Notes for Lloyd Knight KISTLER
Lived in New Bloomfield, Source: Records of Blain Parish.
Burial: Waterville, KS Source: Gerald Collins, MARIANA (LOY) KISTLER AND SOME OF HER DESCENDANTS, 1996, Copy in Perry Historians collection, New Bloomfield, PA
"Lloyd K. Kistler was born at Loysville, September 16, 1847, the son of David and Susanna (Rice) Kistler. He was educated at the common schools and the New Bloomfield Academy. He taught in Perry County and in the State of Iowa and Kansas. He served in the 208th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, during the Sectional War. He homesteaded a quarter-section near Waterville, Kansas in 1869. He has written a number of pamphlets upon economic and social lines." Source: HISTORY OF PERRY COUNTY, 1922, p. 821
Civil War: Mustered in September 12, 1864, Mustered out June 11, 1865. Lived Sandy Hill. Source: Perry County website.
From Ed Kohler's notes: In 2 engagements: (1) Recapture of Ft. Steadman 3/25/1865, (2) Capture of Petersburg 4/2-3/1865. Came to Kansas March 1869 and took up 160 a. homestead in Marshall Co.--fixed up another 80 a. in 1900 and lived on it till 1909. Son Chas. lived on Old Homestead. He lost a leg in a railroad accident near Randolph, KS about 4 yrs. before his death. Was 3rd cousin to Harold Ickes. Born at Ickesburg.
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