Illinois Volunteer Infantry
By Henry J. Aten, 1901
Page 355
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Samuel Jones was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1839, and was a married farmer when he enlisted from Mason county. He served with his company throughout the war, and was mustered out with the regiment. He returned to Illinois and resumed farming near Bryant station, in Fulton county, but a year or so later he removed to Mason county, where he has since been engaged as a painter and farmer. He resides at Mason City.
Daniel Koozer was born in Peoria, Ill., in 1841, and was a farmer when he enlisted from Tazewell county. He served with his company until mounted as a scout at brigade headquarters, and was wounded while scouting near the close of the campaign in the Carolinas. He died from the effects of this wound at Goldsboro, N. C., March 27, 1865, his remains being buried at No. 106 in the national cemetery at Raleigh, N. C.
David Kratzer was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, 1839, and was an unmarried farmer when he enlisted from Tazewell county, Illinois. He served with his company until wounded in the assault on Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864, and died from the effects of wounds at Big Shanty, Ga., June 29, 1864.
William T. Langston was born near Winchester, Scott county, Illinois, January 10, 1844, and enlisted from Manito, in Mason county. He served with his company to the close of the war and was mustered out with the regiment. He removed to Kansas in 1877, and engaged in farming in Dickinson county until 1890, when he removed to Abilene, where he is engaged in shoemaking.
Arelius Layton was born in Scott county, Illinois, in 1831, and was married and a farmer when he enlisted from Tazewell county. He served with his company through the Kentucky campaign, but fell sick at Nashville and died December 1, 1862. His remains are buried in grave No. 6457 in the national cemetery at Nashville, Tenn.
Hiram Mason was born in McLean county, Illinois, in 1841, and enlisted as a farmer from Tazewell county. His health failed in the Kentucky campaign, and he died at Louisville, Ky., December 23, 1862. Is buried at No. 1222 in the national cemetery at Cave Hill, near Louisville, Ky.
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