Union Civil War Enlistments from Ipava (Fulton ... - Illinois Ancestors

George Cooney received a gun shot wound to the head on 5 October 1865 at the Battle at
Hatchie River, Tennessee while engaged with the enemy. He was taken prisoner after the
battle of Jackson Mississippi in 1863 and confined at Belle Island, Virginia.
He lived in Fulton and McLean counties, Illinois. He was partners with Ephraim
Edwards in a grocery business in McLean County, Illinois. George Conney died 27
August 1907 in McLean County. In 1940 Martha lived with or near her daughter Carrie,
dying in Omaha, Nebraska on 7 November 1940. Her address in Omaha was 3215
Hamilton Street, Omaha, Nebraska.
Coons, Henry—Enlisted 14 August 1862, 27 years old, as a private in Co. I, 103 rd
Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’10” tall; light hair, blue eyes; born in Indiana. Died
21 July 1921 in Marietta, Illinois, at the age of 86.
Coons, Henry—Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington, DC:
Born 25 May 1835 in Adams County, Indiana. His parents were David Coons and Sarah
Cox of Ohio. Henry married Lucy Dodge on 5 January 1872 in Fulton County, Illinois.
Their children: Emma M. born 26 December 1875 and Nellie born 20 May 1882.
Henry was wounded at the Battle of Mission Ridge on 25 November 1863. The gunshot
wound caused his left leg to be amputated between the knee and the foot.
Henry died 21 July 1921 in Marietta, Illinois. Lucy died 22 August 1925.
Cooper, Marcellus T.—Enlisted 24 March 1864 as a Private in Co. H, 28 th Infantry.
Mustered out 15 March 1866 at Brownsville, Texas. Son of Lebin and Eleanor Ann
(Ralph). Born 10 January 1846 in Fulton County, Illinois. One of twelve children. Died 1
November 1924 at Ipava (Fulton) Illinois. Buried at Ipava Cemetery, Fulton County,
Illinois.
Cooper, Marcellus T.—1860 US Census, Pleasant Township, Fulton County, Illinois:
Son of Levin Cooper, 53 year old farmer and Eleanor (50). Their children: Irena (21);
William (20); Macy A. or Mary A. (16); Marcellus (14); Perry (10); Philetus (7); and
Columbus (12).
Marcellus Cooper Civil War Pension Application—National Archives, Washington, DC:
Married Artha I. Littleton at Ipava on 28 October 1869. Marcellus stated that he has
always lived in Ipava. Their son: William Taylor Cooper, born 12 September 1870 and
died 1968.
Rev. Marcellus T. Cooper—He was in the siege of Spanish Fort, and spent most of the
time in garrison duty, spending nine months in Texas and nine months in Mississippi.
Mr. Cooper owns 120 acres of fine farming land. For the past thirteen years he has been
engaged in ministerial work, and at the present writing [1879] is pastor of the Christian
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