116th Illinois Infantry
Residence Harristown IL;
Enlisted on 8/6/1862 as a Private.
On 9/6/1862 he mustered into "E" Co. IL 116th Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/15/1864
On 1/15/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
(date and method of discharge not given)
John married Sarah Bunker Feb. 4, 1867.
DECATUR REVIEW 1/24/1883
EYEMAN--AT HIS HOME NEAR HARRISTOWN OF CONSUMPTION ON TUESDAY, JAN 23, MR. JOHN EYMAN AGED 41 YEARS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1841. HE EARLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REMAINING A MEMBER OF THIS DENONINATION UNTIL HIS DEATH. UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, HE ENLISED IN THE UNION ARMY SERVING THROUGHOUT THE WAR AS A MEMBER OF CO. E, 116TH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. HE LEAVES A CHILD, HIS AGED PARENTS, FOUR BROTHERS, TWO SISTERS AND MANY FRIENDS TO MOURN HIS LOSS. THE DECEASED WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH WAS CONTRACTED IN THE ARMY. THE DECEASED IS A BROTHER OF MR. ISAAC EYMAN OF DECATUR.
EYMAN, John
At the old homestead near Harristown, Ill., on Jan 23, 1883, of consumption thought to have been brought on by chronic diarrhoea contracted while in the armny, JOHN EYMAN, aged 41 years.
The deceased was a brother of I.O. Eyman, of this city. He was born in St. Clair county, Ill., on May 15th, 1841. He became a member of the Christian church in 1882, in whose fellowship he faithfully lived and meekly died. He leaves in sorrow an only child, his aged parents, four brothers, two sisters, and a large circle of friends. The deceased served during three years of the late war as a member of Co. E., 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Decatur Weekly Republican, 25 Jan 1883
Residence Harristown IL;
Enlisted on 8/6/1862 as a Private.
On 9/6/1862 he mustered into "E" Co. IL 116th Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/15/1864
On 1/15/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
(date and method of discharge not given)
John married Sarah Bunker Feb. 4, 1867.
DECATUR REVIEW 1/24/1883
EYEMAN--AT HIS HOME NEAR HARRISTOWN OF CONSUMPTION ON TUESDAY, JAN 23, MR. JOHN EYMAN AGED 41 YEARS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1841. HE EARLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REMAINING A MEMBER OF THIS DENONINATION UNTIL HIS DEATH. UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, HE ENLISED IN THE UNION ARMY SERVING THROUGHOUT THE WAR AS A MEMBER OF CO. E, 116TH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. HE LEAVES A CHILD, HIS AGED PARENTS, FOUR BROTHERS, TWO SISTERS AND MANY FRIENDS TO MOURN HIS LOSS. THE DECEASED WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH WAS CONTRACTED IN THE ARMY. THE DECEASED IS A BROTHER OF MR. ISAAC EYMAN OF DECATUR.
EYMAN, John
At the old homestead near Harristown, Ill., on Jan 23, 1883, of consumption thought to have been brought on by chronic diarrhoea contracted while in the armny, JOHN EYMAN, aged 41 years.
The deceased was a brother of I.O. Eyman, of this city. He was born in St. Clair county, Ill., on May 15th, 1841. He became a member of the Christian church in 1882, in whose fellowship he faithfully lived and meekly died. He leaves in sorrow an only child, his aged parents, four brothers, two sisters, and a large circle of friends. The deceased served during three years of the late war as a member of Co. E., 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Decatur Weekly Republican, 25 Jan 1883
116th Illinois Infantry
Residence Harristown IL;
Enlisted on 8/6/1862 as a Private.
On 9/6/1862 he mustered into "E" Co. IL 116th Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/15/1864
On 1/15/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
(date and method of discharge not given)
John married Sarah Bunker Feb. 4, 1867.
DECATUR REVIEW 1/24/1883
EYEMAN--AT HIS HOME NEAR HARRISTOWN OF CONSUMPTION ON TUESDAY, JAN 23, MR. JOHN EYMAN AGED 41 YEARS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1841. HE EARLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REMAINING A MEMBER OF THIS DENONINATION UNTIL HIS DEATH. UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, HE ENLISED IN THE UNION ARMY SERVING THROUGHOUT THE WAR AS A MEMBER OF CO. E, 116TH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. HE LEAVES A CHILD, HIS AGED PARENTS, FOUR BROTHERS, TWO SISTERS AND MANY FRIENDS TO MOURN HIS LOSS. THE DECEASED WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH WAS CONTRACTED IN THE ARMY. THE DECEASED IS A BROTHER OF MR. ISAAC EYMAN OF DECATUR.
EYMAN, John
At the old homestead near Harristown, Ill., on Jan 23, 1883, of consumption thought to have been brought on by chronic diarrhoea contracted while in the armny, JOHN EYMAN, aged 41 years.
The deceased was a brother of I.O. Eyman, of this city. He was born in St. Clair county, Ill., on May 15th, 1841. He became a member of the Christian church in 1882, in whose fellowship he faithfully lived and meekly died. He leaves in sorrow an only child, his aged parents, four brothers, two sisters, and a large circle of friends. The deceased served during three years of the late war as a member of Co. E., 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Decatur Weekly Republican, 25 Jan 1883
Residence Harristown IL;
Enlisted on 8/6/1862 as a Private.
On 9/6/1862 he mustered into "E" Co. IL 116th Infantry
He was transferred out on 1/15/1864
On 1/15/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
(date and method of discharge not given)
John married Sarah Bunker Feb. 4, 1867.
DECATUR REVIEW 1/24/1883
EYEMAN--AT HIS HOME NEAR HARRISTOWN OF CONSUMPTION ON TUESDAY, JAN 23, MR. JOHN EYMAN AGED 41 YEARS.
THE DECEASED WAS BORN IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ON THE 15TH DAY OF MAY, 1841. HE EARLY IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH REMAINING A MEMBER OF THIS DENONINATION UNTIL HIS DEATH. UPON THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH, HE ENLISED IN THE UNION ARMY SERVING THROUGHOUT THE WAR AS A MEMBER OF CO. E, 116TH ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. HE LEAVES A CHILD, HIS AGED PARENTS, FOUR BROTHERS, TWO SISTERS AND MANY FRIENDS TO MOURN HIS LOSS. THE DECEASED WHICH CAUSED HIS DEATH WAS CONTRACTED IN THE ARMY. THE DECEASED IS A BROTHER OF MR. ISAAC EYMAN OF DECATUR.
EYMAN, John
At the old homestead near Harristown, Ill., on Jan 23, 1883, of consumption thought to have been brought on by chronic diarrhoea contracted while in the armny, JOHN EYMAN, aged 41 years.
The deceased was a brother of I.O. Eyman, of this city. He was born in St. Clair county, Ill., on May 15th, 1841. He became a member of the Christian church in 1882, in whose fellowship he faithfully lived and meekly died. He leaves in sorrow an only child, his aged parents, four brothers, two sisters, and a large circle of friends. The deceased served during three years of the late war as a member of Co. E., 116th Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
Decatur Weekly Republican, 25 Jan 1883
Inscription
41y 8m 7d
Gravesite Details
(Military marker, Corp. Co. E 116 ILL Inf)
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