Sgt. Amos E. Rigby

Sgt. Amos E. Rigby

K Co. 132nd Ill. Vol. Inf.

100 Days Service

   Mustered In June 1, 1864 at Camp Fry in Chicago, Ill's.
   Garrison duty at Paducah, Ky.
   Mustered Out Oct. 17, 1864 in Chicago, Ill's.

Post war;
   Listed on the 1870 Census #237/427 as aged 26 years living in Plato, Ill.
   Moved to Elgin, Ill.
   Worked at the Watch Factory.
   Joined Elgin GAR Veteran's Post #49 Aug. 3, 1884.
   Member of the Odd Fellows.
   Listed on the 1900 Federal Census as a 55 year old Steel Polisher born in Illinois.  He could read and write English.  He lived in Elgin, Ill.

   Obit; April 12, 1902 issue of The Elgin Weekly Courier.
   Amos E. Rigby, a well known resident of Elgin for many years, died at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at home, No. 330 Hendee street, aged about 60 years.
   He had been more or less an invalid since 1892 and for the past six months his condition was serious.  he had been employed in the watch factory.
   He was a member of the G.A.R. and of Kane lodge of Odd Fellows.
   A widow and one son survive him.  His father, brother and sister reside at Dundee.

   Buried at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin, Ill.

Used with permission Dan Mallett

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