Civil War Veteran Killed by Train, Mounds Independent, October 14,1932
Dallas McCann of Cobden, one of six surviving members of the Grand Army of the Republic, was instantly killed at 5:15 o'clock last Thursday evening (Oct0ber 6, 1932), when he walked into the path of No.26, a northbound passenger train preparing to make its regular station stop 100 yard further on at the south crossing. Mr. McCann had passed his eighty-eighth birthday on Wednesday Sept. 4, 1932.


1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Dallas McCann
Home in 1880: McClellan, Jefferson, Illinois
Spouse's Name: Uphany
Occupation: Farming

Household Members: Name Age
Dallas McCann 36
Uphany McCann 36
Adline McCann 17
Alice McCann 15
Nancy McCann 13
James McCann 11
Sarah McCann 8
Ola McCann 5
Thomas McCann 3
John McCann 9M



1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Dallas Mc Cann
Home in 1900: Cobden, Union, Illinois
Age: 55
Birth Date: Sep 1844
Father's Birthplace: Georgia
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Spouse's Name: Euphamy C
Marriage Year: 1863
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 37
Residence : Cobden Precinct (Excl. Cobden Vill.), Union,
Household Members: Name Age
Dallas Mc Cann 55
Euphamy C Mc Cann 55
William D Mc Cann 17
Ella Easley 35 (daughter)


American Civil War Soldiers
about Dallas McCann
Name: Dallas McCann
RESIDENCE: Jefferson, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 14 Oct 1864
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Death Date: 29 Sep 1932
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 14 October 1864.
Drafted into Company F, 31st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 14 Oct 1864.
Mustered Out Company F, 31st Infantry Regiment Illinois on 19 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.


1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Dallas McCann
Age in 1860: 15
Birth Year: abt 1845
Home in 1860: Township 4 S Range 3 E, Jefferson, Illinois
Post Office: Spring Garden
Household Members: Name Age
James McCann 59
Sarah McCann 62
Dallas McCann 15
McMenvill McCann 10
Nancy Moore 45