Pvt. Ephraim Pay Sr.
B Co. 55th Ill. Vol. Inf.
Three Years Service
Canton Rifle's
Mustered In Oct. 31, 1861.Home of record listed as Midgeville, Ill's.
Mustered Out Oct. 31, 1864.
Known actions;
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Chickasaw Bayou, Miss. Dec. 29, 1862
Arkansas Post, Ark. Jan. 9, 1863
Champion Hill, Miss. May 16, 1863
Vicksburg, Miss. May 22, 1863
Walnut Hills, Miss. June 22, 1863
Kennesaw Mt., Ga. June 27, 1864
Ezra Chapel, Ga. July 28, 1864
Jonesboro, GA. Aug. 31, 1864
Post war;
Moved to Elgin.
Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 Sept. 5, 1892.
As a result of injuries received in a fall from a tree at his home in South Elgin last summer, in which he broke his back and sustained various other internal injuries, Ephraim Pay, Sr., a veteran of the Civil war, and an aged resident of that village, died this morning at his home.
For weeks the aged man has been lingering between life and death, and last week blood poisoning set in, causing death.
The accident happened early in the summer, while Pay was working in his cherry tree. In some unknown manner, he slipped and fell from the tree, braking his spinal column and bruising his body, exernally and internally. He was carried to his home where he has since been.
Deceased was 70 years of age and leaves a wife, two daughters and a son, Ephriam Pay, Jr., of this city.
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| Used with permission Dan Mallett |
Many members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.
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