Person:John Rockwell (32)

Watchers
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
Facts and Events
Name John W. Rockwell
Gender Male
Birth? 27 Jun 1838 Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
Death? 18 Dec 1913 Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States
Burial? 19 Dec 1913 McLean, Illinois, United StatesCemetery: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Section F

John was drafted at the age of 23 into the Confederate army, although his sympathies lay with the North. He evaded the officers and migrated to Bloomington, McLean Co., IL in 1861.

He was employed by the Illinois Central Railroad from 1863 until his retirement 5 years before his death.

He had one son only.

References
  1.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624).
  2.   United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).
  3.   McLean Co., IL Cemeteries Vol. 19. (McLean County Genealogical Society, 2001).
  4.   United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653).
  5.   United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
    Bloomington, McLean Co.
  6.   United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T9).
  7.   Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900.
  8.   Obituary
    Bloomington, IL, 19 Dec., 1913.
  9.   Find A Grave
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61149196.
  10.   Find A Grave
    http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Rockwell&GSiman=1&GScid=105608&GRid=50233378&.