Name: Wilt, Levi S
Burial Date: 1915, 06/09
Age at Death: 72
Plot Location: 555 C
Notes: Husband of Emmaline(Toomey)

149th PA Reg.

War: Civil War

Complete Obituary STERLING BULLETIN  06/17/1928

OLD SOLDIER DEAD

Levi S. Wilt died at an early morning hour Tuesday, June 8th, at the home on north Fifth street. He with his wife had been a retired farmer about six years. Three children live in the county. A daughter, Mrs. Wm. Gross is east of town, while one son is near Nickerson and another in the vicinity of Abbyville. Deceased was a creeping paralysis patient, being bedfast about four months. He had reached the age of 72 years 4 months and 7 days, having been born in Pennsylvania where early life was spent. He was a member of the 149th Pennsylvania regiment.  Rev. Mrs. Wilcox, pastor of the Friends church, conducted funeral services at the home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 and the G.A.R., a short service at the grave in Cottonwood cemetery.

Veteran of: Civil War
In 1860, he was a laborer living with and/or working for farmer Frederick Hake in Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania. He stood 5′ 6″ tall and had auburn hair and gray eyes.

A Civil War veteran, he was drafted and mustered into federal service at Carlisle August 12, 1863 as a private with a detachment of the 149th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged by general order May 5, 1865.

He married Emmaline Toomey September 21, 1871, in York and fathered Nathan Albert (b. 1871), Effie Mary (b. 08/27/75), Harry Oscar (b. 04/17/76), George Edmund (b. 01/12/75), and Mahlon Alexander (b. 02/28/82). In 1890, lived in or near Davidsburg, Dover Township, York County, but by 1893 had relocated to Rice County, Kansas.

Name:	Levi Wilt
Age:	68
Birth Year:	abt 1843
Birth Place:	York Co, Pennsylvania
Report Year:	1911
Post Name:	Meade Post
Post Number:	14
Post Location:	Sterling