ViewsWatchersBrowse |
George Lansing Whitlock
b.6 Dec 1834 Wilson, Tennessee, United States
d.21 Mar 1917 Texico, Jefferson, Illinois, United States
Family tree▼ (edit)
m. 2 Nov 1833
(edit)
m. 23 Oct 1855
Facts and Events
1880 Census shows as Whillock Source: History of Jefferson County By: John A. Wall pp 473-475© 1909 George L. Whitlock was born in Tennessee, spent some time in Kentucky, but found his way to Illinois in 1854, settling first in Marion county for a year and the removed to Jefferson county. He finally secured a farm in Field township and in this place has been living since 1861. He enlisted in the Eightieth Regiment Illinois Cavalry and served honorably with that command during the Civil War. He married Margaret F. Patton, a native of Kentucky, while he was a resident of that state, and his bride came with him to the prairie state, where their fortunes have been closely linked together for over 60 years. They have had ten children, namely: Robert B. who died in 1904; Mrs Eldora J. Frost of Field township; John T., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Dole Leuty of Farrington township; George E. a resident of Mount Vernon; Mrs Sarah A. Holtzclaw of Shiloh township;William P. of Field township; Mrs Alta Carpenter of Johnson city, Illinois; Mrs. Maggie Brown, of Field township, and Jessie B. also of Field township. Most of these children lived in Jefferson county and nearly all lived on farms adjoining that of their father. NOTE: There was no "Eightieth" Illinois Cavalry. Both the Civil War Soldiers System database [2] and the Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls database [3] state that George L. Whitlock was in the 6th Illinois Cavalry. References
|