· Born in 1827
to David Koontz Sr. and Anna Maria Margaretha (Walter) Koontz
· Married Hester K. Gorman; Divorced on May 5, 1873
· Married Elmira Bernard on June 11, 1880
· Enlisted on September 10, 1864, as a private at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, in Captain John R. Kuhn’s Co. G, 93rd PVI
· Wounded in the left thigh at the battle of Cedar
Creek, Virginia, on the 19th of October 1864
· Discharged June 30, 1865, at Defenses of Washington
by reason of special order # 155
· Died March 15, 1903
· Buried in St. John’s Cemetery, Somerset, Pa.
