U.S. Army Veteran, War of 1812
The son of James Sandusky and Mary Ball Brown. He was united in marriage to Euphemia McDowell.∼In a manuscript on "History of Vermilion County" by Tilton mention is made of Isaac Sodowski:
"He was a Polish refugee who arrived in free America just in time to enlist and fight for his adopted home, in the second war with England. He was captured by the British and imprisoned at Detroit but escaped. In his journey from Detroit to Kentucky, he passed through the prairies of old Vermilion and was impressed with their beauty. Here later he built his home and reared his family. Here he is buried near Catlin, Vermilion County."
Source: Polish Exiles In Illinois, by Mrs. Isaac D. Rawlings, Publication Number Thirty-four of the Illinois State Historical Library, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1927, Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Society, Springfield, Illinois, May 12 and 13, 1927, Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois Printing Co., Danville, Ill., p. 95, transcribed by HJ
Note: Surname originally spelled "Sodowski," later Americanized to "Sandusky"
The son of James Sandusky and Mary Ball Brown. He was united in marriage to Euphemia McDowell.∼In a manuscript on "History of Vermilion County" by Tilton mention is made of Isaac Sodowski:
"He was a Polish refugee who arrived in free America just in time to enlist and fight for his adopted home, in the second war with England. He was captured by the British and imprisoned at Detroit but escaped. In his journey from Detroit to Kentucky, he passed through the prairies of old Vermilion and was impressed with their beauty. Here later he built his home and reared his family. Here he is buried near Catlin, Vermilion County."
Source: Polish Exiles In Illinois, by Mrs. Isaac D. Rawlings, Publication Number Thirty-four of the Illinois State Historical Library, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1927, Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Society, Springfield, Illinois, May 12 and 13, 1927, Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois Printing Co., Danville, Ill., p. 95, transcribed by HJ
Note: Surname originally spelled "Sodowski," later Americanized to "Sandusky"
U.S. Army Veteran, War of 1812
The son of James Sandusky and Mary Ball Brown. He was united in marriage to Euphemia McDowell.∼In a manuscript on "History of Vermilion County" by Tilton mention is made of Isaac Sodowski:
"He was a Polish refugee who arrived in free America just in time to enlist and fight for his adopted home, in the second war with England. He was captured by the British and imprisoned at Detroit but escaped. In his journey from Detroit to Kentucky, he passed through the prairies of old Vermilion and was impressed with their beauty. Here later he built his home and reared his family. Here he is buried near Catlin, Vermilion County."
Source: Polish Exiles In Illinois, by Mrs. Isaac D. Rawlings, Publication Number Thirty-four of the Illinois State Historical Library, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1927, Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Society, Springfield, Illinois, May 12 and 13, 1927, Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois Printing Co., Danville, Ill., p. 95, transcribed by HJ
Note: Surname originally spelled "Sodowski," later Americanized to "Sandusky"
The son of James Sandusky and Mary Ball Brown. He was united in marriage to Euphemia McDowell.∼In a manuscript on "History of Vermilion County" by Tilton mention is made of Isaac Sodowski:
"He was a Polish refugee who arrived in free America just in time to enlist and fight for his adopted home, in the second war with England. He was captured by the British and imprisoned at Detroit but escaped. In his journey from Detroit to Kentucky, he passed through the prairies of old Vermilion and was impressed with their beauty. Here later he built his home and reared his family. Here he is buried near Catlin, Vermilion County."
Source: Polish Exiles In Illinois, by Mrs. Isaac D. Rawlings, Publication Number Thirty-four of the Illinois State Historical Library, Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1927, Twenty-eighth Annual Meeting of the Society, Springfield, Illinois, May 12 and 13, 1927, Board of Trustees of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois Printing Co., Danville, Ill., p. 95, transcribed by HJ
Note: Surname originally spelled "Sodowski," later Americanized to "Sandusky"
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