These are brief biographies of veterans of the 104th PA Volunteers who are buried in the Doylestown Presbyterian Church Cemetery. John W. Bennet Pvt. Co. C. 104 11/3/1836 – 1871 Son of Joseph M. & Mary Bennett, was born in Pennsylvania on November 3, 1836. He had three sisters that are known. In 1860 he was listed on the Doylestown census with his parents at age 23, and was working with his father as a farm hand. Sometime in late 1860 or early 1861, John married a woman named Mary Jane. The couple’s only child, Annie E., was born in September of 1861. John Bennett enlisted in Co. C of the 104th PA Volunteer regiment on September 12, 1861. It is not know whether or not he ever saw his daughter. John’s wife, Mary Jane, died of unknown causes on January 22, 1862. Their daughter, Annie E., died on February 4th of that year. Though struck with such a devastating blow, John served with the 104th until 1864 when he was promoted to Full Corporal and discharged on September 30, 1864. The 1870 census lists John with his 2nd wife, Mary Elizabeth and their daughter, Theresa who was born in July or August of 1870. Once again, fate dealt John Bennett a poor hand, as he died at the age of 35. Jacob Brinker Pvt. Co. B. 104 (A photograph of Jacob Brinker is on display in the lobby of the Mercer Museum, Dolyestown 8/2005) 1843 – 6/30/1862 Jacob Brinker, son of John & Amelia (Hibbs) Brinker, was born in Bucks County, PA in 1843. He had 4 brothers; William, Edward, John & Aden H., and one sister; Susan. Jacob’s father, John, was a farmer as was his father, Aden Brinker. Jacob would have most likely followed that vocation, had fate not intervened. Jacob Brinker was wounded at the battle of Fair Oaks, VA on May 31, 1862. He died of those wounds on June 13, 1862 in Yorktown, VA. He was just 21 years old. Jesse Hellings Corp. Co. F. 104 1839 – 1928 Jesse Hellings, son of Jared & Ann S. (Leland) Hellings, was born in Pennsylvania in 1845. Jared Hellings was a farmer in 1850, but by 1860 he owned a livery stable where 20 year old Jesse worked. Jesse enlisted as a Corporal in Co. F. or the 104th PVI on September 12, 1861. He was promoted to Full Sergeant on September 1, 1862 and was mustered out with his company on September 30, 1864. ?????????? Jonathan White Sgt. Co. D. 104 9/2/1825 - 2/11/1868 Jonathan White, son of William & Mary (Delaney) White, was born in Solebury, Bucks Co. on September 2, 1825. “He learned the shoemaker’s trade with his father, and followed that vocation for a few years. In 1857 he was appointed deputy sheriff by Albert Phillips, the sheriff of Bucks County, and served during the three years’ term of Sheriff Phillips, closing with the year 1853. In the fall of that year he was elected to the office of clerk of the orphan’s court, and served in that office for three years. On his retirement from office he became proprietor of the Frog Hollow Hotel in Warrington township, Bucks County, which he conducted until the breaking out of war, in 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, Colonel W. W. H. Davis, Captain Jacob Swartzlander, and was commissioned sergeant of his company. He served during three years of arduous service, participating in may hard fought battles, the record of the gallant One Hundred and fourth, too familiar to the people of Bucks County to be recounted here and was mustered out September 25, 1864. He returned home badly broken in health and never fully recovered from the effects of the hardships endured in the service of his country. After a few months rest, he became the proprietor of a hotel at No. 122o Market Street which he conducted for three years; he then returned to Bucks County and kept a restaurant at Buckingham at the present location of the “Ottaway House,” where he died in 1868. He married Mary Ann Bruner, daughter of Thomas & Theresa (Fredericks) Brunner.” (History of Bucks County, PA Volume I, Bucks County Genealogies, Page 244, W.W.