from the Interactive Santa Fe Trail page

2LT Lea Febiger at Ft Union, 1880

This is a picture of my great-grandfather, 2LT Lea Febiger,
relaxing in the bachelor quarters at Fort Union, Indian Territory in the 1880s.

- - Ty Dodge

© Ty Dodge 2003, all rights reserved
Photo and description contributed by Ty Dodge, 1/2/2.
Restored photo contributed by Rick, 5/31/3

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from Ancestry.com databases:

Lea Febiger married Hattie C. Arnold on May 25 1885 in Arapahoe Co, CO.

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In 1891 and 1893, Lea was stationed in San Antonio TX as a 1st LT with the 23d Infantry, United States Army.

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In 1903 (or 1921?), Lea's widow, Harriet A. Febiger, applied for his Civil War pension from California.

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A NATIONAL REGISTER OF THE
SOCIETY SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

LEA FEBIGER, U. S. Army (11467). Son of George Lea and Frances (Pleasants) Febiger;
grandson of Christian Carson and Hannah Lea (Carson) Febiger;
great-grandson of John and Agnes (Hunter) Carson;
great2-grandson of William Carson, private, Bradford's Battalion Penna. Associators.

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