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He served in the Civil War as a Pvt in Co A 54th IL Inf. He receiveda pension for his service
and his wife received a widow's pension. Following the war he moved to Christian Co, IL, and began buying landin 10-20 acre plots which he continued for the next 50 years and, bythe time he died, had a good-sized farm. |
| He was killed by a gunshot fired by an unknown person. |