Pgs 412-686 - Illinois Ancestors

OF PENN TOWNSHIP. 633
countrv. At the age of fifteen years he bonnd himself apprentice to
captain Jacob Gillis, of the ship " Queen," bound for Mobile, ancl
serbecl on the ocean until March, 1849, when he bid farewell to the sea
at New O~.leans, ;~nd by April \\.as at Ginton, Ill. There lle engaged
in ~lzining for eight years. I-Ie marriecl Miss Salina, dz~ughter of
Abraiiz arlcl Ann Savill, all iiatisres of England. In 1860 he purchased
lantl in this county, on which they residetl until August 13, 1862, when
he enlisted in Conl1)any B. One-llanclrecl-and-t ~velftli Illinois Infantry,
and ;xiclecl to illalte tl~e recortl credited to that cominnncl as given in
the military clinl~ter, in whicll also his own lnilitaly record IS given.
ll e was \voundeil at Clevelan~l, Tenn., made l~risone~., l~aulecl to Dalton,
Ga., 1~0111 Ihlton to Cass\~ille, tllence to Atlanta in Janunyv, 1b63, sufferecl
all tile I~orrors of rehel t~eatnienthere, aiicl the even Jrorse horro~s
of Anclerson\~ilIe, to \vllich lie was t~~nsferrecl in April. On Septei~ll~er
BStli, tlle third rel~ort of esc11nng.e of y~.isoners \vas circulateel,
iincl this time tliere was solne founclation, for lie, with othe~s, \\'as removed
to Cl~~rleston ; but tlle rehel sco~llge \\-as crnel. There the
IJnion prisc~ners \vere kept uncler fire of tl~e L~nion guns, anil ultiniately
niorecl l)acl< into t11e colu~tiy to experience the terrors of Florence.
After fourteen lnontlls ancl t welre clays of the vilest treatment 1~11icll
men could inflict on n wonnclecl i~n~l sick man, 11e was ~eleasecl November
30, IhCY4. The forty acres n~hicli he purchasecl in 1860 non- clajmecl
111s attention. Tl~js tract he maliagetl so well that he has since added
sixty acres to it, ant1 erected a substantial resiclence together \\-it11
otlner b~~ilclings. In 1)olities he is Reprtblicau ; in religjon, non-denoniination;~l,
bnt :I sul~porter of chl.istinn chaiches ; in soclety nff;lir*s he is
;L melnber* of Jsnles J~~ckson Post, G. A. It., ailel for three gears past
bas served as Post Surgeon. In to\vnship affairs he has lleld several
offices, ancl servecl as tlwector of his school clistrict. Of four children
born to Mr. and Nrs. IIolnies, three are living, namely : Maria A., wife
of W. C. Bocock; $11-s. TValter Slvetts, of &farshall county ; and Al-
Eyed E., resltling at hollie. ( Vitle nil.itc~/-:(l chcptu..)
Lco Jdq, son of Anclrew ancl Ros~nna Julg, both natives of Baclen,
C;elnranyv, \\.as bur11 tl~ei~e Illiarcll 30, 1835. In 1852 lle came to the
IIuitecl 8t:~tes. l~~nclecl at New Orleans, proceeded to Peoria, Ill., and
there learnetl the slloe~nal;er's tracle. In 1856 he inoved to Woodford
county, fi~rlnetl there one season, resn~netl his trade at Penola, in that
county, \\-here 11e resitletl until 1859, when lle returned to Peoria,
\~ol.liecl tliere a few ~iiontl~s, when he ~novecl to Minonli, Ill. ancl establisl~i~lg
a, shop re~iiained there until August, 1S62, when he enlisted in
Comlx~ny 11, Seventy-seventl~ Illinois Yolunteer Infantry. IIe 1vit11
seven otile1.s were captured at M;~nsfielcl, La.. ancl sliaretl the terrible
ordeal of life ill rebel plaisons for t11ii.teen ~nonths and nineteen clays,
being esc11:tn~ed May 29. 1M35. Tliere is one l)~-igllt memory connectetl
wit11 111s imprisonment. It was tlie celebration of July 4, 1864,
by 3,500 Union nlen in prison. One of tlienl reat1 tlie Dei+laration,
~vliile n~iotl~er 1)rougllt fort11 a Union flag, fastenetl it to i~ pole, ancl
raisecl it ()\.el+ tlie bl.usll ~v:ikinp, ~vl~ich they built for silatle. Tl~e prisotlers
cl~eereclustilg, rvhile the guards loolietl sullenly at the old flag
as it floated above a rebel strongholcl. I11 June, 1865, he was mustered