Tazewell County, Illinois Genealogy Trails
Contributed by: Linda T. - 2008
 

Civil War Burials

 
Baker, John E.  1st Illinois Artillery  Battery I - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: d. May 5, 1910
Plocher, F. 2nd Illinois Artillery:  Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, – Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin,
Geisert, Jacob 2nd Illinois Artillery Company A - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin: 1836 – Dec. 13, 1930
Hinners, J. L.  2nd Illinois Artillery Company L - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: Aug 11, 1846-Aug 24, 1906
Haberfield, C. F.  3rd Illinois Cavalry Company B - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin:  Died at Pekin, Ill., while on parole
Putnam, John 3rd Illinois Cavalry Company B - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: May 12, 1844-Nov 29, 1892
Ward, Alfred 6th Illinois Cavalry Company B - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan Dec 12 1844 - Sept 3, 1903
Vandoren, Joseph  11th Illinois Cavalry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Humfrey, Norman 11th Illinois Cavalry Co H - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Tremont,  Feb 23, 1840 – Mar 3, 1929
Stiles, David, 11th Illinois Cavalry Company F - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Tremont,
Duncan, Marion F. 11th Illinois Cavalry Co C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: d.  Mar 24, 1920
Byrnes, Richard 11th Illinois Cavalry Company F - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin: d.  Apr 18, 1862   KILLED IN BATTLE OF SHILOH TENN 
Haberfield, Frederick  11th  Illinois Cavalry Co F - Oak Grove Cem. Pekin: d.  Jan 21, 1876 @ 66y
Hayes Jacob 11th Illinois Cavalry Company F - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin
Murphy, Alexander 11th Illinois Cavalry Co F - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan
Walker, David 11th Illinois Cavalry Co C - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan
Eveland, Jasper 7th Illinois Infantry Company E - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: d. Aug 1, 1896
Stewart, James 8th Illinois Infantry Co F - Bequeaith Cemetery, south of Pekin, d Apr 14, 1864
Frey, John 8th Illinois Infantry Company F - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin: Jan 9, 1837 – Sept 25, 1913
Grondenberg, Henry  8th Illinois Inf Co F - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin: 1833 – July 3, 1888
Deeperbrook, John  8th Illinois Infantry Co F - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Alexander, Thomas 2Lt, 11th Illinois Infantry Co I - Dillon Cemetery Pekin, 1822-1900     RESIGNED 9 FEB 1863   
Finney, David S.  Lieut. 14th Illinois Infantry Co A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: 1839 – Apr 2, 1915
Loomis, John G.  14th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: d. Jan 15, 1918 @ 75-3-0
Kuhl, Christopher A.  Capt.14th Illinois Infantry Co A - Lakeside Cem, Pekin: 1838 – Oct 5, 1913 (NAME CORRECTED TO READ CHRISTIAN A KUHL )
Altman, Joseph  14th Illinois Infantry Company B - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: Oct 1, 1836 – Oct 7, 1907
Erb, Andrew 17th Illinois Infantry Company G - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: 1836 - 1888
Ward, Ezra E.  17th Illinois Infantry Co E - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan: Jan 30, 1844 – Sept 12, 1928
Clark, T. W.  20th Illinois Infantry Company E - Old Weyhrich Cemetery, Pekin,
Mullen, Owen   22nd Ill Inf Co B - St. Mary Catholic Cemetery,  Delavan Township 1831 – May, 1873   DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY MAY 23, 1862 
Hill, Lucious 23rd Illinois Infantry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: 1846 – Nov 19, 1920
Davison, Comralzy  26th Ill Infantry Co K - Woodrow Cemetery, South Pekin
Slack, Abraham  26th Illinois Infantry Co K - Woodrow Cemetery, South Pekin,  d Dec 12, 1919 @ 86-5-26
Elkins, Henry C.  26th Illinois Infantry Co K - Bergen Cemetery, Rural Lilly
Gunion, William F. 26th Illinois Infantry Co G - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: 1843 – Mar 5, 1915 @ 72-2-2
McComb, Samuel 28th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: d. Oct 19, 1911 WOUNDED AT SHILOH RIGHT LEG AMPUTATED 

Fuller, P. B.  31st Illinois Infantry Company I - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: d. May 14, 1903 @ 57y
(Phillip B)  DISCHARGED MAR 17, 1862 ORDER GENL GRANT AT CAMP STANTON TENN 
 
Spillman, John  31st Illinois Infantry Company I - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: May 9, 1806 – Feb 22, 1872 DISCHARGED FOR WOUNDS MAY 14, 1862 
Jones, Henry 31st Illinois Infantry Company I - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin,  DESERTED JUL 20, 1864 AT MARIETTA GA 
 
Murphy, Thomas 31st Ill Infantry Co I - Green Valley Cemetery, Green Valley, Feb 1, 1844 – Dec 31, 1920

Illinois Civil War 
Medal of Honor Recipients

            Rank and organization: Corporal, Company I, 31st Illinois Infantry.
Place and date: At Vicksburg, Miss., 22 May 1863. Entered service at: Pekin, Ill.  Birth: Ireland.
Date of issue: 14 August 1893.
Citation: Voluntarily crossed the line of  heavy fire of Union and Confederate forces, carrying a message to stop the firing
of one Union regiment on another.
 
Green, Andrew  Illinois 34th Illinois Infantry Co I - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin:  (could not locate in cemetery book)
McCain, Corp Alonza  35th Illinois Infantry Co A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin  PAROLLED PRISONER CAPTURED AT PEACH TREE CREEK GA JUL 19, 1864 
Merrifield, Samuel  39th Illinois Infantry Co B - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Tremont,
Davis, Captain Nicholas  44th Ill Infantry Co A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: June 5, 1879 @ 50-9-20 MUSTERED OUT JUN 27, 1862 

Oltman, Henry  44th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
(listed as Oltman in one list and in cemetery book as Henry Jansen Oltman, but saw name as Henry Jansen in other lists and census)

Sior, Jacob  44th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Bildhoff, Sergeant Alle 44th Ill Infantry Co K – Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin   1829 – Sept 1, 1909
Metzler, Jacob  44th Illinois Infantry Company A - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin: July 25, 1831 – July 31, 1871
Zelle, Captain George 44th Illinois Infantry Co A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: Nov 27, 1817 – Feb 10, 1886 RESIGNED MAR 31, 1862 

Friederich, J. C.  44th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: Nov 19, 1838 – Sept 13, 1901
(John Christian) MO July 15, 1865 to date Jun 5, 1865; was prisoner
 
Lorenz, Franz  44th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: Mar 6, 1834 – Oct 9, 1906  Mustered out Jun 15, 1865
Neef, Friederich  44th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: Sept 3, 1841 – Apr 3, 1887  MO Sep 25, 1865 as 1st Sgt.
Neef, John  44th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Mustered out Sep 25, 1865
Dirks, Udo  44th Illinois Infantry Company K – Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin,   DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY APR 1, 1863 

Jacobs, Christopher  44th Illinois Infantry Co K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Oct 27, 1833 – Mar 6, 1915 
 (Listed as Christian in cemetery book)

Orr, Daniel  44th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,  1835 – Sept 16, 1912
Behrens, Arend  44th Illinois Infantry Company A, Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin Nov 10, 1838 – Set 2, 1905
Bequeath, Nicholas  47th Ill Infantry Co G Bequeath Cemetery, south of Pekin,

Stewart, Levi  47th Illinois Infantry Co E - Bequeath Cemetery, south of Pekin, (could not locate in cemetery book)
- DIED OF DISEASE DEC 31, 1861 AT OTTERVILLE MO 
 
Stewart, T. E.  47th Illinois Infantry Co E - Bequeath Cemetery, south of Pekin, 1844 - 1894
Hill, Henry W.  47th Illinois Infantry Company E - Bergen Cemetery, Rural Lilly, deceased by 1879  ABSENT SICK DISCHARGE SENT TO CMO STATE 
Hittle, John  47th Illinois Infantry Company E -Bergen Cemetery, Rural Lilly, Oct  16, 1843 – Aug 14, 1863 DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY AUG 6, 1862 
McKenzie, William F. 47th Illinois Infantry Co E – Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin, d 19 Oct 1861
Nelson, Levi L.  50th Illinois Infantry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Sanderson, John C.  53rd Ill Infantry Co I - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan,
Bastian, Michael 57th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,  d July 24, 1906 DISCHARGED FOR HERNIA OCT 20, 1862 
Stropes, James  59th Illinois Infantry Company I - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,  1838 – Apr 9, 1912 @ 73-3-22
Haines, M. J.  62nd Illinois Infantry Company H - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Hasty,  Robert  63rd Illinois Infantry Co D - Bergen Cemetery, Rural Lilly, 1839 - 1910
Hamilton, Thomas  68th Illinois Infantry Co K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, d July 30, 1908  @ 62-7-9
Ward, William B.  73rd Illinois Infantry Co B - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, Nov 10, 1839 – Mar 7, 1905
Newman, Burt  73rd Illinois Infantry Co B - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, 1827 - 1908

Scott, Richard  73rd Illinois Infantry Co B - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, wounded in battle, Franklin Tenn,
Nov 30, 1864 died in hospital  Dec 22, 1864 @ 24y
 
Davies, John T.  77th Illinois Infantry Company C – Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin,
Moore, W. S.   82nd Illinois Infantry Co B - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan,

Pemberton, William J. 85th Illinois Infantry Co A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, 1840 – Sept 3, 1915
- DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY JAN 24, 1863 AT BOWLING GREEN KY 

Lampitt, Daniel 85th Illinois Infantry Company F - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin,  PROMOTED 2LT 

Harrison, W. C. 85th Illinois Infantry Company A - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
- TRANS TO INVALID CORPS NOV 12, 1863 (could not locate in cemetery book)
 
Anthony, Jacob 86th Illinois Infantry Company H - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, d Oct 12, 1908
Montgomery, Thomas  89th Ill Inf Co G - Woodrow Cemetery, South Pekin, d Jan 30, 1933 @ 88-5-7 (cemetery book says 89th IND inf)
Boling, Champ C    94th Ill Infantry Co H - Bergen Cemetery, Rural Lilly
Doan, Thomas H  94th Illinois Infantry Co K - Bergen Cemetery, Rural Lilly
Bennett, Harvey  94th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Feb 13, 1848 – Jan 13, 1927
Rude, Squire 104th Illinois Infantry Company F - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin, DISCHARGED MAR 7, 1865 AT CHICAGO FOR DISABILITY 
Straul, Antoine 105th Illinois Infantry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, June 17, 1828 – Sept 23, 1901
Free, Henry 106th Illinois Infantry Company H - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Parrill Braxton - 108th Illinois Infantry Woodrow Cemetery, South Pekin,
Glasheen, Michael Sgt. 108th Ill Inf Co H - St. Mary Catholic Cem Delavan Township 
Meyer, John 108th Ill InfCo G - Zion Evangelical Cemetery, Tazewell County  d 1871
Eads, Thomas 108th Illinois Infantry Company C - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Tremont
Scott, John F. 108th Illinois Infantry Company K - Mt. Hope Cemetery, Tremont
Ledterman, John B. 108th Illinois Infantry Co B - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, July 14, 1840 – Mar 9, 1893 @ 52-7-22
Sallee, James 108th Illinois Infantry Company B - Oak Grove Cemetery Pekin, 1910 @ 80-2-10 DISCHARGED MAR 8, 1863 FOR DISABILITY 
Sallee, Stephen B. 108th Illinois Infantry Co B - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin, DISCHARGED JUL 6, 1863 FOR DISABILITY 
Hubbard, John 108th Illinois Infantry Company B - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin
Watson, James W. 115th Ill Infantry Co H - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, May 29, 1848 – Jan 19, 1900
Work, William C. 115th Illinois Infantry Co H - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan
Parker, Silas 115th Illinois Infantry Co H - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan  1819 - 1879
Patterson, Lewis M.  115th Ill Infantry Co H - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan,     1838 - 1921
Sunderland, Samuel 115th Ill Infantry Co H - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan,      1827 - 1908
Trollope, William 115th Illinois Infantry Co H - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan,  

Kitchen, J. B. 116th Illinois Infantry Company J - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, d Mar 21, 1901 @ 67-4-4
- DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY MAR 27, 1863 AT KEOKUK IOWA 

Philips, William G. 129th Illinois Infantry Co E - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, 1838 - 1908
Rosseter, Edward H.  132nd Illinois Infantry Co C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Lane, W. A.  137th Illinois Infantry Company B - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Dec 25, 1847 – Nov 30, 1908
McGrew, Nathaniel 139th Illinois Infantry Co C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Speaker, C. S. 139th Illinois Infantry Company C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Oct 5, 1846 – Jan 21, 1916 @ 69-3-16  ( name Campe G)
Koch, Henry 139th Illinois Infantry Co C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, Nov 29, 1845 – Jan 2, 1935
Robbins, C. L.  139th Illinois Infantry Company C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, 1843-1887 (Cornelius Van Liew)
Sandusky, John C.  145th Illinois Infantry Co K – Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin, d 29 May 1881
Schooley, Peter H. 145th Illinois Infantry Co K - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin, d 1902 CORPORAL 
Roose, Jacob 146th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, April 26, 1845 – May 8, 1923
Spillman, Frederick 146th Illinois Infantry Co K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin: July 12, 1848 – May 16, 1934
Vogelsang, Frederick 146th Illinois Infantry Co K - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, d May 10, 1911 @ 77-0-6
Butts, James F. 146th Illinois Infantry Company K - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin,  
Bohlander, Corp William 148th Ill Infantry Co C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, d Jan 22, 1907
Jackson, Ben J. 148th Illinois Infantry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,
Sipes, I. D. 148th Illinois Infantry Company C - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,  d Jan 4, 1907 @ 64y
 Devinney, William R. 48th Ill Infantry Co C – Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin,
Leach, Hilton M. 148th Illinois Infantry Co C - Oak Grove Cemetery, Pekin, Dec 22, 1834 – Feb 1, 1911
Behrens, 1 J. H. 48th Illinois Infantry Company C - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin,  d Jan 20, 1883
Gerritts, John 148th Illinois Infantry Company C - Lakeview Cemetery, Pekin, d June 19 1884
McGalliard, Edward 148th Ill Infantry Co C - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan,     May 1, 1832 – June 5, 1892
Skelly, John J. 151st Illinois Infantry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin, d Apr 9, 1904 @ 57-9-12
Osborn, John E. 152nd Illinois Infantry Company D - Lakeside Cemetery, Pekin,  d Apr 3, 1927
Moorhead, William 152nd Ill Infantry Co D - Prairie Rest Cemetery, Delavan, Mar 26, 1803 – May 22, 1879
Strickfaden, William CPL 108 Reg Ill Vol Inf – Zion Evangelical Cemetery  d Jan 6, 1849 – Dec 12, 1900
Eller, Jacob Co K 85 Ill Inf - Zion Evangelical Cemetery, Tazewell County  Aug 2, 1837 – Jan 24, 1920
Bort, Christian - Zion Evangelical Cemetery, Tazewell County  July 24, 1893 @ 66-9-0
Hoffman, Otto Army Co H Iowa Inf – Fagotte Cemetery Tazewell County

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