JULY 27 1907 Decatur Newspaper
Dispatches received in Decatur Saturday tell of the death of Captain George S. Durfee,formerly of Decatur, in Fuida,Washington, early Saturday morning. No details of his illness are known. His wife and daughter Giselle were the only relatives with him. It is probable that the body will be brought back to Decatur for burial. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came of the prominent Durfee family. He went to Fuida a year ago. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came last December and settled on a claim.
Daily Review 7/27/1907
George S. Durfee, whose death occurred Saturday morning in Fuida, Wash, was born in Marshall, Mich, March 13, 1840. when seventeen years of age he came to Decatur with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Durfee. He obitained his education in the Battle Creek, Mich, public schools and the Decatur High school.
April 17, 1861, he enlisted under the three months call for troops in a company raised in Decatur and attached to the Eighth Illinois infantry as Company A. He was mustered in the United States service April 25. The regiment lay at Cairo till the expiration of their three months term of enlistment. Mr. Durfee at once re enlisted in the same company, May 16, 1861, five years and one month after he enlisted, he came out as third ranking captain of his regiment in command of the colors.
In Oglesbys Regiment
The regiment was under command of Richard J. Oglesby. His regiment took part in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and Shiloh and in the latter fight he received a wound in the hand. June 14, 1862 just after the seige of Corinth, Mr. Durfee, then orderly sergeant, was commissioned second lieutenant. The regiment served under General Grant in his campaign through northern Mississippi. Feb. 13, 1863, Mr. Durfee was commissioned first lieutenant. He was in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Miss. Champion Hill and the siege of Vicksburg. The captain of the company having been killed in the battle of Raymond, Miss. Lieutenant Durfee was promoted to the captainey, his commission dating from May 13, 1863.
In the winter of 1863-64 the regiment re enlisted as veterans. Captain Durfee was present at the second fight at Jackson, Miss in 1864 and took part in the capture of Fort Blakely in Mobil Bay taken in 1865 after Lees surrender. At Fort Blakely his regiment lead the assualt and was the first of the Union forces to enter Mobile. From Mobile the regiment was sent to Texas where it assisted in paroling Kirby Smiths confederate army. Captain Durfee was stationed at Shreveport, La. and Marshall, Tex until the spring of 1866 and at the latter place acted as provost marshal for four months. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, La, May 4, 1866 and twelve days later the regiment was disbanded at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
After returning to Decatur he was employed as a clerk by Warren & Durfee. In 1871 he went into the agricultural implement business with W.B. Chambers. Later the firm was organized as Durfee Bros. composed of Charles M. Durfee and George B. Durfee.
Captain Durfee was one of the most patriotic of our citizens. When the call for volunteers in the Spanish American war took the members of the National Guard to the front, Captain Durfee applied for and received a commission to organize another company of volunteers, it then being thought that more men might be needed. However, soon after company H had gone south it was found that more troops had already responded than would be needed so the organization of Captain Durfees volunteers went no further. Captain Durfee was a member of the Illinois Vicksburg monument commission, appointed by Governor Yates and he held that commission at the time of his death.
He was always prominent in the G. A. R. and among the Masons. He was a member of Beaumanoir commandery No 9, Knights Templars. He was always a strong Republican but never held an elective office. For some time just before his health failed he was employed in the office of the circuit clerk.
Captain Durfee suffered from cancer of the lip before leaving for Washington and it is doubtless that which caused his death.
Mr.Durfee married Sarah A. Powers a daughter of George Powers on Sept. 5, 1867.
Mr. Durfee is survived by his wife and four daughters,Emada, wife of C. L. Griswold, Mabel, wife of Howard Powers, Abbie, wife of G. C. Kinsman, and Ghiselle, unmarried. He also leaves a brother B. K. Durfee and a sister, Miss Jennie Durfee. Mrs. Durfee and Miss Ghiselle Durfee were with him at the time of his death. It is not yet known whether the body will be brought to Decatur or buried at Fuida, Wash.
Georges daughter Abbie married George Kinsman 1/15/1901 in Decatur and was his 3rd wife. She was born 5/28/1878 and died 10/31/1946. Her husband was born 1850 died 1930 and they are both buried in Orange cty California.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name DURFEE, GEORGE S
Rank CPT
Company A
Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL
Age
Height 5' 6
Hair LIGHT
Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR
Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, IL
Service Record
Joined When
Joined Where
Joined By Whom
Period 3 YRS
Muster In JUL 7, 1863
Muster In Where WALNUT HILLS, MS
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out MAY 4, 1866
Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA
Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
Remarks PRO CPT FROM 1LT 1 JUL 1863
Dispatches received in Decatur Saturday tell of the death of Captain George S. Durfee,formerly of Decatur, in Fuida,Washington, early Saturday morning. No details of his illness are known. His wife and daughter Giselle were the only relatives with him. It is probable that the body will be brought back to Decatur for burial. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came of the prominent Durfee family. He went to Fuida a year ago. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came last December and settled on a claim.
Daily Review 7/27/1907
George S. Durfee, whose death occurred Saturday morning in Fuida, Wash, was born in Marshall, Mich, March 13, 1840. when seventeen years of age he came to Decatur with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Durfee. He obitained his education in the Battle Creek, Mich, public schools and the Decatur High school.
April 17, 1861, he enlisted under the three months call for troops in a company raised in Decatur and attached to the Eighth Illinois infantry as Company A. He was mustered in the United States service April 25. The regiment lay at Cairo till the expiration of their three months term of enlistment. Mr. Durfee at once re enlisted in the same company, May 16, 1861, five years and one month after he enlisted, he came out as third ranking captain of his regiment in command of the colors.
In Oglesbys Regiment
The regiment was under command of Richard J. Oglesby. His regiment took part in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and Shiloh and in the latter fight he received a wound in the hand. June 14, 1862 just after the seige of Corinth, Mr. Durfee, then orderly sergeant, was commissioned second lieutenant. The regiment served under General Grant in his campaign through northern Mississippi. Feb. 13, 1863, Mr. Durfee was commissioned first lieutenant. He was in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Miss. Champion Hill and the siege of Vicksburg. The captain of the company having been killed in the battle of Raymond, Miss. Lieutenant Durfee was promoted to the captainey, his commission dating from May 13, 1863.
In the winter of 1863-64 the regiment re enlisted as veterans. Captain Durfee was present at the second fight at Jackson, Miss in 1864 and took part in the capture of Fort Blakely in Mobil Bay taken in 1865 after Lees surrender. At Fort Blakely his regiment lead the assualt and was the first of the Union forces to enter Mobile. From Mobile the regiment was sent to Texas where it assisted in paroling Kirby Smiths confederate army. Captain Durfee was stationed at Shreveport, La. and Marshall, Tex until the spring of 1866 and at the latter place acted as provost marshal for four months. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, La, May 4, 1866 and twelve days later the regiment was disbanded at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
After returning to Decatur he was employed as a clerk by Warren & Durfee. In 1871 he went into the agricultural implement business with W.B. Chambers. Later the firm was organized as Durfee Bros. composed of Charles M. Durfee and George B. Durfee.
Captain Durfee was one of the most patriotic of our citizens. When the call for volunteers in the Spanish American war took the members of the National Guard to the front, Captain Durfee applied for and received a commission to organize another company of volunteers, it then being thought that more men might be needed. However, soon after company H had gone south it was found that more troops had already responded than would be needed so the organization of Captain Durfees volunteers went no further. Captain Durfee was a member of the Illinois Vicksburg monument commission, appointed by Governor Yates and he held that commission at the time of his death.
He was always prominent in the G. A. R. and among the Masons. He was a member of Beaumanoir commandery No 9, Knights Templars. He was always a strong Republican but never held an elective office. For some time just before his health failed he was employed in the office of the circuit clerk.
Captain Durfee suffered from cancer of the lip before leaving for Washington and it is doubtless that which caused his death.
Mr.Durfee married Sarah A. Powers a daughter of George Powers on Sept. 5, 1867.
Mr. Durfee is survived by his wife and four daughters,Emada, wife of C. L. Griswold, Mabel, wife of Howard Powers, Abbie, wife of G. C. Kinsman, and Ghiselle, unmarried. He also leaves a brother B. K. Durfee and a sister, Miss Jennie Durfee. Mrs. Durfee and Miss Ghiselle Durfee were with him at the time of his death. It is not yet known whether the body will be brought to Decatur or buried at Fuida, Wash.
Georges daughter Abbie married George Kinsman 1/15/1901 in Decatur and was his 3rd wife. She was born 5/28/1878 and died 10/31/1946. Her husband was born 1850 died 1930 and they are both buried in Orange cty California.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name DURFEE, GEORGE S
Rank CPT
Company A
Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL
Age
Height 5' 6
Hair LIGHT
Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR
Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, IL
Service Record
Joined When
Joined Where
Joined By Whom
Period 3 YRS
Muster In JUL 7, 1863
Muster In Where WALNUT HILLS, MS
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out MAY 4, 1866
Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA
Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
Remarks PRO CPT FROM 1LT 1 JUL 1863
JULY 27 1907 Decatur Newspaper
Dispatches received in Decatur Saturday tell of the death of Captain George S. Durfee,formerly of Decatur, in Fuida,Washington, early Saturday morning. No details of his illness are known. His wife and daughter Giselle were the only relatives with him. It is probable that the body will be brought back to Decatur for burial. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came of the prominent Durfee family. He went to Fuida a year ago. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came last December and settled on a claim.
Daily Review 7/27/1907
George S. Durfee, whose death occurred Saturday morning in Fuida, Wash, was born in Marshall, Mich, March 13, 1840. when seventeen years of age he came to Decatur with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Durfee. He obitained his education in the Battle Creek, Mich, public schools and the Decatur High school.
April 17, 1861, he enlisted under the three months call for troops in a company raised in Decatur and attached to the Eighth Illinois infantry as Company A. He was mustered in the United States service April 25. The regiment lay at Cairo till the expiration of their three months term of enlistment. Mr. Durfee at once re enlisted in the same company, May 16, 1861, five years and one month after he enlisted, he came out as third ranking captain of his regiment in command of the colors.
In Oglesbys Regiment
The regiment was under command of Richard J. Oglesby. His regiment took part in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and Shiloh and in the latter fight he received a wound in the hand. June 14, 1862 just after the seige of Corinth, Mr. Durfee, then orderly sergeant, was commissioned second lieutenant. The regiment served under General Grant in his campaign through northern Mississippi. Feb. 13, 1863, Mr. Durfee was commissioned first lieutenant. He was in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Miss. Champion Hill and the siege of Vicksburg. The captain of the company having been killed in the battle of Raymond, Miss. Lieutenant Durfee was promoted to the captainey, his commission dating from May 13, 1863.
In the winter of 1863-64 the regiment re enlisted as veterans. Captain Durfee was present at the second fight at Jackson, Miss in 1864 and took part in the capture of Fort Blakely in Mobil Bay taken in 1865 after Lees surrender. At Fort Blakely his regiment lead the assualt and was the first of the Union forces to enter Mobile. From Mobile the regiment was sent to Texas where it assisted in paroling Kirby Smiths confederate army. Captain Durfee was stationed at Shreveport, La. and Marshall, Tex until the spring of 1866 and at the latter place acted as provost marshal for four months. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, La, May 4, 1866 and twelve days later the regiment was disbanded at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
After returning to Decatur he was employed as a clerk by Warren & Durfee. In 1871 he went into the agricultural implement business with W.B. Chambers. Later the firm was organized as Durfee Bros. composed of Charles M. Durfee and George B. Durfee.
Captain Durfee was one of the most patriotic of our citizens. When the call for volunteers in the Spanish American war took the members of the National Guard to the front, Captain Durfee applied for and received a commission to organize another company of volunteers, it then being thought that more men might be needed. However, soon after company H had gone south it was found that more troops had already responded than would be needed so the organization of Captain Durfees volunteers went no further. Captain Durfee was a member of the Illinois Vicksburg monument commission, appointed by Governor Yates and he held that commission at the time of his death.
He was always prominent in the G. A. R. and among the Masons. He was a member of Beaumanoir commandery No 9, Knights Templars. He was always a strong Republican but never held an elective office. For some time just before his health failed he was employed in the office of the circuit clerk.
Captain Durfee suffered from cancer of the lip before leaving for Washington and it is doubtless that which caused his death.
Mr.Durfee married Sarah A. Powers a daughter of George Powers on Sept. 5, 1867.
Mr. Durfee is survived by his wife and four daughters,Emada, wife of C. L. Griswold, Mabel, wife of Howard Powers, Abbie, wife of G. C. Kinsman, and Ghiselle, unmarried. He also leaves a brother B. K. Durfee and a sister, Miss Jennie Durfee. Mrs. Durfee and Miss Ghiselle Durfee were with him at the time of his death. It is not yet known whether the body will be brought to Decatur or buried at Fuida, Wash.
Georges daughter Abbie married George Kinsman 1/15/1901 in Decatur and was his 3rd wife. She was born 5/28/1878 and died 10/31/1946. Her husband was born 1850 died 1930 and they are both buried in Orange cty California.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name DURFEE, GEORGE S
Rank CPT
Company A
Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL
Age
Height 5' 6
Hair LIGHT
Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR
Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, IL
Service Record
Joined When
Joined Where
Joined By Whom
Period 3 YRS
Muster In JUL 7, 1863
Muster In Where WALNUT HILLS, MS
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out MAY 4, 1866
Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA
Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
Remarks PRO CPT FROM 1LT 1 JUL 1863
Dispatches received in Decatur Saturday tell of the death of Captain George S. Durfee,formerly of Decatur, in Fuida,Washington, early Saturday morning. No details of his illness are known. His wife and daughter Giselle were the only relatives with him. It is probable that the body will be brought back to Decatur for burial. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came of the prominent Durfee family. He went to Fuida a year ago. Captain Durfee was an old resident of Decatur. He came last December and settled on a claim.
Daily Review 7/27/1907
George S. Durfee, whose death occurred Saturday morning in Fuida, Wash, was born in Marshall, Mich, March 13, 1840. when seventeen years of age he came to Decatur with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Durfee. He obitained his education in the Battle Creek, Mich, public schools and the Decatur High school.
April 17, 1861, he enlisted under the three months call for troops in a company raised in Decatur and attached to the Eighth Illinois infantry as Company A. He was mustered in the United States service April 25. The regiment lay at Cairo till the expiration of their three months term of enlistment. Mr. Durfee at once re enlisted in the same company, May 16, 1861, five years and one month after he enlisted, he came out as third ranking captain of his regiment in command of the colors.
In Oglesbys Regiment
The regiment was under command of Richard J. Oglesby. His regiment took part in the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson and Shiloh and in the latter fight he received a wound in the hand. June 14, 1862 just after the seige of Corinth, Mr. Durfee, then orderly sergeant, was commissioned second lieutenant. The regiment served under General Grant in his campaign through northern Mississippi. Feb. 13, 1863, Mr. Durfee was commissioned first lieutenant. He was in the battles of Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Miss. Champion Hill and the siege of Vicksburg. The captain of the company having been killed in the battle of Raymond, Miss. Lieutenant Durfee was promoted to the captainey, his commission dating from May 13, 1863.
In the winter of 1863-64 the regiment re enlisted as veterans. Captain Durfee was present at the second fight at Jackson, Miss in 1864 and took part in the capture of Fort Blakely in Mobil Bay taken in 1865 after Lees surrender. At Fort Blakely his regiment lead the assualt and was the first of the Union forces to enter Mobile. From Mobile the regiment was sent to Texas where it assisted in paroling Kirby Smiths confederate army. Captain Durfee was stationed at Shreveport, La. and Marshall, Tex until the spring of 1866 and at the latter place acted as provost marshal for four months. He was mustered out at Baton Rouge, La, May 4, 1866 and twelve days later the regiment was disbanded at Camp Butler in Springfield, Ill.
After returning to Decatur he was employed as a clerk by Warren & Durfee. In 1871 he went into the agricultural implement business with W.B. Chambers. Later the firm was organized as Durfee Bros. composed of Charles M. Durfee and George B. Durfee.
Captain Durfee was one of the most patriotic of our citizens. When the call for volunteers in the Spanish American war took the members of the National Guard to the front, Captain Durfee applied for and received a commission to organize another company of volunteers, it then being thought that more men might be needed. However, soon after company H had gone south it was found that more troops had already responded than would be needed so the organization of Captain Durfees volunteers went no further. Captain Durfee was a member of the Illinois Vicksburg monument commission, appointed by Governor Yates and he held that commission at the time of his death.
He was always prominent in the G. A. R. and among the Masons. He was a member of Beaumanoir commandery No 9, Knights Templars. He was always a strong Republican but never held an elective office. For some time just before his health failed he was employed in the office of the circuit clerk.
Captain Durfee suffered from cancer of the lip before leaving for Washington and it is doubtless that which caused his death.
Mr.Durfee married Sarah A. Powers a daughter of George Powers on Sept. 5, 1867.
Mr. Durfee is survived by his wife and four daughters,Emada, wife of C. L. Griswold, Mabel, wife of Howard Powers, Abbie, wife of G. C. Kinsman, and Ghiselle, unmarried. He also leaves a brother B. K. Durfee and a sister, Miss Jennie Durfee. Mrs. Durfee and Miss Ghiselle Durfee were with him at the time of his death. It is not yet known whether the body will be brought to Decatur or buried at Fuida, Wash.
Georges daughter Abbie married George Kinsman 1/15/1901 in Decatur and was his 3rd wife. She was born 5/28/1878 and died 10/31/1946. Her husband was born 1850 died 1930 and they are both buried in Orange cty California.
ILLINOIS STATE ARCHIVES
Illinois Civil War Detail Report
Name DURFEE, GEORGE S
Rank CPT
Company A
Unit 8 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence DECATUR, MACON CO, IL
Age
Height 5' 6
Hair LIGHT
Eyes BLUE
Complexion FAIR
Marital Status SINGLE
Occupation FARMER
Nativity MARSHALL, CALHOUN CO, IL
Service Record
Joined When
Joined Where
Joined By Whom
Period 3 YRS
Muster In JUL 7, 1863
Muster In Where WALNUT HILLS, MS
Muster In By Whom
Muster Out MAY 4, 1866
Muster Out Where BATON ROUGE, LA
Muster Out By Whom LT MARONEY
Remarks PRO CPT FROM 1LT 1 JUL 1863
Inscription
Co. A. 8 Ill. Inf
Family Members
Siblings
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