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| REGIMENT:
Co. C, 149 IL Inf. |
MUSTER-IN:
Feb. 05, 1865 |
| RANK:
Pvt. / Corp. |
WHERE:
Camp Butler |
| AGE:
23 |
MUSTER-OUT:
Jan. 27, 1866 |
| HAIR:
Light |
WHERE:
Dalton, GA |
| EYES:
Blue |
BIRTH:
Nov. 05, 1841 |
| COMPLEXION:
Fair |
DEATH:
May 08, 1926 |
| HEIGHT:
5' 6" |
BURIAL:
May 10, 1926 |
| OCCUPATION:
Miner |
SECTION:
H |
| NATIVITY:
England |
LOT:
917 |
| RESIDENCE:
Belleville, IL |
GRAVE:
Unknown |
| ENLISTED:
Jan. 23, 1865 |
MARKER:
GHS |
| WHERE:
Belleville, IL |
CONDITION:
New |
| PERIOD:
1 Year |
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| William
Whittaker, 84 years, 6 months and 3 days old, and
a resident of Collinsville for many years, died
at the home of his son, Arthur Whittaker,
Saturday morning, May 8, at 6:25 o'clock. Mr.
Whittaker was born in Cheshire, England, on
November 5, 1841. He came to America in 1863,
when he was 22 years old. In 1865, two years
after coming to this country, he enlisted in the
army and served as a corporal of Company C, 149th
Regiment of Illinois Infantry during the Civil
War. He was
married to Miss Philipine Hornberger of
Belleville, on June 14, 1866, the ceremony being
performed in St. Louis. To this union were born
eight children, four boys and four girls, one
daughter dying in infancy, and two sons preceding
the father. John Whittaker, formerly of East St.
Louis, and Charles Whittaker, of this city. Those
surviving are: Anna Killinger, St. Louis, Solon
Whittaker, Mary Needham, and Arthur Whittaker of
Collinsville and Zoe Cook of Granite City. There
are nine grandchildren.
Funeral services
were held Monday at 2:00 o'clock from the home of
Arthur Whittaker, 122 St. Louis Road, where he
made his home, to the Episcopal church at 2:00
p.m. Interment was made in the Glenwood Cemetery.
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