Cpl. George D. Wilcox

Cpl. George D. Wilcox

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

The Elgin Company

   Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862

I Co. 127th Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

Elgin Sharpshooters

   Aged 20 years.
   Mustered In at Camp Douglas in Chicago, Ill's Sept. 5, 1862.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Issued .577 1857 P-53 Enfield Rifled Musket.
Known Actions;
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 26, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark.      Jan. 11, 1863
Tuscumbia, Ala. May 13, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 19, 1863
Milliken’s Bend, La.      June 13, 1863
Collierville                  Oct. 11, 1863
Resaca, Ga.                 May 13, 1864
Conasine Creek, Ga.    May 14, 1864
Dallas Hills, Ga. May 26, 1864
Kennesaw Mt., Ga.       June 27, 1864
Peachtree Creek, Ga.   July 20, 1864
Atlanta, Ga.                Aug. 13, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Marietta, Ga.               Sept. 15, 1864

   Joined the GAR, Danville, Ill. Post.

       From the Post #49 Files
   Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 27, 1884.

       From the 1900 Census
Name - George Wilcox
Aged - 54 Years
Born - New York
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - CArpenter

       Obit: June 1, 1908 issue The Elgin Daily News.
   George D. Wilcox, for a number of years a resident of Elgihn, died Friday at the National Home for Volunteer Soldiers at Danville, Ill., after a short illness.
   He was born November 28, 1841, in Steuben county, N.Y., and came to Elgin when a boy withy his parents.  The family settled on a farm in Plato township, where Mr. Wilcox resided until 1862.  In the summer of that year he enlisted in Company I, 127th Illinois Infantry, and served until the war closed, leaving the service as a corporal.
   June 16, 1866, he married Miss Ruth Potter.  They moved to Michigan where for several years he was engaged in the furniture business.  In 1872 he returned to Elgin and entered the grocery business, being a member of different firms.  He was a carpenter by trade.  Two years ago he left Elgin and has since resided at the National house.
   Surviving him are a widow; one daughter, Mrs. Estelle W. Brown; two brothers, Wellington of St;. Louis and James of Mexico, Mo., and two sisters.
   The funeral was held this afternoon with interment at Bluff City cemetery.  Members of the old 127th regiment acted as pallbearers.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 39, Section 14
Issued a Gov't Headstone

GAR records show him in K Co. and date of death as May 29, 1908.

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Many members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.