John Sentman

His father Charles died in 1843 when John was about 5 years old. In 1860 he was a 22 year old farm worker on the John Koons place at Skippack in Montgomery County, PA; carpenter Henry Koons was a near neighbor. He enlisted there on 14 September 1861 and mustered in Pottsville on 23 September as a Private in Company H, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry. He was unmarried and had no children.

He was killed in action at Crampton’s Gap on South Mountain on 14 September 1862.

His mother applied for a pension in June 1864 based on his service. She was awarded $8 a month in 1864 and was receiving monthly payments of $12 at her death in 1901.

His service basics from Bates1 and the Card File.2 Personal details from the US Census of 1860 and his widowed mother Mary's pension application, online from fold3.

c. 1838 in PA

09/14/1862; Crampton's Gap, MD