Spanish-American War
To the war with Spain, the county sent two companies of the Illinois National guard, Company C, of Galesburg, commanded by Captain T. L. McGirr and Company D, of Abingdon, in charge of Captain Frank W. Latimer. These companies served in the Porto Rico campaign. Subsequently Captain McGirr and a number of men from this county took part in the Phillipine Campaign.
Extracted 14 Dec 2017 from Annals of Knox County, published in 1918.
Name * Rank * Company * Unit * Residence
AIKEN, GLEN C * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
ALLEN, GEORGE E * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
ANDERSON, BENJAMIN * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
ARMSTRONG, FRED D * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
ATKINS, ASH A * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
ATKINS, CHARLES C * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BACON, FRANK * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BACON, JAMES H * CPL * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BAMGARDNER, CHARLES L * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BANDY, WILLIAM H * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * KNOXVILLE
BARTON, JAMES S * 1SG * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BAWMAN, ALFRED B * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BEARD, ALMENDIS B * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BENEDICT, JACOB C * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BENSON, IRA E * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BIRD, JACOB C * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BIRDSALL, WILLIAM H * CPL * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BOHMAN, SVAN * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BORINE, CARL J L * SGT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BRIGGS, SEYMOUR S * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BURKHALTER, ALVIN P * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
BURTON, GEORGE * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
BYLOFF, CONRAD A * 1LT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
CALKINS, WILLIS E * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
CARR, CLARK M * 2LT * L * 9 IL INF * GALESBURG
CARTER, WILLIAM S * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
COCHRAN, VICTOR N * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
COLE, JAMES D * PVT * A * IL ART * GALESBURG
COOLIDGE, WALTER F * CPL * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
COPP, WILLIAM H * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
CORBIN, EDWIN J * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
COX, JOHN W * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
CRAMER, FRANK * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
CROSS, ARTHUR * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
CUSTER, JOHN * PVT * D * 3 IL INF * SALUDA
DAVIS, DAVID E * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
DE FORD, FRANK E * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
DETRICK, WILLARD * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
DIEFENDERFER, JACOB B * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
DUNCAN, IRA L * PVT * M * 6 IL INF * GILSON
DUNN, JOSEPH H JR * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
EARLE, CLARENCE V * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
EARLL, LEMUEL T * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
EDWARDS, ROBERT B * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
ELDER, GEORGE L * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
ELSTON, SAMUEL J * PVT * B * 6 IL INF * KNOXVILLE
FARROW, JOHN * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
FERRIS, JACK W * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
FICKEL, JOHN J * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
FISHER, FRED J * CPL * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
FLAKE, EDWIN * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
FRANDEN, OSCAR * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
GEORGE, WILBUR * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
GOFORTH, JAMES R * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
GOTTRICK, FRED W * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HANDWRIGHT, JAMES * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
HARSHBARGER, LEWIS A * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
HELLER, FRANK L * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
HILL, HENRY C * PVT * A * IL ART * GALESBURG
HOLCOMB, BENJAMIN F * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HOLLISTER, LESTER * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
HONSEL, OSCAR L * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HOPKINS, HARRY B * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HOPKINS, ROLLA C * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HOSLER, HERBERT S * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HUDDLESTON, CHARLES * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
HUEY, CHARLES V * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
HULSE, RICHARD D * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JACKSON, WILLIAM A * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JOHNSON, CHARLES O * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JOHNSON, FRANK E * 1SG * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JOHNSON, HARRY A * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JOHNSON, WILLIAM A * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JOHNSTON, WILLIAM J * SGT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
JONES, JAMES H * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
JONES, ROY E * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
JUNGSTROM, CARL * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
KAY, LEWIS W * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
KENNEDY, DANIEL H * CPL * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
KENNEDY, EDWIN * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
KING, BERT C * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
KLOCK, EARL * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
KNUTSON, JOSEPH H * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
KOHLER, GUSTAVE J * CPL * A * IL ART * GALESBURG
KROTHER, JOSEPH * PVT * A * IL ART * KNOXVILLE
LATIMER, FRANK W * CPT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
LEIGH, JOHN F * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
LEWIS, ADELBERT D * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
LINSTROM, ALBERT * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
LOGAN, FRANK H * PVT * K * 8 IL INF * GALESBURG
LONGBRAKE, GEORGE R * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
MAGINNIS, ALBERT R * SGT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
MARTIN, GEORGE R * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
MC GIRR, THOMAS L * CPT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
MC KINTY, WILLIAM H * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
MC LAUGHLIN, GEORGE * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
MELVIN, HARRY E * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
MERRITT, BYRON * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
METCALF, ARTHUR A * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
MOORE, GRANT F * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * GILSON
MOUNT, ROLLA * PVT * A * IL ART * GALESBURG
MULLEN, HUGH K * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
NELSON, JOHN A * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
NELSON, LUDVIC * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
NORDWALL, DAVID J * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
NYLON, MART J * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
OMAN, JAMES W * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
PALMER, JACOB S * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PEACOCK, ARTHUR D * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
PECKENPAUGH, E P * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PENDARVIS, CHARLES R * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PETERSON, ALBERT * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PETTETT, HOWARD L * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PHILBLAD, CHARLES R * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PIERCE, FRANK M * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PIERCE, WILLIAM H * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
POTTER, MARK J * MUS * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
POTTS, NOBLE F * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
PURDY, FRANK * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
RAKER, HENRY W * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
RANKIN, JOHN M * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
REAGOR, LEONIDAS T * 2LT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
REED, EDWIN C * SGT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
ROSE, CHARLES J * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
ROWE, JESSE * ASUR * HQ * 1 IL CAV * ABINGDON
SAMUELSON, ROBERT J * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SANDBURG, CHARLES A * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SCANLAN, SARGENT * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
SCHNEIDER, CARL H * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SCOTT, JOHN * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SEQUIST, CON * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SHARPLES, PHILIP D * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SHIPPLETT, JOE * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
SMITH, HENRY C * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SMITH, JOHN H * CPL * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
SMYTH, DANIEL K * 2LT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
SPILMAN, HOMER * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
STEELE, FRANK N * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
STEELE, WILLIAM K * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
STROMBERG, JOHN W * PVT * H * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
STROMLOW, MAX T C * CPL * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
SWARTZ, IRA C * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
SWITZER, JAMES W * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
TANNING, ANDREW P * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
THOMSON, THOMAS W * MUS * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
TRACY, EDWIN F * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
TREVOR, FRANK R * 1LT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
TYNER, HARRY * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
UNDERWOOD, BENJAMIN F * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WADE, CHARLES F * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WAGER, LEONARD S * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WESTFALL, CLYDE R * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WESTON, HARRY * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
WHITWAM, J ARTHUR * SGT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
WILEY, JESSE F * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WILLIAMSON, WARREN * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WILSON, OSCAR S * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WINDERS, CHARLES H * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WOLF, BERT * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WOODARD, HARRY C * PVT * C * 6 IL INF * GALESBURG
WOODS, WALTER * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
WOOLLEY, DALE A * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
WRIGHT, ARTHUR B * PVT * D * 6 IL INF * ABINGDON
Extracted 30 May 2016 from Illinois State Archives website by Norma Hass
