PVT, Co. E, 79th Illinois Infantry, Civil War
Courtesy: Russell Kasper
Joseph Oscar Harvey died at his home in Sidney, Illinois after a long time of illnesses due to complications of several diseases. He was a Veteran of the Civil War serving with the Union soldiers. He had been a survivor of Libby and Belle Island prisons during his service in the war and took part in eleven battles. He was a bachelor and lived with his two sisters. He had been a resident of Sidney since 1862. Survivors include his two sisters, Misses Mary and Sarah Harvey; and two brothers, John E. and Wilbur F. Harvey. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The Champaign County News (Champaign, IL), Saturday, 11 Nov 1916,
Page 1, Newspapers.com.
Courtesy: Russell Kasper
Joseph Oscar Harvey died at his home in Sidney, Illinois after a long time of illnesses due to complications of several diseases. He was a Veteran of the Civil War serving with the Union soldiers. He had been a survivor of Libby and Belle Island prisons during his service in the war and took part in eleven battles. He was a bachelor and lived with his two sisters. He had been a resident of Sidney since 1862. Survivors include his two sisters, Misses Mary and Sarah Harvey; and two brothers, John E. and Wilbur F. Harvey. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The Champaign County News (Champaign, IL), Saturday, 11 Nov 1916,
Page 1, Newspapers.com.
PVT, Co. E, 79th Illinois Infantry, Civil War
Courtesy: Russell Kasper
Joseph Oscar Harvey died at his home in Sidney, Illinois after a long time of illnesses due to complications of several diseases. He was a Veteran of the Civil War serving with the Union soldiers. He had been a survivor of Libby and Belle Island prisons during his service in the war and took part in eleven battles. He was a bachelor and lived with his two sisters. He had been a resident of Sidney since 1862. Survivors include his two sisters, Misses Mary and Sarah Harvey; and two brothers, John E. and Wilbur F. Harvey. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The Champaign County News (Champaign, IL), Saturday, 11 Nov 1916,
Page 1, Newspapers.com.
Courtesy: Russell Kasper
Joseph Oscar Harvey died at his home in Sidney, Illinois after a long time of illnesses due to complications of several diseases. He was a Veteran of the Civil War serving with the Union soldiers. He had been a survivor of Libby and Belle Island prisons during his service in the war and took part in eleven battles. He was a bachelor and lived with his two sisters. He had been a resident of Sidney since 1862. Survivors include his two sisters, Misses Mary and Sarah Harvey; and two brothers, John E. and Wilbur F. Harvey. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The Champaign County News (Champaign, IL), Saturday, 11 Nov 1916,
Page 1, Newspapers.com.
