William CROSS

CROSS, CARSE

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Date: 6/3/2005 at 20:15:55

CROSS, William, farmer, Sec. 30; P. O. Randalia; owns eighty acres of land, valued at $1,500; born in Luzerne Co., Penn., Jan. 17, 1844. Enlisted from Morrison, Whiteside Co., Ill., in the 34th I. V. I., Co. B, Sept. 7, 1861, for three years; was wounded in the left side, in the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862, was transferred in Oct, 1863, to the Invalid Corps; discharged Sept. 17, 1864, and re-enlisted Dec. 31, 1864, in the 8th Ill. Cavalry, Co. C; was honorably discharged July 17, 1865; participated in the battles of Green River, Corinth, Iuka Springs, Luverne, Murfreesboro and Crab Orchard, besides many skirmishes of less note. Married in Lee Co., Ill., to Hannah Carse, Feb. 15, 1866, and moved to this county in 1867; they have five children - Fannie, born April 1, 1867; Joseph G., born Nov. 4, 1868, William L., born June 25, 1871; Lizzie B., born April 29, 1873, and Sarah A., born Nov. 1, 1875. He is a Republican and Protestant.

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