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

member of the United Brethren Church at Havana and took quite an active interest in this
work when he was able. He was also a member of the IOOF lodge of Havana. Used with
permission.
Knock, Jasper N.—Enlisted 25 February 1864 as a Private, 16 years and 11 months old,
in Co. G, 50 th Infantry. Mustered out 13 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Description
at enlistment: grey eyes; dark hair, farmer. Brother to Bruce Knock. Died 15/16 May
1905.
Knock, Jasper N.—Civil War Pension Application, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,
Baltimore, Maryland: Married three times. First wife was Eliza E. Kinnette who died 11
February 1869. Married Ida May Jones of Cherokee, Kansas in November, 1871. She
died 8 January 1887. He then married Sarah Merritt on 3 February 1889 in Independence
(Montgomery) Kansas. Sarah was born 24 April 1867 in Arcadia, Indiana. Jasper was a
wagonmaker in the employ of John Foster of Cherokee (Crawford) Kansas.
His children: Orpha May born 27 July 1890 only child with wife Sarah Merritt; Harry T.
born 1868; Claude M. born 21 November 1874; Daniel C. born 20 February 1880; and
Phoebe E. born 6 April 1883.
Jasper suffered from measles at Camp Butler, Illinois, in 1864, followed by chronic
diarrhea. He died of Bright’s disease, aggravated by chronic diarrhea. Sarah died 13
November 1943.
After his Jasper’s death in 1905, Sarah married Charles Harry Hoffman on 28 January
1906. They were divorced on the grounds of cruelty and non-support in October 1932.
Obituary from South Kansas Tribune, Wednesday, May 24, 1905, page 1 (used with
permission of Judy Mayfield)—Jasper N. Knock was born in Fulton County, Ill., in 1847,
enlisted in Co. G of the Fifteenth Illinois [50 th Infantry] at the age of 15, served
throughout the Civil war, and answered the last roll call at fifty-eight, on Tuesday
evening May 16 th . He located in Crawford County in 1872, and a few years later moved
to this city where he has resided since. For a long time he was a wagon maker, but ill
health compelled him to give it up, and for three years he has been an invalid suffering
from a complication of diseases. He leaves a wife and two daughters and three sons. His
brother, R. B. Knock and sister Mrs. Campbell of Havana were frequent visitors to his
bedside and were at the funeral. The funeral was under the auspices of the Grand Army,
and Elder C. H. Jones left the general conference at Topeka to come and preach the
funeral service.
Knock, Wallace R.—Enlisted 1 October 1861 as a Private, 22 years old, in Co. G, 50 th
Infantry. Promoted to Sergeant. Reenlisted 1 January 1864 at Lynnville, Tennessee.
Mustered out 13 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Description at enlistment: 5’8 ½”
tall, light hair, grey eyes. Born in Fulton Co., Illinois, on 4 October 1839. Died 30 July
1910. Burial at Ipava Cemetery (Fulton) Illinois.
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