Capt. Charles O'Connell

Capt. Charles O'Connell

Unknown Regiment

 
Member of GAR Post #260.

       From the 1880 Census
Name - Charles O'Connell
Aged - 43 Years
Born - 1837 in New York
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 282 Chicago street
Race - White
Occupation - Retired Shoe Merchant
Spouse - Desdimona O'Connell
Spouses Age - 43 Years

       From the Post #49 Files
Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 27, 1884.

       Obit; Jan. 25, 1919 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
   Captain Charles O'Connell, a shoe merchant of Elgin thirty-five years ago, died at Shoshone, Wyo., Friday (January 24) afternoon.  Captain O'Connell is the father of Frank O'Connell of this city.  Burial will be in Wyoming.

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Members of Post 49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.