Alexander Co., IL Military

Source: This information was taken from the first volume of Ellen M. Whitney's THE BLACK HAWK WAR 1831-1832. That volume contains a comprehensive listing of Illinois' Black Hawk War soldiers. It includes the muster rolls for all of the 1831 and 1832 companies including two Indian companies. Approximately 1800 men served in the 1831 campaign and 9000 in the 1832 campaign. The Illinois State Historical Library possesses in either original or on microfilm the records from which this information was extracted. This information was created and donated to the Illinois State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois. Delap is a volunteer with the Edgar County Genealogical Library.

All of the below mentioned veterans were enrolled in Alexander County. They were with H. Webb Company, Regiment SP and Brigade 3.

NAME	RANK	NAME	RANK	NAME	RANK
ANGLIN, AARON	CPL	HARVELL, MERITT	CPL	NEALE, SAMUEL ATHERTON	SGT
ANGLIN, JAMES	PVT	HARVELL, LOUDY	PVT	PHILLIPS, JAMES	PVT
ANGLIN, WILLIAM	PVT	HUGHS, FRANKLIN	PVT	POST, MARIUS	PVT
ATHERTON, AARON JR	SGT	JEFFERS, JOHN E.	PVT	POWELL, ALANSON	PVT
BROOKS, BENJAMIN	PVT	JOHNSON, HENRY K.	PVT	POWELL, WILLIAM S.	PVT
BROWN, BERRY	PVT	KANADA, ALEXANDER	PVT	PRICE, RICHARD H.	1LT
BUNCH, CADER	PVT	KANADA, THOMAS	PVT	PRICE, SAMUEL F.	PVT
BURKS, HARDIN	PVT	LACKEY, ALFRED	PVT	RUSSELL, ROBERT	PVT
CANNON, TILLMAN	PVT	LYNCH, CYRUS S.	PVT	SMITH, ENOCK	PVT
CARNES, JOHN	PVT	MC CLOUD, RODERICK	PVT	TAYLOR, JAME M.	PVT
DANIELS, SOLOMON	PVT	MC COOL, BENJAMIN	PVT	THOMPSON, NATHAN M.	PVT
DEXTER, JEREMIAH	PVT	MC COOL, GEORGE	PVT	TOWNSEND, JAMES W.	PVT
DICKEY, WILLIAM	PVT	MESHOW, WILLIAM	PVT	TOWNSEND, JOHN	PVT
ECHOLS, BENJAMIN	PVT	MOORE, DAVID H.	QM	WEBB, HENRY L.	CPT
ELLIS, QUINTON	SGT	MOORE, DAVID H.	2LT	WHITE, SAMUEL	PVT
HARGIS, RESIN	PVT	MORRIS, JAMES D.	2LT	WHITEAKER, GILES	CPL
HARGIS, TURNER	PVT	MURPHY, JEREMIAH	PVT	WILLIS, OWIN	SGT
HARRISON, HENRY H.	PVT	NEALE, GEORGE C.	PVT

This list contains soldiers and sailors from Alexander County admitted from its opening in 1887 through September 1916. Female residents are also included from their first admissions in 1908.

Source: The First-16th Biennial Reports of the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home. In 1885 the General Assembly created the home in Quincy to provide subsistence and a home for honorably discharged and disabled veterans of the Mexican and Civil Wars. In succeeding years Illinois veterans of all wars and veterans' wives, mothers, and daughters became eligible for admission. In 1973 the General Assembly changed the home's name to the Illinois Veterans' Home. The index was created and donated to the Illinois State Archives by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois.

NAME	DATE ADMITTED	NUMBER	CO	UNIT
ADAMS, HENRY C.	MAY 28, 1901	5561	B	40 MO INF
ALLANSON, WILLIAM H.	JUNE 21, 1900	5261	B	1 IL LT ART
ALLISON, HENRY	JANUARY 29, 1907	7699	A	4 US H ART
ARMSTRONG, ELI	JUNE 11, 1901	5577	D	6 KYCAV
BARNARD, JOHN	MAY 19, 1899	4848	C	144 IL INF
BARNES, JAMES	MARCH 10, 1899	4771	G	43 IL INF
BISHOP, GREEN L.	OCTOBER 5, 1910	9237		US NAVY
BISHOP, JULIA	OCTOBER 5, 1910	373
BLACKWELL, WILLIAM M.	FEBRUARY 23, 1915	10557	I	22 OH INF
BOND, ALFRED	DECEMBER 24, 1887	629		4 USC H ART
BOOKER, SAMUEL	FEBRUARY 13, 1891	1852	G	4 USC H ART
BURNETT, RICHARD	MARCH 20, 1900	5174	M	8 IL INF-SP AM
CALLAHAN, DANIEL	MAY 12, 1914	10321	C	130 IL INF
CAMP, SAMUEL	AUGUST 24, 1909	8708	F	5 IL INF-SP AM
CAREY, PATRICK	JANUARY 17, 1905	7006		15 MA BATT
CAWLEY, JACOB	FEBRUARY 15, 1893	2481	I	8 IL INF
CAWLEY, JACOB	SEPTEMBER 17, 1896	2481	I	8 IL INF
CLYMORE, JOHN H.	AUGUST 20, 1914	10388	I	29 IL INF
COMBS, SAMUEL C.	JULY 31, 1909	8670	G	62 IL INF
COMPTON, CHARLES	JANUARY 11, 1911	9372	D	16 IL CAV
COMPTON, MARGARET	JANUARY 30, 1911	401
CRISE, FRED	APRIL 19, 1890	1545	D	20 IL INF
FRENCH, JAMES W.	AUGUST 23, 1904	6820	F	9 IN CAV
GERARD, MOSES	MAY 22, 1906	7466	D	2 IL LT ART
HENRY, JOHN	AUGUST 15, 1903	6427		US NAVY
HOGAN, JOHN	JULY 21, 1916	10932	F	31 IL INF
HOLSHAUSER, HENRY	OCTOBER 18, 1911	9641	B,D	18 IL INF
JACKSON, ANDREW	NOVEMBER 21, 1902	6160	M	8 IL INF-SP AM
JOHNSON, ARTHUR	OCTOBER 25, 1896	3731	B	29 USC INF
JONES, LEWIS	MARCH 27, 1890	1517	M	5 USP AMRT
LAMBERT, OLIVER C.	JANUARY 17, 1898	4164	F	18 IL INF
MAHONEY, JOHN R.	MAY 26, 1911	9474	K	33 IN INF
MAPLE, C. H.	AUGUST 21, 1889	1288		BD OF TRADE ART
MAYO, WILLIAM J.	APRIL 20, 1897	3043	D	18 IL INF
MCVAY, A. O.	JULY 28, 1890	1646	F	2 NJ INF
NEAL, SILAS	NOVEMBER 29, 1902	6169	I	39 IL INF
NOBLE, JAMES F.	SEPTEMBER 10, 1904	6846	A	15 IL CAV
O'BRIEN, PATRICK	SEPTEMBER 14, 1903	6462	M	6 IL CAV
OVERTS, JOHN	MARCH 6, 1909	8524	C,K	9 IL INF
PETTYS, NATHAN I.	OCTOBER 22, 1901	909	A	60 IL INF
PETTYS, NATHAN I.	DECEMBER 4, 1902	909	A	60 IL INF
PETTYS, NATHAN I.	AUGUST 17, 1888	909	A	60 IL INF
PRICE, SARAH F.	SEPTEMBER 27, 1916	907
PRICO, MICHAEL D.	SEPTEMBER 27, 1916	10989	D	48 KY INF
SANDERS, WILLIAM R.	JANUARY 23, 1892	2156	E	81 IL INF
SILOER, NATHANIEL W.	AUGUST 11, 1906	7537	M	8 IL INF-SP AM
SOWDERS, BENJAMIN E.	NOVEMBER 5, 1903	6541	K	80 OH INF
STICHROAD, GEORGE S.	OCTOBER 19, 1903	3838	D	55 KY INF
STICKROOD, GEORGE	OCTOBER 15, 1901	3838	D	55 KY INF
STICKROUD, GEORGE	DECEMBER 8, 1896	3838	D	55 KY INF
STRICKROAD, GEORGE	SEPTEMBER 24, 1900	3838	D	55 KY INF
STUART, JOHN A.	JULY 14, 1904	6767		US NAVY
TAYLOR, WILLIAM E.	SEPTEMBER 19, 1905	7244		US NAVY
WATSON, WILLIAM M.	JANUARY 27, 1900	5142	M	8 IL INF-SP AM
WHITE, JAMES	SEPTEMBER 20, 1907	7874	G	1 IL LT ART
WHITE, WILLIAM	OCTOBER 20, 1906	7602	I	81 IL INF

WORLD WAR I VETERANS

BENEFIELD, Henry, Pvt, 123 Field Arty, 33 Div., July 29, 1921; buried in Sims Cemetery.

CHANDLER, Warren W., Co. H, 48 INF; buried in Bongard Cemetery.

CLENDENEN, Paul M., Alexander County, Cairo. Buried in Europe.

CLIFFORD, Leonard, d. World War I, July 1918, son of L.O. and Rosa L. Clifford. Leonard, was killed in World War I in July of 1918 and it is for him that the Clifford-Mills-Clendenen VFW Post 2649 of Cairo is named.

GOODMAN, Richard F., 14 AA BATTERY. Buried in Lindsey Cemetery.

LATHAN, Edgar E., Alexander County, Cache. Buried in Europe.

LOVELL, David J., Co. B, FA TRN BN. Buried in Lindsey Cemetery.

MILLER, Lloyd S., Co. I, 18 US INF. Buried in Lindsey Cemetery.

MOORE, Dan, Co, L, 48 INF. Buried in Lindsey Cemetery.

PORTER, William N., Co. B, ENGRS 22 DIV. Buried in Lindsey Cemetery.

PUTNICK, George William, b. 1902; d. 1944. He enlisted in the Marines at the age of 15.

WEIMAN, Paul E., Co. D, 3 US INF. Buried in Thebes Cemetery.

YATES, Chesley Wilburn, 159 DEP BRIG. Buried in Bongard Cemetery.

Source: Illinois State Archives, created and donated by Fred Delap of Kansas, Illinois. Delap is a volunteer with the Edgar County Genealogical Society. He indexed the 1929 publication, ROLL OF HONOR, which contains the locations of the burial places of soldiers, sailors, marines, and army nurses who served in any of the wars of the United States and are buried in Illinois.

Abbreviations used in the 1929 Illinois Roll of Honor are: B=Black Hawk; R=Revolutionary War; C=Civil War; S=Spanish-American War; I=Indian War; W=World War I; M=Mexican War.

NAME	WAR	CO	UNIT	VOL-PG	CEMETERY
ABERNATHIE, JOHN A.	C	A	15 IL CAV	1-55	LINDZA*
BERRY, GEORGE A.				1-56	PROVO
BOGER, JAMES	C	H	77 IL INF	1-54	ELCO*
BOWDEN, CHESTER				1-55	MOUNDS
BOYD, THOMAS H.	C	G	13 IL CAV	1-54	BEECH RIDGE
BRIDE, H.A.				1-56	ULLIN
BROWN, JAMES	C	B	42 USC INF	1-54	CAIRO
CHANDLER, WARREN W.	W	H	48 INF	1-54	BONGARD
CORCINE, ALFRED	C	G	77 IL INF	1-56	THEBES
CRAYTON, ALBERT				1-54	CAIRO
CRITE, ALEX	C	H	77 IL INF	1-54	ELCO*
DACRES, HARRY JAMES JR.				1-56	VILLA RIDGE
DAMRON, WILLIAM J.	C	E	18 IL INF	1-54	BANKARD
DENTON, CORNELIUS	C	F	50 IL INF	1-55	LINDZA*
DUNN, WARREN	C	G	77 IL INF	1-54	ELCO*
GALL, SEPIOUS			US NAVY	1-54	CAIRO
GOODMAN, RICHARD F.	W		14 AA BAT	1-55	LINDZA*
HARVELL, WILLIAM	C	E	32 IL INF	1-55	PALMER
HAVELL, THOMAS J.	C	I	18 IL INF	1-55	PHILLIPS
HIXON, TULLY R.				1-54	BEECH GROVE
JONES, LUKE				1-55	NATIONAL
JONES, NATHAN				1-55	NATIONAL
JORDAN, ELIJAH	C	M	8 IL CAV	1-56	THEBES
JOURDEN, ALEX	C	G	77 IL INF	1-54	ELCO (Sims)
LARKIN, THOMAS				1-54	BEECH GROVE
LASLEY, PARVEY A.		I	1 US CAV	1-55	MOUNDS
LEAKE, GUY B.	W	E	16 IL CAV	1-54	BEECH GROVE
LOLLESS, ANDREW J.	C	G	130 IL INF	1-55	PHILLIPS
LOVELL, DAVID J.	W	B	FA TRN BN	1-55	LINDZA*
MCDANIEL, JAMES N.	S	E	4 IL INF	1-55	OLIVE BRANCH
MCGEE, SAMUEL A.	C	H	15 IL CAV	1-55	LINDZA*
MILLER, LLOYD S.	W	I	18 US INF	1-55	LINDZA*
MOORE, DAN	W	L	48 INF	1-55	LINDZA*
PEARCE, DAVID Y.	C	F	31 IL INF	1-55	PHILLIPS
POLK, FRANK				1-55	MOUNDS
PORTER, WILLIAM N.	W	B	ENGRS 22 DIV	1-55	LINDZA*
REAMS, THOMAS	C	F	29 IL INF	1-55	LINDZA*
RISELING, WILLIAM H.	C	K	MS MAR BRIG	1-56	THEBES
ROBBS, JAMES	C	G	6 IL CAV	1-55	LINDZA*
SCHRAND, HUGH				1-56	THEBES
SNELL, RUDOLPH	C	D	154 IL INF	1-54	CAIRO
STEWART, FRANK				1-55	MOUNDS
STEWART, HENRY H.				1-55	MOUNDS
SWIDDY, JOHN	C	H	77 IL INF	1-54	ELCO*
TAYLOR, JAMES A.	C	F	46 IL INF	1-55	LINDZA*
THOMPSON, GEORGE W.	C	E	60 IL INF	1-54	HAZELWOOD
WARD, BURWELL	C	L	13 IL CAV	1-55	LINDZA*
WEIMAN, PAUL E.	W	D	3 US INF	1-56	THEBES
WILLARD, JOHN W.	C	H	81 IL INF	1-54	CUMINS
WISE, THEODORE JESSIE				1-55	MOUNDS
YATES, CHESLEY WILBURN	W		159 DEP BRIG	1-54	BONGARD

World War II News from the Thebes area

Cairo Evening Citizen

Donated by Judy Simpson

Mr. and Mrs. Emile Schlamer of Thebes have received a letter from their son, Sgt. Louis Schlamer, who was in the invasion of Okinawa, that he has been sent back to the Philippines where his brother, Sgt. Emile Schlamer is stationed. They visited with each other. This was the first time they had seen each other in over two years.
Sgt. Emile Schlamer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Emile Schlamer of Thebes has been transferred from New Guinea to Luzon. A brother, Sgt. Gerald Schlamer has returned to Camp Gorden, Ga, after spending a 12 day furlough with his parents.
Pvt. Kenneth D. Calvert, son of Mr. and Mrs. K. D. Calvert of Thebes is now stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Sgt. Emile Schlamer, Sgt. Gerald Schlamer and S/Sgt Louis Schlamer, sons of Mrs. Emile Schlamer of Thebes have returned home with discharges. Sgt. Emile Schlamer spent five years in the service, 27 months of which was overseas; Sgt. Gerald Schlamer spent four years and four months in the service. S/Sgt Louis Schlamer spent three years and four months, 18 months of which was overseas.