Robert Marion Morehead was born in Indiana in 1839 or 1840. He married Lucetta Frances Lytle March 16, 1865. To this union seven children was born: Anna, Ella, Charles, Herbert, Lampton, Mary, and Clara. He was wounded in the Civil War and died many years later from those wounds.
"Robert who early in the Rebellion offered his services in defense of his country, on whose altar be laid down his young life.
He enlisted in Company A, 45th Illinois Infantry, and was soon, for his bravery and gallantry in action, promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and was with his regiment in many engagements, and in the action at Champion Hill received a severe gunshot wound.
He was honorably discharged for disability in consequence, and returned to his home, where he lived for a few years, always suffering from his wound, from the effects of which he subsequently died."
-Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois, Page 941
"Robert who early in the Rebellion offered his services in defense of his country, on whose altar be laid down his young life.
He enlisted in Company A, 45th Illinois Infantry, and was soon, for his bravery and gallantry in action, promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and was with his regiment in many engagements, and in the action at Champion Hill received a severe gunshot wound.
He was honorably discharged for disability in consequence, and returned to his home, where he lived for a few years, always suffering from his wound, from the effects of which he subsequently died."
-Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois, Page 941
Robert Marion Morehead was born in Indiana in 1839 or 1840. He married Lucetta Frances Lytle March 16, 1865. To this union seven children was born: Anna, Ella, Charles, Herbert, Lampton, Mary, and Clara. He was wounded in the Civil War and died many years later from those wounds.
"Robert who early in the Rebellion offered his services in defense of his country, on whose altar be laid down his young life.
He enlisted in Company A, 45th Illinois Infantry, and was soon, for his bravery and gallantry in action, promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and was with his regiment in many engagements, and in the action at Champion Hill received a severe gunshot wound.
He was honorably discharged for disability in consequence, and returned to his home, where he lived for a few years, always suffering from his wound, from the effects of which he subsequently died."
-Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois, Page 941
"Robert who early in the Rebellion offered his services in defense of his country, on whose altar be laid down his young life.
He enlisted in Company A, 45th Illinois Infantry, and was soon, for his bravery and gallantry in action, promoted to the rank of Sergeant, and was with his regiment in many engagements, and in the action at Champion Hill received a severe gunshot wound.
He was honorably discharged for disability in consequence, and returned to his home, where he lived for a few years, always suffering from his wound, from the effects of which he subsequently died."
-Portrait and Biographical Album of Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties, Illinois, Page 941
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