Cpl. Rodney W. Stone

Cpl. Rodney W. Stone
 

       From the 1860 Census #306/2267
Name - Rodney Stone
Aged - 25 Years
Born - Vermont
Home in 1860 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Serving on a Farm

       From the Elgin Reserved Militia

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

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

K Co.        52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

Three Years Service

The Lincoln Regiment

   Enlisted Sept. 5, 1861.
   Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
   Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.
   Issued .58 Rifled Musket.

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

       From the 1900 Census
Name - Rodney Stone
Aged - 69 Years
Born - Vermont
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Grocer

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Cpl. Rodney W. Stone
Unit - Co;. K       52nd Ill. Inf.
Died - Feb. 8, 1904.
Interred at - Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 22, Section 7

Brother of Arthur & Charles.

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

1861 Springfield Rifled Musket