Private Uriah Hauger
6th Pa HA, Battery K

Uriah Hauger was born in Somerset Co. Pennsylvania June 12 (or 2), 1844 to George (or Simon) and Katerine (or Catehrine) Friend Hauger. Uriah was one of eight children and grew up to be a farmer. Uriah was 5' 6" tall, had brown eyes, and dark hair.

He enrolled at Fort Ethan Allen on August 23rd, 1864 as a private in Battery K and was mustered out with the unit on June 13, 1865. Nothing is known about his time in the unit so far.

Uriah had an older brother Levi who mustered into the Army on October 22, 1861. He was with the 85th Pennsylvania Infantry, Company K and mustered out November 22, 1864. Levi lived all his life in Pennsylvania and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown, Pa.

After the war Uriah returned back to Pennsylvania until around 1878 at which time he moved to Magnolia, Ill, which is where his parents had relocated. Uriah never married and lived with his mother following his father's death. He continued to live with his mother until she past away and then he moved in with his brother Simon.

Uriah's pension records show that in April 1921 at the age of 77 he was nearly blind and was suffering from kidney disease. On July 13, 1929, Uriah pasted away in the home of his bother Simon in Magnolia at the age of 85 years, 1 month and 11 days. He was buried in the family plot in Magnolia Cemetery.

There were a number of the Hauger family members that moved to Magnolia, but quite a number remained in Pennsylvania. They were mostly farmers and today there are still many family members around the Magnolia, Streator, and Henry, Ill area. The family has a rich American military history beginning in the Revolutionary War, Civil War, Korea, and into Somalia.

Uriah was the great, great uncle of Brent Hauger which provided this information.