2nd Lt. Augustuis L. Pendergast

2nd Lt. Augustuis L. Pendergast

B Co. 43rd Ohio Inf.

Post War;
   Moved to Elgin, Ill. in the late 1860's.
   Member Elgin GAR Post #260.
   Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 17, 1887.
   Member of the Odd Fellows.
 
   Obit; June 1, 1927 issue of The Elgin Courier-News.
   Augustus L. Pendergast, Civil war veteran, and for more than sixty years a well known painter and decorator of this city, died at his home, 58 South Liberty street, at 9 o'clock last night, following a lingering illness of heart trouble.  He was seventy-nine years of age, having been born in Lyons, N.Y., March 13, 1848.
   Mr. Pendergast had been in failing health for the past three years but his condition of recent weeks had been considered serious.  Death resulted from a sudden heart attack.
   During the civil war Mr. Pendergast served in the 52nd Ohio infantry and shortly after the close of the war came to Elgin to make his home.  Dec. 7, 1871, he was married to Katherine Ann Christie, who preceded him in death.
   He was a member ot eh Grand Army and Odd Fellows and had always been of a cheerful disposition, kind and neighborly, always willing to lend a helping hand.
   He is survived by one son, Frank Pendergast, and a grandson, Leonard Pendergast, both of Chicago.  One sister, Mrs. Lydia Bales of Chillicothe, Ill., and a sister-in-law, Althea Christie, also survive.
   Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Wait-Ross-Allanson funeral church, Dr. Paul H. Yourd, pastor of the Congregational church, officiating.  interment will be in Bluff City cemetery.

   Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.

Obit lists him in the 52nd Ohio.