Civil War: Company E, 1st California Infantry
George Corson enlisted and mustered-in as Private of Captain Thomas L. Roberts' Company E (Old), 1st California Infantry, at Camp Downey, located near Oakland, Alameda County (where the railroad shops stood about 1890), California, August 30, 1861. Private Corson mustered-out at Los Pinos, New Mexico Territory, August 31, 1864.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CARRY CORPSE OF GEORGE CORSON. Large Delegation of Railroad and G. A. R. Men Will Go to Monroe Tomorrow at 1:00. Funeral services over the remains of the late George Corson will be held from the house, 123 Terrace street, tomorrow noon at 12:30. The Reverend Vaughan will officiate. The pallbearers will be three fellow workers of the deceased on the railroad and three comrades from the W. H. Sargent post of this city. Mr. Corson has been a member of the G. A. R. and a veteran of Company E of the First California. The three railroad pallbearers will be J. S. Dean, T. A. Leahey, and W.S. Harrison; the Grand Army pallbearers will be Ed Phelps, J. L. Baer, and W. F. Hall. A special train will carry the body and the mourners from here to Monroe, starting at 1:00 o'clock. The funeral services in that place will be under the direction of the O. F. Pinney Post G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Corson was born in Maine, April 14, 1840, and came to Wisconsin in 1851. He engaged in railroading fifty years ago and had a passenger run as conductor over the Mineral Point division for seventeen years. He was married to Miss Agnes Mackey of Monroe, and his wife and four children, two sons, Charles and Ray, and two daughters, Nell and Bessie survive him. He also leaves four brothers and two sisters. The relatives who are in the city to attend the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Corson of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Corson and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Corson of Lockport, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corson of Monroe, C. R. Mackey, Laura Mackey, Mr. Funston, all of Monroe; and Mr. C. H. Grimes of Rockford. ("Janesville Daily Gazette, 17 October 1904)
George Corson enlisted and mustered-in as Private of Captain Thomas L. Roberts' Company E (Old), 1st California Infantry, at Camp Downey, located near Oakland, Alameda County (where the railroad shops stood about 1890), California, August 30, 1861. Private Corson mustered-out at Los Pinos, New Mexico Territory, August 31, 1864.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CARRY CORPSE OF GEORGE CORSON. Large Delegation of Railroad and G. A. R. Men Will Go to Monroe Tomorrow at 1:00. Funeral services over the remains of the late George Corson will be held from the house, 123 Terrace street, tomorrow noon at 12:30. The Reverend Vaughan will officiate. The pallbearers will be three fellow workers of the deceased on the railroad and three comrades from the W. H. Sargent post of this city. Mr. Corson has been a member of the G. A. R. and a veteran of Company E of the First California. The three railroad pallbearers will be J. S. Dean, T. A. Leahey, and W.S. Harrison; the Grand Army pallbearers will be Ed Phelps, J. L. Baer, and W. F. Hall. A special train will carry the body and the mourners from here to Monroe, starting at 1:00 o'clock. The funeral services in that place will be under the direction of the O. F. Pinney Post G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Corson was born in Maine, April 14, 1840, and came to Wisconsin in 1851. He engaged in railroading fifty years ago and had a passenger run as conductor over the Mineral Point division for seventeen years. He was married to Miss Agnes Mackey of Monroe, and his wife and four children, two sons, Charles and Ray, and two daughters, Nell and Bessie survive him. He also leaves four brothers and two sisters. The relatives who are in the city to attend the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Corson of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Corson and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Corson of Lockport, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corson of Monroe, C. R. Mackey, Laura Mackey, Mr. Funston, all of Monroe; and Mr. C. H. Grimes of Rockford. ("Janesville Daily Gazette, 17 October 1904)
Civil War: Company E, 1st California Infantry
George Corson enlisted and mustered-in as Private of Captain Thomas L. Roberts' Company E (Old), 1st California Infantry, at Camp Downey, located near Oakland, Alameda County (where the railroad shops stood about 1890), California, August 30, 1861. Private Corson mustered-out at Los Pinos, New Mexico Territory, August 31, 1864.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CARRY CORPSE OF GEORGE CORSON. Large Delegation of Railroad and G. A. R. Men Will Go to Monroe Tomorrow at 1:00. Funeral services over the remains of the late George Corson will be held from the house, 123 Terrace street, tomorrow noon at 12:30. The Reverend Vaughan will officiate. The pallbearers will be three fellow workers of the deceased on the railroad and three comrades from the W. H. Sargent post of this city. Mr. Corson has been a member of the G. A. R. and a veteran of Company E of the First California. The three railroad pallbearers will be J. S. Dean, T. A. Leahey, and W.S. Harrison; the Grand Army pallbearers will be Ed Phelps, J. L. Baer, and W. F. Hall. A special train will carry the body and the mourners from here to Monroe, starting at 1:00 o'clock. The funeral services in that place will be under the direction of the O. F. Pinney Post G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Corson was born in Maine, April 14, 1840, and came to Wisconsin in 1851. He engaged in railroading fifty years ago and had a passenger run as conductor over the Mineral Point division for seventeen years. He was married to Miss Agnes Mackey of Monroe, and his wife and four children, two sons, Charles and Ray, and two daughters, Nell and Bessie survive him. He also leaves four brothers and two sisters. The relatives who are in the city to attend the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Corson of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Corson and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Corson of Lockport, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corson of Monroe, C. R. Mackey, Laura Mackey, Mr. Funston, all of Monroe; and Mr. C. H. Grimes of Rockford. ("Janesville Daily Gazette, 17 October 1904)
George Corson enlisted and mustered-in as Private of Captain Thomas L. Roberts' Company E (Old), 1st California Infantry, at Camp Downey, located near Oakland, Alameda County (where the railroad shops stood about 1890), California, August 30, 1861. Private Corson mustered-out at Los Pinos, New Mexico Territory, August 31, 1864.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO CARRY CORPSE OF GEORGE CORSON. Large Delegation of Railroad and G. A. R. Men Will Go to Monroe Tomorrow at 1:00. Funeral services over the remains of the late George Corson will be held from the house, 123 Terrace street, tomorrow noon at 12:30. The Reverend Vaughan will officiate. The pallbearers will be three fellow workers of the deceased on the railroad and three comrades from the W. H. Sargent post of this city. Mr. Corson has been a member of the G. A. R. and a veteran of Company E of the First California. The three railroad pallbearers will be J. S. Dean, T. A. Leahey, and W.S. Harrison; the Grand Army pallbearers will be Ed Phelps, J. L. Baer, and W. F. Hall. A special train will carry the body and the mourners from here to Monroe, starting at 1:00 o'clock. The funeral services in that place will be under the direction of the O. F. Pinney Post G. A. R., of which the deceased was a member. Mr. Corson was born in Maine, April 14, 1840, and came to Wisconsin in 1851. He engaged in railroading fifty years ago and had a passenger run as conductor over the Mineral Point division for seventeen years. He was married to Miss Agnes Mackey of Monroe, and his wife and four children, two sons, Charles and Ray, and two daughters, Nell and Bessie survive him. He also leaves four brothers and two sisters. The relatives who are in the city to attend the funeral are: Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Corson of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Corson and Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Corson of Lockport, New York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Corson of Monroe, C. R. Mackey, Laura Mackey, Mr. Funston, all of Monroe; and Mr. C. H. Grimes of Rockford. ("Janesville Daily Gazette, 17 October 1904)
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