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77th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Co E, First Sergeant, Civil War B: Aug 9, 1838 Rosefield Twp, Peoria County D: Dec 22, 1862 Memphis Tenn Military Hospital Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Peoria...

Samuel H. Tart: Born 1805, Portsmouth VA, parents unknown. Moved to Peoria before 1850 Census Occupations: Construction (1850), Shipbuilder (1860), Bridge Tender (1870), Retired Hotel Keeper, residence...

When Richard Pryor met Juliette Whittaker, misfit met misfit, and interlocked. Whittaker was the head of the Carver Center’s theater program and the Center’s resident bohemian — the one who wore dashikis...

Rank: Sergeant (Highest Rank: First Lieutenant) Conflict/Era: U.S. Civil War Unit/Command: Company G, 8th Illinois Cavalry Military Service Branch: U.S. Army Medal of Honor Action Date: June 1862 Medal...

In her Will she gives the following burial instructions (*Indiana Wills & Probate Records): I desire and direct that my body shall after my death be interred on the same lot with, and near to my late...

Stephen Case (1870-1910) was an engineer and fireman with the Toledo, Peoria & Western railroad (TP&W) and was a member of the W.F. Hines Lodge, No. 48 Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. His father...