He became a member of Company I, 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. He was discharged at Nashville in June 1865. He participated in the battle of Buzzard's Roost, in Georgia; owing, however, to loss of health he did not take part in the principal service of the regiment.
He built a cabin on land that his father had owned. It was originally covered with a dense growth of timber which was cleared into a farm of 115 acres of which 65 were in cultivation.
He was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. He was a Greenback Republican and represented the township as Supervisor, and for several years Collector of Taxes.
Married Sarah Jane Hull on December 31, 1857 in Clark County, Illinois.
He built a cabin on land that his father had owned. It was originally covered with a dense growth of timber which was cleared into a farm of 115 acres of which 65 were in cultivation.
He was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. He was a Greenback Republican and represented the township as Supervisor, and for several years Collector of Taxes.
Married Sarah Jane Hull on December 31, 1857 in Clark County, Illinois.
He became a member of Company I, 79th Illinois Volunteer Infantry in August 1862. He was discharged at Nashville in June 1865. He participated in the battle of Buzzard's Roost, in Georgia; owing, however, to loss of health he did not take part in the principal service of the regiment.
He built a cabin on land that his father had owned. It was originally covered with a dense growth of timber which was cleared into a farm of 115 acres of which 65 were in cultivation.
He was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. He was a Greenback Republican and represented the township as Supervisor, and for several years Collector of Taxes.
Married Sarah Jane Hull on December 31, 1857 in Clark County, Illinois.
He built a cabin on land that his father had owned. It was originally covered with a dense growth of timber which was cleared into a farm of 115 acres of which 65 were in cultivation.
He was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. He was a Greenback Republican and represented the township as Supervisor, and for several years Collector of Taxes.
Married Sarah Jane Hull on December 31, 1857 in Clark County, Illinois.
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