Terrence W. Beltz, born in Canton, Ohio, a resident of Earlysville, Virginia, completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Bowling Green State University in 1972 and his Master of Arts (History) at the University of Richmond in 2004.  He retired from the  Virginia Housing Development Authority in Richmond, Virginia, and is a retired U. S. Army Colonel.  Since his youth, he had an ardent interest in 19th-century American history, particularly the Civil War, often dragging his parents to Civil War battlefields during summer vacations.  He is the paternal great-grandson of Private William H. Seifert of York, Pennsylvania, who served in Company C of the 130th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  In his spare time, he works on family genealogy and is a volunteer with “Find-A-Grave”.  He is a member of the Sons of Union Veterans (SUV) and the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) and is married to Patricia Beville Beltz; together, they have two daughters.