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[nitrofd]

I am trying to find out for my brother in law if his great grandfather fought in the civil war.
His name was Henry Jacobs and he came to the U.S. in 1855 and lived in the Peoria,Ill.area.that's LaSalle county I believe.on Fold3 I found about 10 Henry Jacobs from Ill. And I thought it was him in the 47th.reg.inf.,they were mustered in Peoria on 16aug1861.I have since found that he registered for the draft on july1,1863 in Peoria.would anyone know if he did serve as I seem to be stuck at this point.

 

[AndyHall]

The 47th Illinois Henry Jacobs would not seem to be the guy:

Name: Henry Jacobs
Rank: Private
Company: K
Unit: 47th Illinois Infantry
Height: 5' 5 3/4
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: DARK
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Baker
Birth Date: Abt 1830
Birth Place: France
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 31
Service Entry Date: 25 Sep 1861
Service Entry Place: Peoria, IL
Joined By Whom: J JAMISON
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 1 Oct 1861
Muster In Place: Benton Brks, MO
Remarks: DIED OF DISEASE MAR 28, 1862 AT ST LOUIS MO
Residence Place: Peoria, Peoria CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

 

[AndyHall]

Can you post any other biographical information known about him? Sometimes it helps to be able to narrow down the candidates.

 

[nitrofd]

The 47th Illinois Henry Jacobs would not seem to be the guy:

Name: Henry Jacobs
Rank: Private
Company: K
Unit: 47th Illinois Infantry
Height: 5' 5 3/4
Hair: BROWN
Eyes: BLUE
Complexion: DARK
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Baker
Birth Date: Abt 1830
Birth Place: France
War: Civil War
War Years: 1861-1865
Service Entry Age: 31
Service Entry Date: 25 Sep 1861
Service Entry Place: Peoria, IL
Joined By Whom: J JAMISON
Period: 3 YRS
Muster In Date: 1 Oct 1861
Muster In Place: Benton Brks, MO
Remarks: DIED OF DISEASE MAR 28, 1862 AT ST LOUIS MO
Residence Place: Peoria, Peoria CO, IL
Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

 

[nitrofd]

Thanks andy,but that is not him.he was born in Prussia in 1837 came to the states in 1855,was farmer and lived in the Peoria area until he died in 1924.he was single on the 1863 draft registration and he did get married to a Julia Krack,i'm not sure of the date when they were married but they had 13 kids.

 

[nitrofd]

I did see there was a Henry Jacobs that was mustered in the 144th reg inf. co.K in Alton ,Ill. On 24 oct1864.Alton is not that far from peoria but all I could find was his index card.

 

[AndyHall]

There is a detailed profile of him on Ancestry, but no mention there of military service.

 

[nitrofd]

There is a detailed profile of him on Ancestry, but no mention there of military service.

Thanks andy,I have found that picture of him and also of a family reunion in 1906.with all his kids there were 37 at the reunion.

 

[photoman475]

His name was Henry Jacobs and he came to the U.S. in 1855 and lived in the Peoria,Ill.area.that's LaSalle county I believe.

LaSalle County is north of Peoria. Peoria is in Peoria County. Alton is down by St. Louis, and would be about 3 hours driving time today. I had a sales job right out of college which was all of Illinois south of Interstate 80, so all three of these were in my territory. Hope this help keep the geography straight!

 

[sflickinger]

Just a small point, but I've found a few people who were in the war prior to the draft still on the list, although it noted their unit in the remarks. I don't know if that's the norm or it was just in those areas. Good luck.

 

[sflickinger]

LaSalle County is north of Peoria. Peoria is in Peoria County. Alton is down by St. Louis, and would be about 3 hours driving time today. I had a sales job right out of college which was all of Illinois south of Interstate 80, so all three of these were in my territory. Hope this help keep the geography straight!

Having to do all that driving must have been a pain. You must have went through some books on tape.

 

[photoman475]

If only the car I'd had back then had had a tape player. I thought having air conditioning was a major improvement over the previous pickup truck's "open air" version of air conditioning!

 

[mcfb50]

I did a bunch of research on a branch of my family that settled in La Salle County a few months ago. If you need to search for/order records, the La Salle County Genealogy is a good place, with very reasonable fees.
http://www.lscgg.org/lscgg_search.html

I had really good luck finding people from La Salle County in the Bloomington Pantagraph, especially if they lived in the Rutland area, which it turns out this Henry Jacobs did. This doesn't tell if he served in the Civil War, but it does say he ran away from the old country to keep from serving in the army! This is from The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, Friday March 9, 1923. There's a typo on his year of birth. His obit makes the same statement.

I'm venturing a guess he didn't escape to avoid serving in Prussia, only to join up here. Plus if they bothered to include that fact in both articles, if he had served in the Civil War they probably would have included it.

 

[nitrofd]

I did a bunch of research on a branch of my family that settled in La Salle County a few months ago. If you need to search for/order records, the La Salle County Genealogy is a good place, with very reasonable fees.
http://www.lscgg.org/lscgg_search.html

I had really good luck finding people from La Salle County in the Bloomington Pantagraph, especially if they lived in the Rutland area, which it turns out this Henry Jacobs did. This doesn't tell if he served in the Civil War, but it does say he ran away from the old country to keep from serving in the army! This is from The Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, Friday March 9, 1923. There's a typo on his year of birth. His obit makes the same statement.

I'm venturing a guess he didn't escape to avoid serving in Prussia, only to join up here. Plus if they bothered to include that fact in both articles, if he had served in the Civil War they probably would have included it.

Thanks alot.that is so cool.amazing how the people on this site can find a needle in a stack of needles.

 

[mcfb50]

Glad to help! I'll have to say that was a first for me...finding an obituary that made a point of mentioning NOT serving!

 

[nitrofd]

Glad to help! I'll have to say that was a first for me...finding an obituary that made a point of mentioning NOT serving!

My brother in law and sister in law are so happy.they visited us yesterday and I showed them what I had already found and gave them the links to the info.they are going to visit his remaining family in Peoria during the summer and can't wait to show them what I found.they remaining family is really getting up in age and are not computer say at all (I think they still use dial phones).again thanks for everything.
P.S.I have just finished looking at the archive site of the Pantagraph.interesting.....mitch.