This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: beverlybeverly_1 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.york/15226/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have actually come upon a copy of Edward's obituary in a box of items from my grandmother. Also, I now have some family information that she typed up in 1966 pertaining to the her husband's family (Boose) and hers. Her father-in-law was Edward O. H. Boose. It is interesting how he is sometimes referred to as Oliver. I have noticed that the Civil War info refers to him as Edward O.H. Boose. Online in the Civil War records show him as a private in the First Regiment (Light Artillery) Pennsylvania volunteers Battery E. At the beginning of the obituary I have, it states Thirty-three years ago a young printer stood at the railroad station at York, PA. He had served with destinction throughout the Civil War. Now he was determined to make his mark as civilian. He was undecided where to go. "Whichever way the next train goes I will go," said he. The next train was bound for Pittsburgh. The young printer was Edward O.H. "Major" Boose. I don't know why he was called "Major" throughout the article because he is listed as a private on the Civil War websited I found. In the obituary article it lists his survivors as -- widow Mrs. Annie Boose and seven children: Sarah, Nellie, Howard (my grandfather - I never knew him because he died when I was one), Edgar, Robert, John, and Donald. My grandmother states that his parents owned a farm on the Gettysburg Pike and the corner brick house, which also housed the Country Store, was their home. He joined the Union army but when they found he had falsified his age they sent him back home. When he told his parents that he intended to leave home again and enlist somewhere else, they went with him to enlist. He was wounded and carried a bullet in his hip throughout his life, which caused him to walk with a limp. When discharged he entered Gettysburg College to study for the ministry or as a physician but before graduating he went to Pittsburgh to work and married. His first wife died. He and his second wife (Anna Marie Drosdaught - my grandfather's mother) and he lived in Pittsburgh and then moved back to York (right after my grandfather was born) to live near Edward's mother on the farm where she died. They then moved back to Pittsburgh in the early 1900's. I also have a GAR medal of his. If you go to this website it shows a picture of the medal and explains the Grand Army of the Republic (a war veteran association set up after the Civil War). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.