Aldine Silliman KIEFFER
BURIAL: Dayton Cemetary BIOGRAPHY: Fretz "History of Bishop Henry Funck" p.864 OCCUPATION: Noted teacher, poet, composer, publisher, editor, andmusician. "The Valley Poet". Founded the "Musical Million". Works included:"My Mountain Home"; "The Old School House"; "Grave on the Green Hillside". MILITARY: During the Civil War, served in Co. H, 10th VirginiaVolunteer Infantry (Chrisman's Infantry). Military roster describes: Light complexion, brown hair, blue eyes, 5'8". Enl.4/18/61 Harrisonburg as Pvt., Co. H. Absent sick 10/4-12/61typhoid fever. Appears 5th Sgt. 2/63. POW 5/3/63 Chancellorsville. (OldCapitol Prison?), Washington, D.C. 5/4/63. Exchanged 5/10/63 City Point. POW5/12/64 Spotsy. C.H. Ft. Delaware, De., 5/21/64. Released under Oath ofAllegiance 4/23/65. There is a story (unconfirmed, told by Edgar Ruebush) thatEphraim rode his horse to Washington to see Abraham Lincoln to get Aldinereleased from prison.
BURIAL: Dayton Cem; Tombstone also has a Mahala Ann Hammon b. 4 Jun1843 d. 13 Jun 1932 (probably sister)
BURIAL: Singers Glen Cememetary; Subject of poem "Grave on the Green Hillside" SOURCE: Fretz "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" -Gary M Gloyd, Gaithersburg, MD
BURIAL: Dayton Cemetary NAME: Named after prominent local doctor OCCUPATION: Music Teacher & Printer RESIDENCE: Dayton VA SOURCE: Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" p.299, p.865
SOURCE: Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" p299,865
BURIED: Dayton Cemetary
BURIAL: Dayton Cem.; Tombstone Luther Aldine sone of A.S & E.J. b 21Jan 1878 d. 30 Mar 1898 SOURCE: Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" p299,865
SOURCE: Fretz, "Brief History of Bishop Henry Funck" p.299, p.865
He married Elizabeth Josephine Hammon 16 Nov 1865 at Rockingham, Va . Elizabeth Josephine Hammon was born at Shenandoah, Va 7 Oct 1844 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
Cambyses Hammon Kieffer
born 6 Mar 1866.
William Henry Zirkle Kieffer
born 2 Mar 1868.
Shelley Keats Kieffer
born 24 Apr 1870.
Linnaeus Lee Kieffer
born 24 Feb 1872.
Luther Aldine Kieffer
born 21 Jan 1878.
Alonzo Spurgeon Kieffer
born 2 Aug 1885.
Aldine Silliman Kieffer died 30 Nov 1904 at Dayton, Rockingham, Va .
Elizabeth Josephine Hammon died 28 Oct 1937 at Rockingham, Va .