Nathaniel A. McKown

Nathaniel McKown was born in Pennsylvania in 1838 to William McKown (1799–1878) and Celesta Gardner (1805–1879).^[3] William was a reverend from Ireland and Gardner was from New York.^[4]

Nathaniel enlisted in the Union Army on September 5, 1861, and was placed in Company B of the 58th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and achieved the rank of Sergeant.^[5] On September 29, 1864, during the Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Nathaniel captured a Confederate flag and took it back to Union lines and was awarded the with the rank of First Lieutenant and the Medal of Honor on April 6, 1865, in Philadelphia.^{[1][2][6][7][8]}

Following the war, Nathaniel married Clarina Robinson (1839–1929) on March 11, 1866, and had 6 children with her between 1867 and 1877.^[4] Nathaniel died in 1902, in Forkston.^[1][2]