Daily News | At long last, a headstone for a veteran who served with the Union Army
Charles Sigmund, a Civil War veteran and piano tuner from South Philadelphia, was buried near a stand of sassafras trees in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Yeadon on April 8, 1928, at age 80.
“This is closure for my family,” said Gary Sigmund, 67, of Pitman, who teaches software engineering atin Fort Belvoir, Va. Charles Sigmund was Gary’s great-grandfather’s brother. “A veteran deserves a headstone.” For years, Gary, the family historian, had been researching Charles’ life. Pre-internet, he began scouring records to learn what he could about the man who began a “long lineage of military history in our family — my father in the Army, me in the Navy,” Gary said. “He inspired a love of country, along with respect and honor.”
At age 20, according to Gary, Charles married Dorothea Orth, also from South Philadelphia. They had a son, William, who died after his first birthday. A daughter, Dorothea, died at 23, likely in childbirth. Charles’ wife died in 1915.
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