Spouse: Lucinda Funk (1835-1863) - they were married in 1849 in Coles County, Illinois. They had five children during their marriage.
Father: William Delos Bousman (1803-1851)
Mother: Nancy Biggs (1812-1860)
Enlisted in Company F, Illinois 123rd Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 17 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
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Marriage
Empson (also recorded as Emson Bausman/Bowsman) was born in 1830 at Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, and married Lucinda Caroline Funk (born 1837, Kentucky), 15 Mar 1849, in Coles County, Illinois, and had five children: Sarah (1849), Rachel (1852), Elizabeth (1855), William (1857), and Nancy (1860). Leaving his occupation as a shoemaker in Charleston, Illinois, Empson was 34 when he said goodbye to his young family and entered the service as a Private in the newly formed Company F, 123rd Illinois Infantry Volunteers, at Mattoon, Illinois, 6 September 1862. He was joined there with his two brothers, Freeman and James, all three in Company F.
Family
Empson’s two brothers were casualties from the campaign and action at Perryville, Kentucky, 7 October 1862; both later died in Federal hospitals located at Danville and Louisville, Kentucky. Empson went on to other fights with the 123rd until 20 September 1863 when he was wounded and captured by Confederate forces at the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee/Georgia. After his capture, Private Bousman was transported to an intermediate CSA prisoner of war camp (likely in Virginia) before becoming a permanent captive in the new Camp Sumter or “Andersonville” about March 1864 (when the camp began receiving their first influx of Federal prisoners). At Andersonville, Private Bousman reportedly died from scurvy on 17 August 1864, and is buried at the National Cemetery located on that site.
While Empson was serving his country, his wife Lucinda unfortunately passed away at home, 15 May 1863, and with the death of Empson 15 months later, the five children were left behind as war orphans who were released by the court to Thomas Louden, Coles County, Illinois, as guardian. Eventually, daughter Sarah would marry John W. Robinson, a comrade of Empson’s from the 123rd Illinois Infantry, Company A, who was wounded at Perryville and survived the War.
Father: William Delos Bousman (1803-1851)
Mother: Nancy Biggs (1812-1860)
Enlisted in Company F, Illinois 123rd Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 17 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
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Marriage
Empson (also recorded as Emson Bausman/Bowsman) was born in 1830 at Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, and married Lucinda Caroline Funk (born 1837, Kentucky), 15 Mar 1849, in Coles County, Illinois, and had five children: Sarah (1849), Rachel (1852), Elizabeth (1855), William (1857), and Nancy (1860). Leaving his occupation as a shoemaker in Charleston, Illinois, Empson was 34 when he said goodbye to his young family and entered the service as a Private in the newly formed Company F, 123rd Illinois Infantry Volunteers, at Mattoon, Illinois, 6 September 1862. He was joined there with his two brothers, Freeman and James, all three in Company F.
Family
Empson’s two brothers were casualties from the campaign and action at Perryville, Kentucky, 7 October 1862; both later died in Federal hospitals located at Danville and Louisville, Kentucky. Empson went on to other fights with the 123rd until 20 September 1863 when he was wounded and captured by Confederate forces at the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee/Georgia. After his capture, Private Bousman was transported to an intermediate CSA prisoner of war camp (likely in Virginia) before becoming a permanent captive in the new Camp Sumter or “Andersonville” about March 1864 (when the camp began receiving their first influx of Federal prisoners). At Andersonville, Private Bousman reportedly died from scurvy on 17 August 1864, and is buried at the National Cemetery located on that site.
While Empson was serving his country, his wife Lucinda unfortunately passed away at home, 15 May 1863, and with the death of Empson 15 months later, the five children were left behind as war orphans who were released by the court to Thomas Louden, Coles County, Illinois, as guardian. Eventually, daughter Sarah would marry John W. Robinson, a comrade of Empson’s from the 123rd Illinois Infantry, Company A, who was wounded at Perryville and survived the War.
Spouse: Lucinda Funk (1835-1863) - they were married in 1849 in Coles County, Illinois. They had five children during their marriage.
Father: William Delos Bousman (1803-1851)
Mother: Nancy Biggs (1812-1860)
Enlisted in Company F, Illinois 123rd Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 17 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
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Marriage
Empson (also recorded as Emson Bausman/Bowsman) was born in 1830 at Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, and married Lucinda Caroline Funk (born 1837, Kentucky), 15 Mar 1849, in Coles County, Illinois, and had five children: Sarah (1849), Rachel (1852), Elizabeth (1855), William (1857), and Nancy (1860). Leaving his occupation as a shoemaker in Charleston, Illinois, Empson was 34 when he said goodbye to his young family and entered the service as a Private in the newly formed Company F, 123rd Illinois Infantry Volunteers, at Mattoon, Illinois, 6 September 1862. He was joined there with his two brothers, Freeman and James, all three in Company F.
Family
Empson’s two brothers were casualties from the campaign and action at Perryville, Kentucky, 7 October 1862; both later died in Federal hospitals located at Danville and Louisville, Kentucky. Empson went on to other fights with the 123rd until 20 September 1863 when he was wounded and captured by Confederate forces at the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee/Georgia. After his capture, Private Bousman was transported to an intermediate CSA prisoner of war camp (likely in Virginia) before becoming a permanent captive in the new Camp Sumter or “Andersonville” about March 1864 (when the camp began receiving their first influx of Federal prisoners). At Andersonville, Private Bousman reportedly died from scurvy on 17 August 1864, and is buried at the National Cemetery located on that site.
While Empson was serving his country, his wife Lucinda unfortunately passed away at home, 15 May 1863, and with the death of Empson 15 months later, the five children were left behind as war orphans who were released by the court to Thomas Louden, Coles County, Illinois, as guardian. Eventually, daughter Sarah would marry John W. Robinson, a comrade of Empson’s from the 123rd Illinois Infantry, Company A, who was wounded at Perryville and survived the War.
Father: William Delos Bousman (1803-1851)
Mother: Nancy Biggs (1812-1860)
Enlisted in Company F, Illinois 123rd Infantry Regiment on 06 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 17 Aug 1864 at Andersonville, GA.
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Marriage
Empson (also recorded as Emson Bausman/Bowsman) was born in 1830 at Hillsboro, Highland County, Ohio, and married Lucinda Caroline Funk (born 1837, Kentucky), 15 Mar 1849, in Coles County, Illinois, and had five children: Sarah (1849), Rachel (1852), Elizabeth (1855), William (1857), and Nancy (1860). Leaving his occupation as a shoemaker in Charleston, Illinois, Empson was 34 when he said goodbye to his young family and entered the service as a Private in the newly formed Company F, 123rd Illinois Infantry Volunteers, at Mattoon, Illinois, 6 September 1862. He was joined there with his two brothers, Freeman and James, all three in Company F.
Family
Empson’s two brothers were casualties from the campaign and action at Perryville, Kentucky, 7 October 1862; both later died in Federal hospitals located at Danville and Louisville, Kentucky. Empson went on to other fights with the 123rd until 20 September 1863 when he was wounded and captured by Confederate forces at the Battle of Chickamauga, Tennessee/Georgia. After his capture, Private Bousman was transported to an intermediate CSA prisoner of war camp (likely in Virginia) before becoming a permanent captive in the new Camp Sumter or “Andersonville” about March 1864 (when the camp began receiving their first influx of Federal prisoners). At Andersonville, Private Bousman reportedly died from scurvy on 17 August 1864, and is buried at the National Cemetery located on that site.
While Empson was serving his country, his wife Lucinda unfortunately passed away at home, 15 May 1863, and with the death of Empson 15 months later, the five children were left behind as war orphans who were released by the court to Thomas Louden, Coles County, Illinois, as guardian. Eventually, daughter Sarah would marry John W. Robinson, a comrade of Empson’s from the 123rd Illinois Infantry, Company A, who was wounded at Perryville and survived the War.
Gravesite Details
PVT CO F 123 ILL INF
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