The "J" middle initial on the marker is an error; should be "T". https://www.cem.va.gov/nationwide-gravesite-locator/#N898
From Bartons Legislative Handbook of the State of Washington, 1889-1890. pg. 223, the listing of the members of the House of Representatives:
(Republican), of Lincoln county, was born near Rock Island, Ill., March 1, 1848; enlisted in the war of the rebellion, aged 16 years, in the 102d Illinois Volunteers and 16th Illinois Veterans; joined Sherman's army at Savannah, Georgia, as the baby soldier of General (now president) Harrison's brigade; emigrated to Nevada in 1878, and moved from there to what is now Lincoln county, Washington, in the fall of 1879; was the first elected assessor of Lincoln county; is a farmer.
Per spouse obit., moved to California in 1897.
Died at the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Sawtelle, Los Angeles.
From Bartons Legislative Handbook of the State of Washington, 1889-1890. pg. 223, the listing of the members of the House of Representatives:
(Republican), of Lincoln county, was born near Rock Island, Ill., March 1, 1848; enlisted in the war of the rebellion, aged 16 years, in the 102d Illinois Volunteers and 16th Illinois Veterans; joined Sherman's army at Savannah, Georgia, as the baby soldier of General (now president) Harrison's brigade; emigrated to Nevada in 1878, and moved from there to what is now Lincoln county, Washington, in the fall of 1879; was the first elected assessor of Lincoln county; is a farmer.
Per spouse obit., moved to California in 1897.
Died at the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Sawtelle, Los Angeles.
The "J" middle initial on the marker is an error; should be "T". https://www.cem.va.gov/nationwide-gravesite-locator/#N898
From Bartons Legislative Handbook of the State of Washington, 1889-1890. pg. 223, the listing of the members of the House of Representatives:
(Republican), of Lincoln county, was born near Rock Island, Ill., March 1, 1848; enlisted in the war of the rebellion, aged 16 years, in the 102d Illinois Volunteers and 16th Illinois Veterans; joined Sherman's army at Savannah, Georgia, as the baby soldier of General (now president) Harrison's brigade; emigrated to Nevada in 1878, and moved from there to what is now Lincoln county, Washington, in the fall of 1879; was the first elected assessor of Lincoln county; is a farmer.
Per spouse obit., moved to California in 1897.
Died at the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Sawtelle, Los Angeles.
From Bartons Legislative Handbook of the State of Washington, 1889-1890. pg. 223, the listing of the members of the House of Representatives:
(Republican), of Lincoln county, was born near Rock Island, Ill., March 1, 1848; enlisted in the war of the rebellion, aged 16 years, in the 102d Illinois Volunteers and 16th Illinois Veterans; joined Sherman's army at Savannah, Georgia, as the baby soldier of General (now president) Harrison's brigade; emigrated to Nevada in 1878, and moved from there to what is now Lincoln county, Washington, in the fall of 1879; was the first elected assessor of Lincoln county; is a farmer.
Per spouse obit., moved to California in 1897.
Died at the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Sawtelle, Los Angeles.
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