Aaron G. Ammon

b. 30 March 1842, d. 11 November 1893
  • Aaron G. Ammon was born on 30 March 1842 in Pennsylvania.
  • Alexander Ammon and Sarah (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Aaron G. Ammon, Charles Ammon, Elizabeth Ammon, Albert Ammon, John W. Ammon, Cornelius Ammon and Mary Jane Ammon.
  • He was a clerk (likely working for his father), according to the 1860 census.
  • He mustered in as a private on 28 August 1862, Company D, 150th [Infantry] Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, GAR, and transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps December 1863. He was discharged with the rank of corporal by general order on 14 July 1865. Company D was recruited in Union County, Pennsylvania.
  • He married Martha W. Persing, daughter of (?) Persing and Esther A. (?), circa 1864.
  • Aaron G. Ammon and Martha W. Persing appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Chillisquaque, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included William Alexander Ammon, Ida Ammon, Harrison Ammon and Hannah Persing.
  • He was a laborer, according to the 1870 census.
  • Aaron G. Ammon appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included William Alexander Ammon, Harrison Ammon, John B. Ammon, Hester A. Ammon and Mary J. Ammon.
  • He was working at a nail factory, according to the 1880 census.
  • He appears on the 1883 list of Northumberland County Pensioners: "Aaron Ammon, Milton, gunshot wound, $2, Oct 1880, Cert# 176026." 
  • Aaron G. Ammon died on 11 November 1893 at age 51.
  • His wife Martha W. Persing became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Milton Cemetery, Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
  • Last Edited: 3 Aug 2009

Family: Martha W. Persing b. 15 September 1845, d. 13 January 1908