Person:George Rockwell (1)

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George Rockwell
b.Abt 1840 Virginia, United States
d.Abt 1893 La Salle, Illinois, United States
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m. 24 Mar 1834
  1. Peter H. RockwellAbt 1834 - 1904
  2. Edward P. Rockwell1836 - 1925
  3. John W. Rockwell1838 - 1913
  4. George RockwellAbt 1840 - Abt 1893
  5. Thornton Rockwell1842 - 1894
  6. William M. Rockwell1844 - 1918
  7. Mary Virginia Rockwell1848 - 1930
  8. Sarah Ann RockwellAbt 1850 -
  9. Maria Elizabeth Rockwell1854 - 1943
  10. Arthur David Rockwell1859 - 1936
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Name George Rockwell
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1840 Virginia, United States
Military? Civil War
Death? Abt 1893 La Salle, Illinois, United StatesCause: Fell while working on LaSalle Bridge over the Illinois River


From Edward Rockwell's History of the Rockwell Family:

"Three of the seven sons was in our great Civil war. But the(y) birth different opinions regarding it's true and main cause.

"Brother George went through the hold strenious & distractive Siege. With a bullet passing through his body barely missing his heart.

"After the war ended He came out to Illinois and Brother Peter at that time had charge of a Division as RoadMaster. Gave him a position as Bridge carpenter and while at work on building bridge at LaSalle lost his balance and fell 72 feet & was instantly killed after going through all of the most serious struggles of humanity in war."

George Rockwell served in Company F of the 112th Illinois Regiment. This regiment had extensive action for 2 1/2 years beginning in the Autumn of 1862 in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. The regiment lost 234 men, 80 in combat and 154 by disease.

The LaSalle bridge, where Edward reports that George was killed during construction, was built or rebuilt about 1893. Edward states that this was "after the war". So it might have been expected to be earlier than 1893. No other evidence of George appears after the war, suggesting that he might have died soon after the war, before the 1870 census.

In Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County, George W. Rockwell is listed in the roll of Company E, Second Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate States Army) -


Rockwell, George W., promoted 3d Lieutenant, 1863


This unit was part of Stonewall Jackson's Brigade.

From "History of the 112th Regiment of the Illinois Volunteer Infantry ..."

George Rockwell. Enlisted Aug. 20 '62. Absent sick at Knoxville, Tenn., since May 7 '64, and transferred. Discharged at Knoxville, july 12, '65. Killed in Neb., since the war.


From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wyomingillinois/archives/scdeaths.html: Jan. 1882 George Rockwell, of Toulon, while jumping off the cars at Plattsmouth, Neb., in January, 1882, fell under the wheels and was killed.

References
  1.   Rockwell Family Papers.
  2.   Historic Bridges of the United States - La Salle Railroad Bridge La Salle County, Illinois. (http://bridgehunter.com/il/la-salle/la-salle-railroad/).
  3.   F. Vernon Aler. Aler's History of Martinsburg and Berkeley, Co., West Virginia. (The Mail Publishing Co., Martinsburg, WV, 1888).
  4.   Edward Rockwell's Letter to Walter.
  5.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
  6.   Site admin. Pauly, Rockwell, Cleveland, Boncquet and allied families. (https://paulyfamily.org)
    https://paulyfamily.org:443/individual.php?pid=I563414438.

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