Military Hero
Samuel A Whiteside was the son of John D Whiteside and Judith Tolley. In 1811, Captain Whiteside was the commander of the Illinois 17th Infantry. He distinguised himself in the War of 1812 and the Winnebago War. In 1814, he pursued Native Americans who killed a woman and six children near Alton, Illinois, finding and killing one of them. He was one of the signers of the Kickapoo and Osage Treaties of 1815. He was named to a commission to select a new state capital for Illinois, selecting Vandalia, and served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1819 to 1821. In the Black Hawk War of 1832, he led the First Brigade of the Illinois milita as a Brigadier General. Captain Abraham Lincoln led a company under his command. Whiteside County, Illinois was named in his honor.
He was a member of the Free Masons as shown by the insignia on his tombstone.
See:
http://illinois1812warsociety.org/samuel.html
Samuel A Whiteside was the son of John D Whiteside and Judith Tolley. In 1811, Captain Whiteside was the commander of the Illinois 17th Infantry. He distinguised himself in the War of 1812 and the Winnebago War. In 1814, he pursued Native Americans who killed a woman and six children near Alton, Illinois, finding and killing one of them. He was one of the signers of the Kickapoo and Osage Treaties of 1815. He was named to a commission to select a new state capital for Illinois, selecting Vandalia, and served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1819 to 1821. In the Black Hawk War of 1832, he led the First Brigade of the Illinois milita as a Brigadier General. Captain Abraham Lincoln led a company under his command. Whiteside County, Illinois was named in his honor.
He was a member of the Free Masons as shown by the insignia on his tombstone.
See:
http://illinois1812warsociety.org/samuel.html
Military Hero
Samuel A Whiteside was the son of John D Whiteside and Judith Tolley. In 1811, Captain Whiteside was the commander of the Illinois 17th Infantry. He distinguised himself in the War of 1812 and the Winnebago War. In 1814, he pursued Native Americans who killed a woman and six children near Alton, Illinois, finding and killing one of them. He was one of the signers of the Kickapoo and Osage Treaties of 1815. He was named to a commission to select a new state capital for Illinois, selecting Vandalia, and served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1819 to 1821. In the Black Hawk War of 1832, he led the First Brigade of the Illinois milita as a Brigadier General. Captain Abraham Lincoln led a company under his command. Whiteside County, Illinois was named in his honor.
He was a member of the Free Masons as shown by the insignia on his tombstone.
See:
http://illinois1812warsociety.org/samuel.html
Samuel A Whiteside was the son of John D Whiteside and Judith Tolley. In 1811, Captain Whiteside was the commander of the Illinois 17th Infantry. He distinguised himself in the War of 1812 and the Winnebago War. In 1814, he pursued Native Americans who killed a woman and six children near Alton, Illinois, finding and killing one of them. He was one of the signers of the Kickapoo and Osage Treaties of 1815. He was named to a commission to select a new state capital for Illinois, selecting Vandalia, and served in the Illinois General Assembly from 1819 to 1821. In the Black Hawk War of 1832, he led the First Brigade of the Illinois milita as a Brigadier General. Captain Abraham Lincoln led a company under his command. Whiteside County, Illinois was named in his honor.
He was a member of the Free Masons as shown by the insignia on his tombstone.
See:
http://illinois1812warsociety.org/samuel.html
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