Pvt. Hugh Shannon
Listed in the 1857 Elgin Directory as a Wagon Maker living on Dundee Rd.
Listed in the 1859-1860 Elgin Directory as a Carpenter living on Dexter St.
Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #288/2133 as a 42 year old Carpenter from Auchenairn, Scotland living in Elgin, Ill's.
K Co. 52nd Ill. Vol. Inf.
The Lincoln Regiment
Mustered in at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's. on Oct. 25, 1861.Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill's.
43 year old Carpenter & Wheelwright
Issued .58 rifled musket.
Mustered Out Oct. 24, 1864.
Known Actions;
Fort Donelson, Tenn. Feb. 17, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn. April 6, 1862
Iuka, Miss. Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Miss. Oct. 3, 1862
Lay’s Ferry, Ga. May 15, 1863
Resaca, Ga. May 13, 1864
Nickajack Creek, Ga. July 2, 1864
Jonesboro, Ga. Aug. 31, 1864
Allatoona Pass, Ga. Oct. 5, 1864
Post war;
Elgin Registered Voter in 1866.
Listed on the 1870 Illinois State Census #237/295 as aged 52 years, from Scotland, living in Elgin.
Carpenter and Wheelwright for Fraser & Dunse.
Carpenter for the Condensed Milk Co.
Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 Nov. 20, 1883.
Obit; may 15, 1897 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
Hugh Shannon, one of Elgin's oldest and most respected citizens, died at 6:40 o'clock this morning at Sherman hospital. Last Thursday afternoon he underwent an operation for the removal of a cancer. Within thirty-six hours he seemed to have entirely rallied, and last evening he expressed confidence in his speedy recovery.
At 6:30 o'clock this morning the nurses summoned the physicians and ten minutes later the patient had breathed his last. The physicians pronounced apoplexy the cause of death.
Deceased was born in Auchenairn, Scotland, Jan. 28, 1818, his age being 79 years, 3 months, and 17 days. At the age of 26 years he came to America and after remaining in the state of New York ten years, came to Elgin in 1854. He was a carpenter and wheelwright by trade and for a number of years worked for Fraser & Dunse and later for I.C. Towner. In 1865 he was engaged as a carpenter by the condensed milk company and that position he had filled acceptably ever since. He worked at the bench as recently as last Saturday.
July 4, 1850, Mr. Shannon was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Kirkpatrick in New York. She, two sons and two daughters, survive him: Robert of Pender, neb., William of Elgin, Mrs. Spencer Smith of Wauconda, and Mrs. Elizabeth Puffpaff of Dundee.
Mr. Shannon enlisted in Company K, Fifty-second Illinois volunteers, and saw three years and six months of service. He was a member of Veteran post, Grand Army of the Republic, and that organization will have charge of the funeral, which will be held Monday at 2 p.m. from the First Congregational church. Rev. W.M. Walker will officiate and the burial will be in Bluff City cemetery.
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| Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc. |
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| From the collection of Ken Gough |
1861 Springfield Rifled Musket
Many members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.
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| Used with permission Dan Mallett |
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