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Andrew Gardner Happer was born in Union township, Washington Co., Penn., August 15, 1839. At the common schools of the district he received a thorough general literary training, and in 1859 he entered Washington College, where he was engaged in his studies when the Civil war broke out, abruptly interrupting his deep drinking at the "Pierian spring." In August, 1861, fired with innate patriotism, he enlisted in Company K, First P. V. C., from which, in March, 1862, he was transferred, with rank of first lieutenant, to the Eleventh P. V. I., serving till November 7, 1865, when he was honorably discharged with the rank of major. Throughout his entire term of service he was on duty along the Potomac, and participated in the following battles: 1862--Thoroughfare Gap, August 28; Second Bull Run, August 30; Chantilly, Va., September 1; South Mountain, September 14; Antietam, September 17; Fredericksburg, July 1 to 3.--1864--Wilderness, May 5 to 7. At Antietam he was slightly wounded, but kept the ranks; at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, he was struck with a bullet (which he still carries) and was taken prisoner. Major Happer's war record is as follows: Mustered into Company K, First P. V. C., September 6, 1861; promoted first lieutenant, Company G, Eleventh P. V. I., March 11, 1862; promoted captain Company I, of same regiment, in March, 1864. After his discharge from the army, Major Happer returned to Washington county, where he received the appointment of assessor of inland revenue, holding office from 1866 to 1871, his residence being, during the term, in Monongahela City. On retiring from this, he at once embarked in the real estate and insurance business in Washington borough, where he has made his home since 1870. His residence, one of the handsomest in the place, is built of Cleveland stone. It is situated on East Wheeling street. In 1878 he was married to Miss Matilda M., daughter of the late James Watson, Esq., of Washington. Politically, our subject is a Republican. He has been secretary of the Western Pennsylvania Agricultural Association for some fifteen years; the present association is some seven years old, only, and Major Happer has done much to place it among the best and most prominent institutions of the kind in the State. Socially, he is a member of Templeton Post, G. A. R., and of the Loyal Legion, an association composed of army officers honorably discharged. Since the beginning of the oil industry in and around Washington, he has taken an active part in the development of the field.
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