He was born to George and Margaret [?] Worl (7). He may be the son of George Worl and Rebecca Volk (8). After Rebecca's death, George married Sarah Thomas, and had five sons, including George M Worl, who is buried in the same family plot as Samuel Worl (8). When he enlisted, he was 43 years old (3, 7 [57 at death in 1867]). He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3, 7).
He was a coop[er] (3).
He was 5 feet 7 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, hazel eyes, and grey hair (3).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 16 September 1862 (1, 3, 4). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lieutenant Gregory (3, 4). He served as a private in company C (1).
He was discharged at Falmouth [?] Virginia [?] on 18 January 1863 on surgeon's certificate of disability (1, 3, 4).
He died on 19 September 1867, of consumption (6, 7). He was then a cooper (7). He died at, or was buried from, 9 Curren [?] Court [?], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (7). He was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery (7).
On 14 February 1883, his widow, Mary S Worl, successfully applied for a pension (5, 6).
Mary Worl died on 8 June 1911 (9). She was buried at Mt Peace (9).
Jan Corwin Enger is researching Samuel Worl. Contact her at jcenger22@gmail.com.
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) (Samuel Worl)
2 company C, register of men discharged, number 7 (Samuel Worl)
3 company C, descriptive roll, entry 107 (Samuel Worl)
4 company C, untitled list, probably of status at muster out, entry 65 (Samuel Worl)
5 pension index, by name (Samuel Worl)
6 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company C (Samuel Worl)
7 death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19 September 1867 (Saml Worl)
8 e-mail, Jan Corwin Enger to Harry Ide, 23 Feb 2009 (Samuel Worl)
9 e-mail, Jan Corwin Enger to Harry Ide, 25 Feb 2009
[I did not find an entry for him in Ancestry's index to the 1890 veterans' census (searched May 2006)]