later with the family of Johnson Allen.4 On August 11, 1883, he filed a pension application as an army invalid, although the nature or cause of his injury is unknown.5 Ormstead died on September 12, 1926, in the Cumberland County Home in Middlesex, Pennsylvania around the age of 75, due to general hemorrhaging. He is buried in Union Cemetery, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.6

  1. Alexander Ormstead. U.S. Death Certificates, 1906-1967.
  2. Alexander Ormsted. U.S. Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869.
  3. Alexander Ormstead. Find a Grave Memorial 179908951.
  4. “Ormstead”, The Chronicle. Sep 16, 1926. 4.
  5. Alexander Ormstead. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who Served Between 1861-1900.
  6. Alexander Ormstead. U.S. Death Certificates, 1906-1967.

Bibliography:

Alexander Ormstead. Find a Grave Memorial 179908951. Maintained by Dennis Brandt, added May 31, 2017. Alexander Ormstead (unknown-1926) - Find A Grave Memorial

Alexander Ornsted. U.S. Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 - AncestryLibrary.com

Alexander Ormstead. U.S. Death Certificates, 1906-1967. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 - AncestryLibrary.com

Alexander Ormsted. U.S. Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869. Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania, U.S., Civil War Muster Rolls, 1860-1869 - AncestryLibrary.com

“Ormstead”. The Chronicle. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Sep 16, 1926. Page 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/88823503

Alexander Ormstead. US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933. Fold3.com. The National Archives. https://www.fold3.com/image/583533336

Alexander Ormstead. US Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933. Fold3.com. The National Archives. https://www.fold3.com/image/583533334

Alexander Ormstead. Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans who Served Between 1861-1900. Fold3.com. The National Archives. https://www.fold3.com/image/23678807

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Geographic Connection(s) to Cumberland County

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Date of Enlistment

08/29/1864

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Birthdate

01/01/1851

Date of Death

09/12/1926

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Place of Settlement Following War