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Cpl. William Addleman

From the Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois

Co. F       66th Ill. Inft.

Home of Record - Abingdon
Enlisted - Oxt. 10, 1861
Mustered In -Oct. 31, 1861
Remarks -Re-enlisted as a Veteran
       Note;
With his re-enlistment he received a $300 Veterans Bounty and a 30 day Veterans Furlough.
Re-enlisted - Dec. 23, 1863 as a Private
Mustered In - Dec. 24, 1863
Remarks - Mustered Out July 7, 1865 as a Cpl.

From the Database of Illinois Veterans Index
Soldier - Pvt. William Addleman
Unit - Co. F    66th Ill. Inf.
Descriptive Roll
Height - 5'   4"
Hair - Dark
Eyes - Blue
Compleion - Dark
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - Farmer
Born - 1842 in Pennsylvania

From the 1880 Census
Name - Wm. A. Addleman       Aged - 37 Years
Born - 1843 in Pennsylvania
Home in 1880 - Abingdon, Knox Co., Ill.
Address - 195 Seventh street
Race - White
Occupation - Painter
Spouse - Laura A. Addleman       Age - 30 Years

From Civil War Obituaries from Galesburg, Illinois Newspapers by Barbara Schock and Patty Mosher.   The Daily Republican-Register Nov. 15, 1901, Pg. 4.

"Death of William Addleman"

       Intelligence has reached Galesburb of the death yesterday of William Addlemanh at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.H. Britton, Moline.   In the month of September Mr. Addleman fell from a ladder, and suffered internal injuries.   His occupation was a paper hanger and a painter.   Mr. Addleman is quite well known in Galesburg where at vareious times he had worked at his trade and he also has some relatives here.   He was a widower, his wife having died in Abingdon several years ago.   Surviving him are two daughters, Miss Minnie Addleman, a teacher in the Abingdon Public schools, and Mrs. S.H. Britton of Moline.   One son, Jay A Addleman, of Chicago, but formerly a clerk in Bunker's shoe store, in Galesburg, also survive.

       Mr. Addleman was an old soldier and at one time a member of Abingdon Post, G.A.R.   For some months he was an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, but for the past two years he has been able to work and had engaged in is trade in Abingdon and Moline.

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