William served in the Civil War as Private in the US Army.
He was a member of Company A of the 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
Additional info from another contributor:
Birth: September 1842 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States
Death: January 22, 1928 Toluca, Marshall, Illinois, United States
William was 5 feet 3 3/4 inches tall with hazel eyes and light brown hair. William moved with his parents to Iowa as a young man. He was a civil war veteran and served with Company "A" 40th Regiment Iowa Infantry commanded by William S. Blaine. He served from November 21, 1864 to August 2, 1865. While in the service he was stationed at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
During the civil war he was hospitalized at Fort Smith during March of 1865 due to "catching a severe cold about Feb. 20, 1865 by wading out where a boat was run aground in the Arkansas River. He has never fully recovered from this cold and it settled in his head and eyes". According to his physician J.D. Skidmon M.D. "William is deaf in one ear had his eyesight was partially impaired due to overexposure and hard duty while in the United States service". William eventually lost the sight completely in his right eye.
William and his son John came to Toluca in 1901. They had previously been farmers and brick masons. He may have worked for the Devlin Coal Company for a couple of years. His son John worked as a carpenter for the Devlin Coal Company until the mines closed and then John and his wife Martha "Mattie" operated a restaurant on East Santa Fe Ave. A history of Toluca published by the City of Toluca, under the section written by Pete Aimone, mentions a restaurant about in the area of Clanin's building by the name of Thompson's. When the Baylesses came here, they brought Martha Thompson , Martha's brother Martin Thompson and also a sister, Mrs.(Addie) C.B. Dersay.
About a year before his death, William's health began to fail. He died at the home of his son around five-thirty, Sunday evening, January 22, 1928, after a two week illness with "dropsy and heart trouble". He was laid to rest, Tuesday February 24, 1928 in the Antioch cemetery, Toluca, IL.
He was a member of Company A of the 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
Additional info from another contributor:
Birth: September 1842 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States
Death: January 22, 1928 Toluca, Marshall, Illinois, United States
William was 5 feet 3 3/4 inches tall with hazel eyes and light brown hair. William moved with his parents to Iowa as a young man. He was a civil war veteran and served with Company "A" 40th Regiment Iowa Infantry commanded by William S. Blaine. He served from November 21, 1864 to August 2, 1865. While in the service he was stationed at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
During the civil war he was hospitalized at Fort Smith during March of 1865 due to "catching a severe cold about Feb. 20, 1865 by wading out where a boat was run aground in the Arkansas River. He has never fully recovered from this cold and it settled in his head and eyes". According to his physician J.D. Skidmon M.D. "William is deaf in one ear had his eyesight was partially impaired due to overexposure and hard duty while in the United States service". William eventually lost the sight completely in his right eye.
William and his son John came to Toluca in 1901. They had previously been farmers and brick masons. He may have worked for the Devlin Coal Company for a couple of years. His son John worked as a carpenter for the Devlin Coal Company until the mines closed and then John and his wife Martha "Mattie" operated a restaurant on East Santa Fe Ave. A history of Toluca published by the City of Toluca, under the section written by Pete Aimone, mentions a restaurant about in the area of Clanin's building by the name of Thompson's. When the Baylesses came here, they brought Martha Thompson , Martha's brother Martin Thompson and also a sister, Mrs.(Addie) C.B. Dersay.
About a year before his death, William's health began to fail. He died at the home of his son around five-thirty, Sunday evening, January 22, 1928, after a two week illness with "dropsy and heart trouble". He was laid to rest, Tuesday February 24, 1928 in the Antioch cemetery, Toluca, IL.
William served in the Civil War as Private in the US Army.
He was a member of Company A of the 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
Additional info from another contributor:
Birth: September 1842 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States
Death: January 22, 1928 Toluca, Marshall, Illinois, United States
William was 5 feet 3 3/4 inches tall with hazel eyes and light brown hair. William moved with his parents to Iowa as a young man. He was a civil war veteran and served with Company "A" 40th Regiment Iowa Infantry commanded by William S. Blaine. He served from November 21, 1864 to August 2, 1865. While in the service he was stationed at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
During the civil war he was hospitalized at Fort Smith during March of 1865 due to "catching a severe cold about Feb. 20, 1865 by wading out where a boat was run aground in the Arkansas River. He has never fully recovered from this cold and it settled in his head and eyes". According to his physician J.D. Skidmon M.D. "William is deaf in one ear had his eyesight was partially impaired due to overexposure and hard duty while in the United States service". William eventually lost the sight completely in his right eye.
William and his son John came to Toluca in 1901. They had previously been farmers and brick masons. He may have worked for the Devlin Coal Company for a couple of years. His son John worked as a carpenter for the Devlin Coal Company until the mines closed and then John and his wife Martha "Mattie" operated a restaurant on East Santa Fe Ave. A history of Toluca published by the City of Toluca, under the section written by Pete Aimone, mentions a restaurant about in the area of Clanin's building by the name of Thompson's. When the Baylesses came here, they brought Martha Thompson , Martha's brother Martin Thompson and also a sister, Mrs.(Addie) C.B. Dersay.
About a year before his death, William's health began to fail. He died at the home of his son around five-thirty, Sunday evening, January 22, 1928, after a two week illness with "dropsy and heart trouble". He was laid to rest, Tuesday February 24, 1928 in the Antioch cemetery, Toluca, IL.
He was a member of Company A of the 40th Iowa Infantry Regiment.
Additional info from another contributor:
Birth: September 1842 Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States
Death: January 22, 1928 Toluca, Marshall, Illinois, United States
William was 5 feet 3 3/4 inches tall with hazel eyes and light brown hair. William moved with his parents to Iowa as a young man. He was a civil war veteran and served with Company "A" 40th Regiment Iowa Infantry commanded by William S. Blaine. He served from November 21, 1864 to August 2, 1865. While in the service he was stationed at Fort Smith, Arkansas.
During the civil war he was hospitalized at Fort Smith during March of 1865 due to "catching a severe cold about Feb. 20, 1865 by wading out where a boat was run aground in the Arkansas River. He has never fully recovered from this cold and it settled in his head and eyes". According to his physician J.D. Skidmon M.D. "William is deaf in one ear had his eyesight was partially impaired due to overexposure and hard duty while in the United States service". William eventually lost the sight completely in his right eye.
William and his son John came to Toluca in 1901. They had previously been farmers and brick masons. He may have worked for the Devlin Coal Company for a couple of years. His son John worked as a carpenter for the Devlin Coal Company until the mines closed and then John and his wife Martha "Mattie" operated a restaurant on East Santa Fe Ave. A history of Toluca published by the City of Toluca, under the section written by Pete Aimone, mentions a restaurant about in the area of Clanin's building by the name of Thompson's. When the Baylesses came here, they brought Martha Thompson , Martha's brother Martin Thompson and also a sister, Mrs.(Addie) C.B. Dersay.
About a year before his death, William's health began to fail. He died at the home of his son around five-thirty, Sunday evening, January 22, 1928, after a two week illness with "dropsy and heart trouble". He was laid to rest, Tuesday February 24, 1928 in the Antioch cemetery, Toluca, IL.
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