Illinois Volunteer Infantry
By Henry J. Aten, 1901
Page 356
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Joseph A. Mayes was born in Logan county, Kentucky, in 1834, was married and enlisted as a farmer from Pekin, Ill. He served with his company to the close of the war, but was absent (sick in the hospital at Alexandria, Va.) when the regiment was mustered out. He was honorably discharged later, and now resides at Naron, Pratt county, Kansas.
Lemuel Y. Nash was born in Slaterville, Tompkins county, New York, in 1833, and was unmarried when he enlisted from Mason county, Illinois, as a wagonmaker. He was killed at the battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8, 1862, and his remains are buried in grave No. 253 in the national cemetery at Camp Nelson, Ky.
Jacob Parks was born in Madison county, Kentucky, in 1837, and was single and a farmer when he enlisted from Tazewell county, Illinois. He served to the close of the war and was mustered out with the regiment, but the writer has been unable to learn anything about his subsequent career.
Idea F. Peters was born in Germany in 1841, emigrated to America and enlisted as a single farmer from Mason county, Illinois. He served through the Kentucky campaign, but fell sick at Nashville, and died on May 2, 1863. His remains are buried in No. 957 in the national cemetery near Nashville, Tenn.
Robert Pringle was born in Newcastle, on the River Tyne, England, in 1845. In 1849 he emigrated with his parents and settled in Illinois, enlisting from Mason county. He served with his company in all the campaigns in which the command was engaged, and was mustered out with the regiment. He removed to Nebraska in 1874, and served as school director and assessor in Box Butte county. He also served as first sergeant in the National Guard of Nebraska for eight years. He is a plasterer and resides since 1894 at Hot Springs, S. D.
Beaurop Pemberton, aged nineteen, born in Menard county, Illinois, and enlisted from Spring Lake. His health failed in the Kentucky campaign, and he was left in the hospital at Bowling Green, from which he was discharged January 10, 1863.
William J. Pemberton was born in Menard county, Illinois, in 1841, and enlisted as a farmer from Tazewell county. He was discharged for disability from the hospital at Bowling Green, Ky., January 24, 1863.
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