Reuben was the son of Nahum and Roxana (Ashley) Parkhurst. He married Janeth Kent 11 Mar 1860. They one daughter Emma Jane and had a farm in Oswego, IL.
He enlisted 5 Sep 1862 in Company A, 127th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a musician. On the 26th of November it joined General Sherman's command on his march to Oxford, Mississippi, in conjunction with General Grant's Northern Mississippi campaign. It returned with General Sherman from Oxford, on December 13, to Memphis and embarked there on the 20, for the vicinity of Vicksburg. Reached the Yazoo River on the 25th and was engaged in the operations along Chickasaw Bayou from the 26th of December, 1862, to the 1st of January, 1863.
It then joined the expedition to Arkansas Post, Arkansas. On the 1st of January, 1863, it participated in the battle and capture of that place. It then moved down the river to Young's Point (near Milliken's bend about 12 miles north of Vicksburg), where it was engaged in various kinds of work, including digging on the canal across the peninsula. While stationed here it participated, in March, in the Steele's and Black Bayou expedition and the release of Admiral Porter's fleet from its very precarious position near Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Reuben became ill while in Young's Point and died on May 2, 1863. He is buried at the Cowdry Cemetery in Oswego, IL. He was honored on the State of Illinois memorial, erected in the National Military Park at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on October 25, 1906. "Illinois erects this monument in grateful remembrance of the services, the sufferings, the sacrifices and the devotion of her sons who participated on land and water in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg from March 29, to July 4, 1863.......as a shrine at which all may again and again renew their consecration to loyal citizenship, and gather inspiration to the most unselfish and exalted patriotism."
Nearly 1/3 of the able bodied men of Kendall County were called into duty during the Civil War prior to 1864, then when the battle raged on, more were called up, in total over 1,551 as of Dec. of 1864, during the Civil War. For the entire state of Illinois it was nearly 250,000 men. Of the 1500 men furnished by Kendall County, 250 laid down their lives. Source: History of Kendall County, p. 310.
Spouse Janette Parkhurst applied for widows pension on 19 May 1863. Application 21940. Certificate 15763. Janeth remarried 5 Apr 1864, Charles Earle and had another daughter Jeanette. Granddaughter Jennette Earle applied for minors pension on 09 Jan 1865. Application 78252. Certificate 46170.
He enlisted 5 Sep 1862 in Company A, 127th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a musician. On the 26th of November it joined General Sherman's command on his march to Oxford, Mississippi, in conjunction with General Grant's Northern Mississippi campaign. It returned with General Sherman from Oxford, on December 13, to Memphis and embarked there on the 20, for the vicinity of Vicksburg. Reached the Yazoo River on the 25th and was engaged in the operations along Chickasaw Bayou from the 26th of December, 1862, to the 1st of January, 1863.
It then joined the expedition to Arkansas Post, Arkansas. On the 1st of January, 1863, it participated in the battle and capture of that place. It then moved down the river to Young's Point (near Milliken's bend about 12 miles north of Vicksburg), where it was engaged in various kinds of work, including digging on the canal across the peninsula. While stationed here it participated, in March, in the Steele's and Black Bayou expedition and the release of Admiral Porter's fleet from its very precarious position near Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Reuben became ill while in Young's Point and died on May 2, 1863. He is buried at the Cowdry Cemetery in Oswego, IL. He was honored on the State of Illinois memorial, erected in the National Military Park at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on October 25, 1906. "Illinois erects this monument in grateful remembrance of the services, the sufferings, the sacrifices and the devotion of her sons who participated on land and water in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg from March 29, to July 4, 1863.......as a shrine at which all may again and again renew their consecration to loyal citizenship, and gather inspiration to the most unselfish and exalted patriotism."
Nearly 1/3 of the able bodied men of Kendall County were called into duty during the Civil War prior to 1864, then when the battle raged on, more were called up, in total over 1,551 as of Dec. of 1864, during the Civil War. For the entire state of Illinois it was nearly 250,000 men. Of the 1500 men furnished by Kendall County, 250 laid down their lives. Source: History of Kendall County, p. 310.
Spouse Janette Parkhurst applied for widows pension on 19 May 1863. Application 21940. Certificate 15763. Janeth remarried 5 Apr 1864, Charles Earle and had another daughter Jeanette. Granddaughter Jennette Earle applied for minors pension on 09 Jan 1865. Application 78252. Certificate 46170.
Reuben was the son of Nahum and Roxana (Ashley) Parkhurst. He married Janeth Kent 11 Mar 1860. They one daughter Emma Jane and had a farm in Oswego, IL.
He enlisted 5 Sep 1862 in Company A, 127th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a musician. On the 26th of November it joined General Sherman's command on his march to Oxford, Mississippi, in conjunction with General Grant's Northern Mississippi campaign. It returned with General Sherman from Oxford, on December 13, to Memphis and embarked there on the 20, for the vicinity of Vicksburg. Reached the Yazoo River on the 25th and was engaged in the operations along Chickasaw Bayou from the 26th of December, 1862, to the 1st of January, 1863.
It then joined the expedition to Arkansas Post, Arkansas. On the 1st of January, 1863, it participated in the battle and capture of that place. It then moved down the river to Young's Point (near Milliken's bend about 12 miles north of Vicksburg), where it was engaged in various kinds of work, including digging on the canal across the peninsula. While stationed here it participated, in March, in the Steele's and Black Bayou expedition and the release of Admiral Porter's fleet from its very precarious position near Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Reuben became ill while in Young's Point and died on May 2, 1863. He is buried at the Cowdry Cemetery in Oswego, IL. He was honored on the State of Illinois memorial, erected in the National Military Park at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on October 25, 1906. "Illinois erects this monument in grateful remembrance of the services, the sufferings, the sacrifices and the devotion of her sons who participated on land and water in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg from March 29, to July 4, 1863.......as a shrine at which all may again and again renew their consecration to loyal citizenship, and gather inspiration to the most unselfish and exalted patriotism."
Nearly 1/3 of the able bodied men of Kendall County were called into duty during the Civil War prior to 1864, then when the battle raged on, more were called up, in total over 1,551 as of Dec. of 1864, during the Civil War. For the entire state of Illinois it was nearly 250,000 men. Of the 1500 men furnished by Kendall County, 250 laid down their lives. Source: History of Kendall County, p. 310.
Spouse Janette Parkhurst applied for widows pension on 19 May 1863. Application 21940. Certificate 15763. Janeth remarried 5 Apr 1864, Charles Earle and had another daughter Jeanette. Granddaughter Jennette Earle applied for minors pension on 09 Jan 1865. Application 78252. Certificate 46170.
He enlisted 5 Sep 1862 in Company A, 127th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a musician. On the 26th of November it joined General Sherman's command on his march to Oxford, Mississippi, in conjunction with General Grant's Northern Mississippi campaign. It returned with General Sherman from Oxford, on December 13, to Memphis and embarked there on the 20, for the vicinity of Vicksburg. Reached the Yazoo River on the 25th and was engaged in the operations along Chickasaw Bayou from the 26th of December, 1862, to the 1st of January, 1863.
It then joined the expedition to Arkansas Post, Arkansas. On the 1st of January, 1863, it participated in the battle and capture of that place. It then moved down the river to Young's Point (near Milliken's bend about 12 miles north of Vicksburg), where it was engaged in various kinds of work, including digging on the canal across the peninsula. While stationed here it participated, in March, in the Steele's and Black Bayou expedition and the release of Admiral Porter's fleet from its very precarious position near Rolling Fork, Mississippi.
Reuben became ill while in Young's Point and died on May 2, 1863. He is buried at the Cowdry Cemetery in Oswego, IL. He was honored on the State of Illinois memorial, erected in the National Military Park at Vicksburg, Mississippi, on October 25, 1906. "Illinois erects this monument in grateful remembrance of the services, the sufferings, the sacrifices and the devotion of her sons who participated on land and water in the campaign and siege of Vicksburg from March 29, to July 4, 1863.......as a shrine at which all may again and again renew their consecration to loyal citizenship, and gather inspiration to the most unselfish and exalted patriotism."
Nearly 1/3 of the able bodied men of Kendall County were called into duty during the Civil War prior to 1864, then when the battle raged on, more were called up, in total over 1,551 as of Dec. of 1864, during the Civil War. For the entire state of Illinois it was nearly 250,000 men. Of the 1500 men furnished by Kendall County, 250 laid down their lives. Source: History of Kendall County, p. 310.
Spouse Janette Parkhurst applied for widows pension on 19 May 1863. Application 21940. Certificate 15763. Janeth remarried 5 Apr 1864, Charles Earle and had another daughter Jeanette. Granddaughter Jennette Earle applied for minors pension on 09 Jan 1865. Application 78252. Certificate 46170.
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