He was born in 1839/40 (2 (25 in 1865), 3 (40 in 1880), 7 (30 in 1870), 8 (21 in 1860), 9 (3 in 1850)). He was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania (2). He may have been born to Robert McCleaf and Jane Hayes (10).
In 1850, he was living in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, with Jane McCleaf (presumably his mother) (9).
In 1860, he was living in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (8). He was a laborer (8). He was living with Barney Bigham, who was a hotel keeper (8).
When he enlisted, he was a miner (2).
When he enlisted, he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, brown eyes, and dark hair (2).
He also served with company C of the 165th Pennsylvania Infantry (4, 5, 6). He was mustered in in October 1862 (6). He was discharged on 28 July 1863 (6).
On 2 February 1864, he married Sarah Ellen Hoffman, in Emmitsburg, Maryland (10). She was born on 18 March 1847, in Green Mount, Pennsylvania (10, 12 [Mar 1845]). They had ten children (10, 12 [8 children, 6 living in 1900], 13 [10 children 6 living in 1910):
He was drafted (1, 2). He enlisted and was mustered into service on 28 February 1865 (1, 2, 6). He was enlisted for one year, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by Captain Eyster (2). His enlistment was credited to the sixteenth congressional district (2). He was a private in company A (1, 15, 16).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1, 6). He was a private, in company A (15, 16).
In 1870, he was living in Hamiltonban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (7). He was a farmhand, and owned $500 in real estate and $150 in personal property (7). He was living with his wife Sarah, and three children: Mary A, Jane, and John C (born in October 1869) (7).
In 1880, he was living in Fredom Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania (3). He was a farmer (3). He was living with his wife, Sarah E McCleaf, and five daughters: Alice McCleaf, Annie McCleaf, Josephene McCleaf, Lucy McCleaf, and Sarah McCleaf (3).
On 11 November 1885, he died, in Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10 [11 Nov 85], 11 [11 Jan 85]). He was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10, 11).
On 7 October 1889, Sarah E McCleaf, his widow, applied unsuccessfully from Pennsylvania for a pension (4, 5).
In 1890, his widow, Sarah E McCleaf, was living in Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania (6).
On 8 April 1890, his widow, Sarah, married John F Peters, in Gettysburg, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10, 12, 13 [15 years in 1910]). He was born on 8 November 1841, in Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10).
On 6 September [?] 1896, a minor dependent, Sarah E Peters, applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension (4, 5).
In 1900, his widow, Sarah E Peters, was living in Fairfield Borough, Adams County, Pennsylvania (12). She was living with her second husband, John F Peters, and her children Oliver and Margaret Peters (12).
In 1910, his widow, Sarah E Peters, was living in Fairfield Borough, Adams County, Pennsylvania (13). She was living with her second husband, John F Peters, her daughter Maggie Alison, and Maggie's family (13).
In 1920, his widow, Sara E Peters, was living in Fairfield Borough, Adams County, Pennsylvania (14). She was living with her second husband, John F Peters, her daughter Margaret Allison, and Margaret's family (14).
On 29 July 1922, John F Peters died, in Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10). He was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10).
On 23 October 1929, his widow Sarah Peters, died, in Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10). She was buried in St Mary's Cemetery, Fairfield, [Adams County,] Pennsylvania (10).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Francis R McCleaf)
2 company A descriptive roll, entry 171 (Francis A McClear [the 'A' is clear])
3 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Fredom Township, supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 53, page 2 handwritten = 193 stamped (Francis McCleaf)
4 pension index, by regiment (Robert Francis McCleaf)
5 pension index, by name (Robert F McCleaf)
6 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Hamiltonban [!?], supervisor's district 7, enumeration district 13, page [1]
7 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Hamiltonban Township, Post office Fairfield, page 177 stamped = 7 handwritten (Frank McCleaf)
8 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Hamiltonban Township, Post Office Fairfield, 265 stamped = page 23 handwritten (Robert F McCleaf)
9 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Hamiltonban Township, page 153 verso (image 24 of 37 on Ancestry) (Robert McCleaf)
10 'Lison-McCleaf ancestry', a gedcom, available on RootsWeb WorldConnect, updated 19 March 2011, contact Martin, accessed 7 April 2011 [other gedcoms have references to him] [identification is likely; this is clearly the person in the census records I transcribed below] (Robert Francis McCleaf)
11 Find a Grave, memorial 6990127, created by deb, added 5 December 2002, accessed 7 April 2011 [identification: the memorial mentions his service in I 165th Pennsylvania] (R Francis McCleaf)
12 1900 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Fairfield Borough, supervisor's district 12, enumeration district 18, microfilm series T623, film 1354, page 225 = 19 B handwritten (Sarah E Peters)
13 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Hamilton Township, Fairfield Borough, supervisor's district 15, enumeration district 15, microfilm series T624, film 1292, page 138 = 1 B handwritten (Sarah E Peters)
14 1920 US census, Pennsylvania, Adams County, Fairfield borough, supervisor's district 13, enumeration district 11, microfilm series T625, film 1507, page 128 = 11 B handwritten (Sara E Peters)
15 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Francis R McCleaf)
16 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (Francis R McCleof)
| line | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Dwellings visited | 178 | ||||||
| Families visited | 183 | ||||||
| Name | Jane McCleaf | Mary " | Jane " | Sarah " | Hwinn [?] " | Robert" | James " |
| Age | 40 | 22 [?] | 19 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Sex | F | F | F | F | F | M | M |
| Color | |||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | |||||||
| Real estate owned | |||||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||||
| Attended school within year | |||||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 26 |
| Dwelling number | [133] |
| Family number | [168] |
| Name | Robert F. McCleaf |
| Age | 21 |
| Sex | m |
| Color | [blank] |
| Occupation | Laborer |
| Value of real estate owned | |
| Value of personal estate | |
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] |
| Married within year | |
| Attended school within year | |
| Cannot read & write | |
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| Dwelling-house number | 49 | ||||
| Family number | 51 | ||||
| Name | McCleaf Frank | - Sarah | - Mary A. | - Jane | - John C. |
| Age | 30 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 7/12 |
| Sex | M | F | F | F | M |
| Color | W | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Farmhand | Keeping house | |||
| Real estate value | 500 | ||||
| Personal estate value | 150 | ||||
| Birthplace | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " | " |
| Father foreign born | |||||
| Mother foreign born | |||||
| Birth month if born within year | Oct | ||||
| Marriage month if married within year | |||||
| Attended school past year | |||||
| Can't read | |||||
| Can't write | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | ||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| street name | |||||||
| house number | |||||||
| dwelling visit # | |||||||
| family visit # | |||||||
| name | McCleaf, Francis | - Sarah E. | - Alice | - Annie | - Josephine | - Lucy | - Sarah |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | F | F | F | F | F |
| age | 40 | 33 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| month born if born in year | |||||||
| relationship | Wife | Daughter | Daughter | Daughter | Daughter | Daughter | |
| single | 1 | 1 | |||||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||||
| widowed/divorced | |||||||
| married during year | |||||||
| occupation | Farmer | Keeping House | Domestic Servant | At Home | " | " | " |
| months unemployed | |||||||
| currently ill? | |||||||
| blind | |||||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||||
| idiotic | |||||||
| insane | |||||||
| disabled | |||||||
| school this year | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| can't read | |||||||
| can't write | |||||||
| birthplace | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. |
| father's birthplace | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. |
| mother's birthplace | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. | Penn. |
| line | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 |
| street | ||||
| house number | ||||
| dwelling number | 399 | |||
| family number | 417 | |||
| name | Peters John F [?] | - Sarah E [?] | - Oliver M | - Margaret A |
| relationship | head | wife | S Son | S Daughter |
| color | W | W | W | W |
| sex | m | f | m | f |
| birth date | Nov 1840 | Mch 1845 | Aprl 1881 | Sept 1883 |
| age | 59 | 54 | 19 | 16 |
| married? | M | M | S | S |
| # years married | 10 | 10 | ||
| mother of how many children? | 8 | |||
| # of children living | 6 | |||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Germany | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Germany | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigration year | ||||
| # years in USA | ||||
| naturalized citizen? | ||||
| occupation | Shoemaker | Shoemaker | ||
| # months not employed | 0 | 0 | ||
| # months in school | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| speaks English | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| owned/rented | O | |||
| free or mortgaged | F | |||
| farm/house | H | |||
| # of farm schedule |
| line | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 |
| street | ||||||
| house nr | ||||||
| dwelling nr | 14 | |||||
| family nr | 15 | |||||
| name | Peters John F. | - Sarah E. | Alison Solomon L [?] | - Maggie A. | - Margaret [?] M [?] | - Ethel G. |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Step Son-in law | Step Daughter | Grand Child | Grand Child |
| sex | M | F | M | F | F | F |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| age | 65 | 63 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 5 |
| marital status | M2 | M2 | M1 | M1 | S | S |
| #years present marriage | 15 [sic] | 15 [sic] | 7 | 7 | ||
| mother of # children | 10 | 3 | ||||
| mother of # living children | 6 | 2 | ||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Ger. German | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Ger. German | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | ||||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English | ||
| occupation | Shoemaker | None | Drayman | None | None | None |
| nature of industry etc. | Own shop | Railroad | ||||
| employer etc. | Emp | W | ||||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | |||||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 [?] | 0 | ||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| school since 1 Sep 09 | yes | no [?] | ||||
| owned/rented | O | |||||
| owned free or mortagaged | F | |||||
| farm/house | H | |||||
| nr on farm schedule | ||||||
| civil war vet | UA [?] | |||||
| blind | ||||||
| deaf & dumb |
| line | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 |
| street | Fairfield borough | |||||||
| house number | X | |||||||
| dwelling visit number | [illegible] | |||||||
| family visit number | [illegible] | |||||||
| name | Peters John F. | - Sara E | Allison Solomon | - Margret | - Margaret | - Esther Grace | - Catherine | - Hester |
| relationship | head | wife | son in law | daughter | granddaughter | granddaughter | granddaughter | granddaughter |
| own/rent | O | |||||||
| free/mortgaged (if owned) | F | |||||||
| sex | M | F | M | F | F | F | F | F |
| race | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| age at last birthday | 78 | 72 | 38 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| marital status | M | M | M | M | S | S | S | S |
| year of immigration | ||||||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||||||
| year of naturalization | ||||||||
| attended school since Sept 1919 | yes | yes | yes | |||||
| can read | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| can write | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| birth place | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| native language | ||||||||
| father's birthplace | German | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's native language | German | |||||||
| mother's birthplace | German | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's native language | German | |||||||
| can speak English | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||
| occupation | Retired | None | dealer | None | None | None | None | None |
| industry, business | Coal | |||||||
| employment status | Em | |||||||
| number of farm schedule | ||||||||