According to descriptive muster rolls from the Illinois State Archive, Daniel Gibson was residing in Pilot Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois when he enlisted on Aug. 12, 1862. He was described as 30 years old, 6' tall with black hair, hazel eyes and a dark complexion, married (Polly Phillips, m. Nov. 2, 1854 in Vermilion Co., IL.) and a farmer.
He served in Co. I of the 125 Ill. Inf. as a sergeant until he died on Nov. 24, 1862 at Regimental Hospital in Edgeville, Tennessee of typhoid fever at the age of 30 yrs., 5 mos. & 17 days. The 1860 Vermilion County, Illinois Census shows he and Polly had at least two sons, George W. and Charles.
His marker reads "U.S.V" at the bottom.
Source: Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865.
He served in Co. I of the 125 Ill. Inf. as a sergeant until he died on Nov. 24, 1862 at Regimental Hospital in Edgeville, Tennessee of typhoid fever at the age of 30 yrs., 5 mos. & 17 days. The 1860 Vermilion County, Illinois Census shows he and Polly had at least two sons, George W. and Charles.
His marker reads "U.S.V" at the bottom.
Source: Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865.
According to descriptive muster rolls from the Illinois State Archive, Daniel Gibson was residing in Pilot Twp., Vermilion Co., Illinois when he enlisted on Aug. 12, 1862. He was described as 30 years old, 6' tall with black hair, hazel eyes and a dark complexion, married (Polly Phillips, m. Nov. 2, 1854 in Vermilion Co., IL.) and a farmer.
He served in Co. I of the 125 Ill. Inf. as a sergeant until he died on Nov. 24, 1862 at Regimental Hospital in Edgeville, Tennessee of typhoid fever at the age of 30 yrs., 5 mos. & 17 days. The 1860 Vermilion County, Illinois Census shows he and Polly had at least two sons, George W. and Charles.
His marker reads "U.S.V" at the bottom.
Source: Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865.
He served in Co. I of the 125 Ill. Inf. as a sergeant until he died on Nov. 24, 1862 at Regimental Hospital in Edgeville, Tennessee of typhoid fever at the age of 30 yrs., 5 mos. & 17 days. The 1860 Vermilion County, Illinois Census shows he and Polly had at least two sons, George W. and Charles.
His marker reads "U.S.V" at the bottom.
Source: Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, compiled 1861–1865.
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