Delancy Kenyon was the son of Kelsey and Lucy (Balcom) Kenyon. He was born in Hague, New York. In 1844 his family traveled by covered wagon to Carroll Co, Illinois.
According to his military pension file, Delancy was 5'11", with brown hair and brown eyes.
Delancy enlisted to serve in the Civil War in the 15th Illinois Infantry, Co K in May 1861. The regiment history indicates they saw little action for most of the following year. They wintered in Otterville, Missouri. According to his pension file, following a forced march of 13 miles, his regiment had to sleep in the snow in frigid temperatures. For three days and nights the men had no tents and only one blanket each. He contracted "lung fever" (likely pneumonia). He was first hospitalized, then furloughed. He was officially discharged in May 1862.
Delancy re-enlisted in August 1864 in 146th Illinois Infantry, Co A. This regiment was formed to guard Camp Butler near Springfield. He served for the remainder of the war.
Delancy never fully recovered from the effects of lung fever. Persistent coughing plagued him for the remainder of his life, but especially in cold damp weather, such that it greatly limited his ability to work most months of the year. One winter the coughing was so severe he developed a hernia.
After the war he married Laura White. Together they had three daughters, and a son that died when a baby. In the 1880s Delancy's health failed, and the Kenyon family went to California in the hopes this would improve his health. The family ended up in Tacoma, Washington about 1890, and Delancy died in 1892 of heart failure. His three daughters married in Tacoma. His widow and daughters moved away to other parts of the country.
The hooked rug on the second page of this memorial was done by Delancy's daughter Edith. It depicts the Illinois farm in 1880.
According to his military pension file, Delancy was 5'11", with brown hair and brown eyes.
Delancy enlisted to serve in the Civil War in the 15th Illinois Infantry, Co K in May 1861. The regiment history indicates they saw little action for most of the following year. They wintered in Otterville, Missouri. According to his pension file, following a forced march of 13 miles, his regiment had to sleep in the snow in frigid temperatures. For three days and nights the men had no tents and only one blanket each. He contracted "lung fever" (likely pneumonia). He was first hospitalized, then furloughed. He was officially discharged in May 1862.
Delancy re-enlisted in August 1864 in 146th Illinois Infantry, Co A. This regiment was formed to guard Camp Butler near Springfield. He served for the remainder of the war.
Delancy never fully recovered from the effects of lung fever. Persistent coughing plagued him for the remainder of his life, but especially in cold damp weather, such that it greatly limited his ability to work most months of the year. One winter the coughing was so severe he developed a hernia.
After the war he married Laura White. Together they had three daughters, and a son that died when a baby. In the 1880s Delancy's health failed, and the Kenyon family went to California in the hopes this would improve his health. The family ended up in Tacoma, Washington about 1890, and Delancy died in 1892 of heart failure. His three daughters married in Tacoma. His widow and daughters moved away to other parts of the country.
The hooked rug on the second page of this memorial was done by Delancy's daughter Edith. It depicts the Illinois farm in 1880.
Delancy Kenyon was the son of Kelsey and Lucy (Balcom) Kenyon. He was born in Hague, New York. In 1844 his family traveled by covered wagon to Carroll Co, Illinois.
According to his military pension file, Delancy was 5'11", with brown hair and brown eyes.
Delancy enlisted to serve in the Civil War in the 15th Illinois Infantry, Co K in May 1861. The regiment history indicates they saw little action for most of the following year. They wintered in Otterville, Missouri. According to his pension file, following a forced march of 13 miles, his regiment had to sleep in the snow in frigid temperatures. For three days and nights the men had no tents and only one blanket each. He contracted "lung fever" (likely pneumonia). He was first hospitalized, then furloughed. He was officially discharged in May 1862.
Delancy re-enlisted in August 1864 in 146th Illinois Infantry, Co A. This regiment was formed to guard Camp Butler near Springfield. He served for the remainder of the war.
Delancy never fully recovered from the effects of lung fever. Persistent coughing plagued him for the remainder of his life, but especially in cold damp weather, such that it greatly limited his ability to work most months of the year. One winter the coughing was so severe he developed a hernia.
After the war he married Laura White. Together they had three daughters, and a son that died when a baby. In the 1880s Delancy's health failed, and the Kenyon family went to California in the hopes this would improve his health. The family ended up in Tacoma, Washington about 1890, and Delancy died in 1892 of heart failure. His three daughters married in Tacoma. His widow and daughters moved away to other parts of the country.
The hooked rug on the second page of this memorial was done by Delancy's daughter Edith. It depicts the Illinois farm in 1880.
According to his military pension file, Delancy was 5'11", with brown hair and brown eyes.
Delancy enlisted to serve in the Civil War in the 15th Illinois Infantry, Co K in May 1861. The regiment history indicates they saw little action for most of the following year. They wintered in Otterville, Missouri. According to his pension file, following a forced march of 13 miles, his regiment had to sleep in the snow in frigid temperatures. For three days and nights the men had no tents and only one blanket each. He contracted "lung fever" (likely pneumonia). He was first hospitalized, then furloughed. He was officially discharged in May 1862.
Delancy re-enlisted in August 1864 in 146th Illinois Infantry, Co A. This regiment was formed to guard Camp Butler near Springfield. He served for the remainder of the war.
Delancy never fully recovered from the effects of lung fever. Persistent coughing plagued him for the remainder of his life, but especially in cold damp weather, such that it greatly limited his ability to work most months of the year. One winter the coughing was so severe he developed a hernia.
After the war he married Laura White. Together they had three daughters, and a son that died when a baby. In the 1880s Delancy's health failed, and the Kenyon family went to California in the hopes this would improve his health. The family ended up in Tacoma, Washington about 1890, and Delancy died in 1892 of heart failure. His three daughters married in Tacoma. His widow and daughters moved away to other parts of the country.
The hooked rug on the second page of this memorial was done by Delancy's daughter Edith. It depicts the Illinois farm in 1880.
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