He was 43 years old when he was enlisted (3, 6 [70 in 1880]). He was born in Pennsylvania (6).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 23 September 1861 (1, 3). He was enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3). He was mustered in as a private, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3). He served as a private in company D (1).
He was discharged on 8 December 1863 on surgeon's certificate of disability (1, 2 [medical board], 3).
On 6 December 1873, he applied unsuccessfully for a pension (4, 5).
In 1880, he was living in Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (6). He was living with his wife Elizabeth, children Thomas and Horace, and a laborer and domestic servant (6). He was a retired farmer (6).
On 28 January 1893, his widow, Elizabeth S Blee, applied unsuccessfully from Pennsylvania for a pension (4, 5).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (Francis J Blee)
2 company D, register of men discharged, entry 5 (Francis J Blee)
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 7 August 2004 (Francis J Blee)
4 pension index, by name (Francis J Blee)
5 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company D (Francis J Blee)
6 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Delaware County, Chester, 3rd [?] [ward?], supervisor's district 2, enumeration district 14, microfilm series T9, film 1126, page 237 A = 5 handwritten (Francis Blee)
[I did not find an entry for him in Ancestry's index to the 1890 veteran's census (searched April 2007)]
[I did not find an entry for him in the HeritageQuest indices to the 1860-1870 censuses (searched 27 November 2009)]
[I did not find an entry for him in RootsWeb WorldConnect (searched 27 November 2009)]
[I did not find an entry for him in the LDS pilot indices to the 1850-1870 censuses (searched 27 November 2009)]
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| name | Blee Francis | Elizabeth | Thomas | Horace | Harper, William | Rebbecca |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | M | F |
| age | 70 | 55 [?] | 31 | 6 | 26 | 25 |
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| occupation | Retired farmer | Keeping house | Laborer | Laborer | Domestic | |
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| birthplace | Penna | Delaware | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Pa | Del | Del | Del | Pa | Pa |
| mother's birthplace | Pa | Del | Del | Del | Pa | Pa |