John McDill

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John McDill

Birth
Death
15 Mar 1824 (aged 74–75)
Burial
Sparta, Randolph County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Aged 75 Yrs.

Birth: 1749 in North Ireland (believed to be in Belfast)
Death: 15 January 1824 at his residence in Flat Prairie, Randolph County, IL
Wife: Jane Bell, married 1776 in SC
Father of ten children.
Was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church He served during the Revolutionary War and was recognized by the DAR in a ceremony in 1930 marking his grave in the Old Bethel Cemetery.

His death notice from the Kaskaskia Republican in 1824 includes the following comment" "During the Revolutionary War of this country he conducted himself with bravery and magnamimity which characterized the Whigs of 1776. He lived and died a pious member of the Reformed Pres. Church."

by Kay McDill
Aged 75 Yrs.

Birth: 1749 in North Ireland (believed to be in Belfast)
Death: 15 January 1824 at his residence in Flat Prairie, Randolph County, IL
Wife: Jane Bell, married 1776 in SC
Father of ten children.
Was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church He served during the Revolutionary War and was recognized by the DAR in a ceremony in 1930 marking his grave in the Old Bethel Cemetery.

His death notice from the Kaskaskia Republican in 1824 includes the following comment" "During the Revolutionary War of this country he conducted himself with bravery and magnamimity which characterized the Whigs of 1776. He lived and died a pious member of the Reformed Pres. Church."

by Kay McDill