Sgt. George Wallis (Wallace)

Sgt. George Wallis (Wallace)

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

Co. D       8th Ill. Cav.

Three Years Service

Farnsworth's Regiment

   Mustered In Sept. 18, 1861 at Camp Kane in St. Charles, Ill's.
   Listed home of record as Bloomingdale, Ill's.
   Issued .56 7 shot Spencer Carbine, Revolver, and a Saber.
   Mustered Out Feb. 27, 1862 due to Disability.

       From the Post #49 Files
Member Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49.

      Obit: Feb. 23, 1901 issue The Elgin Weekly Courier.
   George Wallace died at 3 o'clock Saturday, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Lawrence, 325 Raymond street.
   Deceased was born at Syracuse, New York, and was 82 years of age.  He came to Elgin fifty-seven years ago, but resided here only one year, when he moved to bloomingdale, where he lived until last November, they returning to this city.
   Death was due to a complication of disease resulting from old age, aggravated by an attack of grip.
   He was a member of the 8th Illinois cavalry and one of the oldest members of the Baptist church at Bloomingdale.