Samuel C. Calhoun died at his home in this city on last Saturday evening, December 24th, 1904, after a lingering illness from kidney trouble. Funeral services were held at the United Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W. G. Martin, the pastor, who was assisted by Rev. W. M. Story of Moline. The members of Warren Shedd Post, G. A. R. attended in a body.
Samuel Cochran Calhoun, son of James and Betsy Calhoun, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 20, 1833. He came with his parents to Mercer county, Illinois June 1843. He was the seventh son in a family of nine sons and two daughters, of whom only three are left to mourn his loss; Joseph C. Calhoun, of Bedford, Iowa; Alexander T. Calhoun and Miss Elizabeth, of Aledo.
He shared the labor and hardships of the pioneer in our beautiful county, having watched its growth from its infancy and done his share in its development. He enlisted July 15, 1862, in Co. H 84th Ill. and served till the close of the war, being discharged June 24, 1865. His military record is the history of his regiment as he was only once absent from its ranks, and then, when suffering from disease and had a short furlough home. He rejoined its ranks before full recovery. After the war he engaged in farming until 1897, when he came to live with his sister in Aledo.
Suffering in health, due in greater part to the exposure incident to military service, he still continued to be active and stirring until January, 1902. When the disease which caused his death, attacked him, without complaint and with true soldierly fortitude, reinforced by a Christian hope, he calmly awaited the visit of the death Angel, whom he had faced too often, to fear, and passed from death to life on the evening before the birth day of our Lord.
(Aledo Democrat - December 27, 1904)
Samuel Cochran Calhoun, son of James and Betsy Calhoun, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 20, 1833. He came with his parents to Mercer county, Illinois June 1843. He was the seventh son in a family of nine sons and two daughters, of whom only three are left to mourn his loss; Joseph C. Calhoun, of Bedford, Iowa; Alexander T. Calhoun and Miss Elizabeth, of Aledo.
He shared the labor and hardships of the pioneer in our beautiful county, having watched its growth from its infancy and done his share in its development. He enlisted July 15, 1862, in Co. H 84th Ill. and served till the close of the war, being discharged June 24, 1865. His military record is the history of his regiment as he was only once absent from its ranks, and then, when suffering from disease and had a short furlough home. He rejoined its ranks before full recovery. After the war he engaged in farming until 1897, when he came to live with his sister in Aledo.
Suffering in health, due in greater part to the exposure incident to military service, he still continued to be active and stirring until January, 1902. When the disease which caused his death, attacked him, without complaint and with true soldierly fortitude, reinforced by a Christian hope, he calmly awaited the visit of the death Angel, whom he had faced too often, to fear, and passed from death to life on the evening before the birth day of our Lord.
(Aledo Democrat - December 27, 1904)
Samuel C. Calhoun died at his home in this city on last Saturday evening, December 24th, 1904, after a lingering illness from kidney trouble. Funeral services were held at the United Presbyterian church Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. W. G. Martin, the pastor, who was assisted by Rev. W. M. Story of Moline. The members of Warren Shedd Post, G. A. R. attended in a body.
Samuel Cochran Calhoun, son of James and Betsy Calhoun, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 20, 1833. He came with his parents to Mercer county, Illinois June 1843. He was the seventh son in a family of nine sons and two daughters, of whom only three are left to mourn his loss; Joseph C. Calhoun, of Bedford, Iowa; Alexander T. Calhoun and Miss Elizabeth, of Aledo.
He shared the labor and hardships of the pioneer in our beautiful county, having watched its growth from its infancy and done his share in its development. He enlisted July 15, 1862, in Co. H 84th Ill. and served till the close of the war, being discharged June 24, 1865. His military record is the history of his regiment as he was only once absent from its ranks, and then, when suffering from disease and had a short furlough home. He rejoined its ranks before full recovery. After the war he engaged in farming until 1897, when he came to live with his sister in Aledo.
Suffering in health, due in greater part to the exposure incident to military service, he still continued to be active and stirring until January, 1902. When the disease which caused his death, attacked him, without complaint and with true soldierly fortitude, reinforced by a Christian hope, he calmly awaited the visit of the death Angel, whom he had faced too often, to fear, and passed from death to life on the evening before the birth day of our Lord.
(Aledo Democrat - December 27, 1904)
Samuel Cochran Calhoun, son of James and Betsy Calhoun, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 20, 1833. He came with his parents to Mercer county, Illinois June 1843. He was the seventh son in a family of nine sons and two daughters, of whom only three are left to mourn his loss; Joseph C. Calhoun, of Bedford, Iowa; Alexander T. Calhoun and Miss Elizabeth, of Aledo.
He shared the labor and hardships of the pioneer in our beautiful county, having watched its growth from its infancy and done his share in its development. He enlisted July 15, 1862, in Co. H 84th Ill. and served till the close of the war, being discharged June 24, 1865. His military record is the history of his regiment as he was only once absent from its ranks, and then, when suffering from disease and had a short furlough home. He rejoined its ranks before full recovery. After the war he engaged in farming until 1897, when he came to live with his sister in Aledo.
Suffering in health, due in greater part to the exposure incident to military service, he still continued to be active and stirring until January, 1902. When the disease which caused his death, attacked him, without complaint and with true soldierly fortitude, reinforced by a Christian hope, he calmly awaited the visit of the death Angel, whom he had faced too often, to fear, and passed from death to life on the evening before the birth day of our Lord.
(Aledo Democrat - December 27, 1904)
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