Major William M. (W) Taylor

Major William M. (W) Taylor

       From the Elgin Reserved Militia Rolls

1861 Elgin Class II Reserve Militia

   Signed the roll July 27, 1861.

Field      8th Ill. Cav.

   Promoted Capt. of Ambulances in the Commissary Dept. March 1863.

Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.

Member Elgin GAR Post #260.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Died - June 15, 1894
Buried at - Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 69, Section 8

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.
Militia forms filed for Elgin in 1861