Pvt. Joseph (George) T. Sturges

Pvt. Joseph (George) T. Sturges

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

G Co. 134th Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

   Enlisted May 18, 1864.
   Mustered In May 31, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
   Home of record listed as Chicago, Ill's.
   Garrison duties in Columbus, Ky.
   Mustered Out Oct. 25, 1864 at Chicago, Ill's.

       From the Post #49 files
Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Sept. 1, 1911.

       From the 1900 Census
Name - Joseph Sturges
Aged - 59 Years
Born - England
Home in 1900 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Occupation - Blacksmith


       Obit: May 14, 1923 issue The Elgin Daily Courier.
   Joseph Sturges died Sunday, May 13, at 5:20 o'clock, at his home, 666 Dundee avenue after a brief illness of three weeks, which was the first sickness during his lifetime, he being eighty-two years, two months and twenty-four days old.
   Mr. Sturges came to america from clatford, Hampshire, England, in 1860 and enlisted in the Civil war May 18, 1865, he belonged to Co. G, 134th Illinois volunteer infantry.
   Mr. Sturges is survived by his wife and four children, Harry of Belvidere, William of Caledonia, Roy and Nell of Elgin.  Mr. Sturges was a member of the first Methodist church of Elgin.
   Funeral services will be strictly private from the home Tuesday, May 15.  Interment in Bluff city cemetery.

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Pvt. Geo. T. Sturgess
Unit - Co. G       134th Ill. Inf.
Died - May 13, 1929
Interred at - Bluff City Cemetery (Lot 69 Section 14 with a private purchase headstone) in Elgin, Ill.

Location - Lot 69, Section 14

Used with permission Dan Mallett

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