Henry Doll

1848 January 22–1947 February 8

old man wearing a civil war cap puffs on cigar

Henry Doll was a fixture at Narberth Memorial Day parades until he grew too frail to participate. When he died February 8, 1947, 16 days after his 99th birthday, he was reportedly the last survivor of the Union Navy (Associated Press), the last Civil War veteran in Pennsylvania, and Narberth's oldest inhabitant.

Our Town February 13, 1947:

Henry A. Doll
A native of New Orleans, Mr. Doll was the son of a German immigrant, who ironically enough, joined the Confederate Army and was killed at Gettysburg. At the age of 9 he was already a cabin-boy on a Mississippi River steamer and, in 1862 when he was only 14, he joined Admiral Farragut's fleet, which had just taken New Orleans from the Rebels.
He took part in the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, and after the end of the war he went on a two years' cruise in South American waters. He took his discharge at 1867, at Philadelphia.

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Updated September 1, 2025.

U. S. Census

Census	Age	Race	Gender	Marital	Relation	Address	Immigrated	Birthplace	Father's	Mother's	As transcribed		Note
1930	81	White	Male	Married	Head	215 Iona Ave.		Louisiana	Germany	Germany	Henry Dold	215 Iona
1940	92	White	Male	Widowed	Head	215 Iona Ave.		New Orleans			Henry Doll	215 Iona

Census Households

Census	Name	Relation	Age	Own	Race	Marital	Birthplace	Business	Trade
1930	Henry Doll	Head	81		White	Married	Louisiana
	Etta Doll	Wife	66		White	Married	Pennsylvania
1940	Henry Doll	Head	92	Own	White	Widowed	New Orleans
	Jeanette A Doll	Daughter	42		White	Single	Pennsylvania	U.S. Govt.	Clerk
	Alberta Hendrickson	Granddaughter	27		White	Divorced	Pennsylvania

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