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West Norriton Township near Norristown in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

William P. Schall

Born October 12th 1848

— Died October 4th 1900 —

 
 
William P. Schall Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2023
1. William P. Schall Marker
Inscription.

Member of 51st Regt. P.V.
[Pennsylvania Volunteers]
in the War of Rebellion.
Served seven enlistments
and died in the eighth
in Co. B. 3rd Regt. U.S. Infantry
in the military hospital
Angeles, Phillipine [sic] Islands.

 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, Spanish-AmericanWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 40° 7.141′ N, 75° 21.838′ W. Memorial is near Norristown, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in West Norriton Township. It can be reached from Tyler Street. Monument is in Section B of Montgomery Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Hartranft Avenue, Norristown PA 19401, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
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Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Colonel Edwin Schall (here, next to this marker); John Fornance (within shouting distance of this marker); Adam Jacoby Slemmer (within shouting distance of this marker); Hancock the Superb (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Samuel Kosciuszko Zook (about 400 feet away); Grand Army of the Republic Zook Post #11 (about 500 feet away); Hartranft Monument (about 600 feet away); Gen. Andrew Porter (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Norristown.
 
Also see . . .  Historic Montgomery Cemetery. Historical Society of Montgomery County website entry (Submitted on May 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
William P. Schall Markern image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2023
2. William P. Schall Markern
Schall Family Plot image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 19, 2023
3. Schall Family Plot
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 196 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 23, 2023, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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