Per another contributor:
Richard Shaw of Lacon, Illinois, enlisted in Co. D, 77th Illinois Infantry 2 Sep 1862. He mustered out 10 July 1865 at Mobile, Alabama. (U. S. Civil War Soldiers Records & Profiles)
The pension record lists his widow's name and the year the pension was granted.
Most likely, he died in 1895. Someone had this gravestone placed 40 years after his death. I believe that the person who makes out a gravestone application such as this is also responsible for placing the gravestone, which might explain why it was shipped to a different county in Illinois.
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Update The Henry Republican 4 Jun 1885, pg 4, shows that a soldiers marker was place on Richard Shaw's grave in this cemetery.
Richard Shaw of Lacon, Illinois, enlisted in Co. D, 77th Illinois Infantry 2 Sep 1862. He mustered out 10 July 1865 at Mobile, Alabama. (U. S. Civil War Soldiers Records & Profiles)
The pension record lists his widow's name and the year the pension was granted.
Most likely, he died in 1895. Someone had this gravestone placed 40 years after his death. I believe that the person who makes out a gravestone application such as this is also responsible for placing the gravestone, which might explain why it was shipped to a different county in Illinois.
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Update The Henry Republican 4 Jun 1885, pg 4, shows that a soldiers marker was place on Richard Shaw's grave in this cemetery.
Per another contributor:
Richard Shaw of Lacon, Illinois, enlisted in Co. D, 77th Illinois Infantry 2 Sep 1862. He mustered out 10 July 1865 at Mobile, Alabama. (U. S. Civil War Soldiers Records & Profiles)
The pension record lists his widow's name and the year the pension was granted.
Most likely, he died in 1895. Someone had this gravestone placed 40 years after his death. I believe that the person who makes out a gravestone application such as this is also responsible for placing the gravestone, which might explain why it was shipped to a different county in Illinois.
_________________
Update The Henry Republican 4 Jun 1885, pg 4, shows that a soldiers marker was place on Richard Shaw's grave in this cemetery.
Richard Shaw of Lacon, Illinois, enlisted in Co. D, 77th Illinois Infantry 2 Sep 1862. He mustered out 10 July 1865 at Mobile, Alabama. (U. S. Civil War Soldiers Records & Profiles)
The pension record lists his widow's name and the year the pension was granted.
Most likely, he died in 1895. Someone had this gravestone placed 40 years after his death. I believe that the person who makes out a gravestone application such as this is also responsible for placing the gravestone, which might explain why it was shipped to a different county in Illinois.
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Update The Henry Republican 4 Jun 1885, pg 4, shows that a soldiers marker was place on Richard Shaw's grave in this cemetery.
Inscription
government marker
Gravesite Details
Co D, 77th IL Infantry - service dates: 8/1862 - 7/1865
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