If this memorial gets merged with another, would you please consider transferring it to me, Dhutson # 48788569. I would greatly appreciate it.

The attached pictures are from the monumnet in Oquawka, IL . The Soldiers Memorial is a cenotaph for Henderson County soldiers who died in the Civil War. His actual burial is in Hillsborough Cem, IL #9017521.

118th Regt. ILL Inft. Co. G

See below for his actual grave site in IL
Daniel Crenshaw

On 7/4/19 with the help of Find A Grave I created a cenotaph memorial cemetery for The Soldiers' Monument of Henderson County. It is located in Oquawka, Henderson Cty, IL. Unfortunately on 8/23/19 because of an unnamed find a grave member who didn't think it should exist, this memorial has been deleted and all 200 of my memorials are now listed as unknown burials. Per FAG rules it didn't meet the criteria for being a cenotaph. So I have now created a virtual cemetery for the soldiers and on each memorial I have tried to located the actual burial and family members of the soldier.

Source: History of Mercer And Henderson Counties pgs 1410-1414.
W.W. Webster of Muscatine Iowa was selected to construct the monument that was finished in October of 1874. On the monument is inscribed , on it's four sides, 200 names of soldiers in Henderson County who fell in the field or died in the service of their country. The monument was erected by the private liberality of the people; subscriptions varied from $5 to $50. The cost was $3,300. The location is in the center of a beautiful enclosed park, planted to deciduous and evergreen trees, comprised in lots 1, 4, and 5, block 4 Swartz' addition, donated by John McKinney Sr., for many years a resident and business man of Oquawka. this handsome work is not more a monument to the glorious dead of Henderson County than to the affection, gratitude, generosity and patriotism of the happy and intelligent living.
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Civilwar.illinois.genweb.org states paroled pris. war. Died Annapolis, MD., Dec 26, 1864.

Thanks to my sister BKage #48921676 for the photographs of the monument.

Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995
Name: Boon Crenshaw
Rank: Private
Company: G
Unit: 118th Illinois Infantry
Height: 5' 7
Hair: LIGHT
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: DARK
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Birth Date: Abt 1843
Birth Place: Terre Haute, Henderson CO, IL
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 19
Service Entry Date: 14 Aug 1862
Service Entry Place: Terre Haute, IL
Joined By Whom: J SHAW
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 7 Nov 1862
Muster In Place: Camp Butler, IL
Remarks: PAROLED PRISONER DIED DEC 26, 1864 AT ANNAPOLIS MD
Residence Place: Laharpe, Hancock CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
URL: http://www.ilsos.gov/isavetera...

U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (attached)
Name: Daniel B Crenshaw
Birth Year: abt 1842
Place of Birth: Illinois
Age on 1 July 1863: 21
Race: White
Marital status: Unmarried (Single)
Residence: Bedford, Henderson, Illinois
Congressional District: 4th
Class: 3

U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 (and attached)
Name: Boone Crenshaw
Death Date: 26 Dec 1864
Death Place: G H Div 1 Annapolis, Maryland
Enlistment State: Illinois
Rank: Private
Company: G
Regiment: 118 Ill V
Box Number: 4

Home in 1850: Township 8 N 5 W, Henderson, Illinois, USA
Isaac Crenshaw 46
Mary Crenshaw 41
Harrison Crenshaw 20
George W Crenshaw 22
Elisabeth Crenshaw 15
Earyetna Crenshaw 12
Celatha Crenshaw 10
Daniel B Crenshaw 7
Isaac R Crenshaw 5
Mary Crenshaw 4
William F Crenshaw 2