Person:John Driskell (7)

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Name John Driskell
Alt Name Johnson Driscoll
Gender Male
Birth? 15 Nov 1780 Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States
Marriage 29 Jan 1803 Jefferson, Ohio, United StatesCitation needed
to Mercy Mary Ackin
Residence? 1812 Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States
Death? 25 Jun 1841 Pine Rock, Ogle, Illinois, United Statesdied by firing squad
Burial[1] buried in unmarked grave near the site of his execution

Came to Killbuck Creek, Monroe Township, IL in 1835 from Ohio

References
  1. 204742583 , in Find A Grave
    includes historical markerphoto, last accessed Dec 2022.
  2.   The History of Ogle County, Illinois: containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, map of Ogle County, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc. (Chicago: H.F. Kett & Co., 1878).
  3.   Boies, Henry L. History of DeKalb County, Illinois. (Chicago: O.P. Bassett, printer, 1868).
  4.   Church, Charles A. History of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois: from the first settlement in 1834 to the Civil War. (Rockford, Ill.: New England Society, 1990).
  5.   Bonney, Edward. The banditti of the prairies: a tale of the Mississippi valley. (Chicago, Illinois: Homewood publishing company, 1850).