Pvt. Marvin Quadkenbush (Quackenbush)

Pvt. Marvin Quadkenbush (Quackenbush)

I Co. 153rd Ill. Vol. Inf.

One Years Service

   School Teacher.
   Enlisted in un-named regiment in 1861 but not accepted due to an injured foot.
   In 1864 he worked for the Quartermasters Department in Chicago.
   Home of record listed as Earl, Ill's.
   Mustered In Feb. 17, 1865 at Camp Fry in Chicago.
   Guard duties along the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.
   Mustered Out Sept. 21, 1865.
   Received final pay and discharged at Springfield, Ill. Sept. 24, 1865.

Post war;
   School Teacher in Elgin.
   Elected Kane County Superintendent in 1886.
   Listed on the 1900 Census as a 57 year old Company Super. from New York.  He could read and write English.  He lived in West Dundee, Ill.
   Died April 18, 1903.
   Buried at Dundee Township Cemetery, West.