Pvt. Peter Peterson

Pvt. Peter Peterson

       From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

D Co.          52d Ill. Vol. Inft.

The Lincoln Regiment

   Mustered in Nov. 19, 1861 at Camp Lyon in Geneva, Ill's.
   Issued .69 US Altered Musket

       From the Post #49 Files
Joined GAR Veteran's Post #49 May 3, 1887.

       Obit; Oct. 2, 1893 issue of The Elgin Daily News.
   Peter Peterson died of a chronic disease at 1:30 o'clock this morning, aged 60 years, 1 month and 14 days.  He was a native of Sweden, but had spent the past thirty-six years of his life in this country, earning a livelihood by market gardening.  He leaves a daughter, Mrs. Frank Tuttle, and a step-daughter, Mrs. Wm. Orton, with whom he resided at No. 284 park street.  he was a member of Capt. Newton's company, 52d Illinois Volunteers.
   The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the house.

       From the 1880 Census
Name - Peter Peterson
Aged - 42 Years
Born - 1838 in Sweden
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 356 Bridge street
Race - White
Occupation - Laborer
Spouse - Louisa Peterson
Spouses Age - 40 Years

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll

Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.
Location - Lot 127, Section 5
Issued a Gov't Headstone

Used with permission Elgin Area Hist. Soc.

From the collection of Ken Gough

US Altered Musket

Model 1816 Springfield / dated 1827

Used with permission Dan Mallett

Many members of Post #49 sewed watch faces to their ribbons to show they were from Elgin.