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Horace Leander HaldemanVeteran
- Birth
- Locust Grove, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Death
- 27 Oct 1920 (aged 73)Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Burial
- Marietta,Lancaster County,Pennsylvania,USAAdd to Map
- Plot
- Zone 11, Row 7, Plot 783
- Memorial ID
- 6810904View Source
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Brigadier General Horace Leander Haldeman, born September 16, 1847, Locust Grove, Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; son of Major Cyrus Summerfield and Elizabeth StehmanBreneman; attended public and private schools, Philadelphia; captain, Civil War, 1863-1865; engaged, Pig Iron Manufacturing; appointed, staffs Pennsylvania Governors, 1903-1915; commissioned, Governor Samuel W. Penneypacker, Assistant Commissary General of Substance, Appointed, Commissary General of Substance, 1903-1909; retired, Brigadier General Pennsylvania National Guard, 1909; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1917-1920; married, Emma Louisa Jones, daughter, Maude Haldeman; died, October 27, 1920 (73 years, 41 days), in office of Senate, stroke of paralysis, at home, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, Marietta Cemetery, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Enlisted, 1863 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 20th Volunteer Cavalry, 181st Regiment., Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; promoted Captain, Company I; mustered out in Harrisburg June 7, 1864; reenlisted, fought in many campaigns, destroyed, Virginia Central Railroad, mustered out, July 1865, Harrisburg.
Passenger department, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1868-1872, Pig Iron manufacturing, E. Halderman and Company, Chickies, Lancaster County, 1872-1898; President, Pulaski Iron Company of Virginia, Philadelphia office, business sold, resigned (health) 1898-1920.
Professional titles;business ownership;board memberships;local government;club memberships:
Charter member, Lieutenant William H Childs Post, Troop 26, Grand Army of Republic of Marietta; member, American Institute of Mining Engineers, American Iron and Steel Institute, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, American Foundrymen's Association, Philadelphia Foundrymen's Association and American Society of Testing Materials.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Appointed, staffs Governors Samuel W. Penneypacker, Edwin S. Stuart and John K. Tener, 1903-1915.
Commissioned, Governor Samuel W. Penneypacker, Assistant Commissary General of Substance, Appointed, Commissary General of Substance, 1903-1909; retired, Brigadier General Pennsylvania National Guard.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Lebanon and Lancaster (Part) Counties, 1917-1920; committee assignments, Appropriations, Corporations, Education, Federal Relations, Forestry, Judicial Apportionment, Library, Military Affairs, Pension and Gratuities, Public Health and Sanitation;executive committee member, Soldiers' Orphan School Commission; member, Commission for the Erection of a Statue or Memorial In Memory Of General George Gordon Meade at Washington, D.C.; died in office of the Senate as an incumbent candidate, October 27, 1920. Cleon Berntheizel elected, December 21, 1920.
Brigadier General Horace Leander Haldeman, born September 16, 1847, Locust Grove, Conoy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; son of Major Cyrus Summerfield and Elizabeth StehmanBreneman; attended public and private schools, Philadelphia; captain, Civil War, 1863-1865; engaged, Pig Iron Manufacturing; appointed, staffs Pennsylvania Governors, 1903-1915; commissioned, Governor Samuel W. Penneypacker, Assistant Commissary General of Substance, Appointed, Commissary General of Substance, 1903-1909; retired, Brigadier General Pennsylvania National Guard, 1909; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1917-1920; married, Emma Louisa Jones, daughter, Maude Haldeman; died, October 27, 1920 (73 years, 41 days), in office of Senate, stroke of paralysis, at home, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; interment, Marietta Cemetery, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Early Career:
Enlisted, 1863 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 20th Volunteer Cavalry, 181st Regiment., Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; promoted Captain, Company I; mustered out in Harrisburg June 7, 1864; reenlisted, fought in many campaigns, destroyed, Virginia Central Railroad, mustered out, July 1865, Harrisburg.
Passenger department, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1868-1872, Pig Iron manufacturing, E. Halderman and Company, Chickies, Lancaster County, 1872-1898; President, Pulaski Iron Company of Virginia, Philadelphia office, business sold, resigned (health) 1898-1920.
Professional titles;business ownership;board memberships;local government;club memberships:
Charter member, Lieutenant William H Childs Post, Troop 26, Grand Army of Republic of Marietta; member, American Institute of Mining Engineers, American Iron and Steel Institute, Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, American Foundrymen's Association, Philadelphia Foundrymen's Association and American Society of Testing Materials.
Pennsylvania Politics:
Appointed, staffs Governors Samuel W. Penneypacker, Edwin S. Stuart and John K. Tener, 1903-1915.
Commissioned, Governor Samuel W. Penneypacker, Assistant Commissary General of Substance, Appointed, Commissary General of Substance, 1903-1909; retired, Brigadier General Pennsylvania National Guard.
Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 17th district, Lebanon and Lancaster (Part) Counties, 1917-1920; committee assignments, Appropriations, Corporations, Education, Federal Relations, Forestry, Judicial Apportionment, Library, Military Affairs, Pension and Gratuities, Public Health and Sanitation;executive committee member, Soldiers' Orphan School Commission; member, Commission for the Erection of a Statue or Memorial In Memory Of General George Gordon Meade at Washington, D.C.; died in office of the Senate as an incumbent candidate, October 27, 1920. Cleon Berntheizel elected, December 21, 1920.
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Son of Cyrus Sum'field Haldeman .
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- Maintained by:Tom Donahue
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- Added: Sep 29, 2002
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- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6810904/horace_leander-haldeman: accessed), memorial page for Horace Leander Haldeman (16 Sep 1847–27 Oct 1920), Find a Grave Memorial ID6810904, citing Marietta Cemetery, Marietta,Lancaster County,Pennsylvania,USA;Maintained by Tom Donahue (contributor47182363).
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