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Andrew and Matilda's second son, Samuel D. White, fought in the Civil War. He was a private with Company D of the 45th Illinois Infantry. He served from Nov 20, 1861 to Dec 30, 1864.
Soon after the War ended Samuel and his brother Matthew married two local girls of French parentage who lived next door to one another. They may have been related. Samuel married Josephine Mougin in September of 1865 and Matthew married Harriet Bonhotal in October 1865. Samuel and Josephine appear to have lived and farmed on the land that had belonged to his father, Andrew. On the 1870 census many neighbors are the same as Andrew's were in 1860. By 1880 though he is still in Elizabeth Township, the neighbors are different so I don't know if he or they have moved. Samuel and Josephine had 16 children but they didn't have very good luck with their children as on the 1910 census Josephine says she has given birth to sixteen children but only 7 are still living. I think there may have been diabetes in that family. The 1910 census also says Samuel is blind. He and Josephine lived out their lives near the place of his birth. Samuel died in 1912 and Josephine in 1914. There are buried together in the Greenwood Cemetery in Galena. Many of their decendants continued to live and farm in the Jo Daviess county. One daughter and one granddaughter married railroad engineers, Lizzie Shellhorne and Myrtle Kish. The Kishes lived in St. Paul, Minnesota. Samuel and Josephine may have had twins. There were twins among Samuel's descendants. Vernon and Vera Sanderson were twin grandchildren of Sam's daughter Emma. Matilda was thought to have had two sets of twins. Daughter Hattie had identical twins, Helen and Harriet Knight.1860 Census shows Samuel, age 19, working as a farm hand. He is on the census twice.
1870 Samuel is living on the family farm which is now worth $4000 and has Personal estate of 1200.
Parents are not shown in Census.
Besides his wife and 2 children, it looks like his sister Martha and her three children are living with them.
Also listed is Frank Shellborne, age 14, farmhand. Frank's eventual son, William marries Samuel's future daughter Josephine, and then his daughter Lizzie after Josephine died.Samuel D. White from Illinois is listed for the Civil War - Co.D 45th Illinois Infantry - Private
(Civil War record also listed on tombstone)1900 census - S.D. and Josephine White are living at 205 Bon Thilier (?) in Galena. They have 5 children and one grandchild living with them.
1910 Census indicates Samuel is blind.
per Diane Miller - Phone 24 Apr 2008 - Sam lost one eye during the Civil War.
Middle name, David, is from Diane Miller Email of 23Apr 2008.
1900 census Josephine reports having born 16 children, 10 are still living. 1900 census gives birthdate as July 1847 and age as 53.
1910 census says she has birthed 16 children, only 7 are still living.
From genealogytrails.com - biographicals -p. 528 - "The year following his retirement from the army Mr. WHite was married Sept. 20,
1865 to Josephine Mougin, also a native of this county, born in Rice Twp. July
19, 1850. Mrs. White is the daughter of Augustus and Catherine (Gammon) Mougin,
the former a native of France and the latter born in the State of Maine. They
emigrated to what was then the Far West, settling in Rice Twp. about 1842. They
are still living on the old homestead, which, by their united labors, they built
up from a wild and uncultivated tract of land. Nothwithstanding they are quite
well advanced in years, they are hale and hearty and int he enjoyment of good
health, sitting under their own vine and fig tree, amid the comforts which they
have so justly earned, and with the blessings of scores of friends. "
died at 3 months of age per Christine Walters article.
On the 1900 census Samuel is living with Mom & Dad. No occupation is listed for him.
The Thomas and James with Henry on the 1860 census are his nephews. After Henry's father, Robert White, died in 1849, his mother, Jane, married William Shannon. By the 1860 all of Robert and Jane's younger children, plus 2 nephews, are living in Irish Hollow with Henry, age 21, as the head of the household. Jane and William have started a new family of 4 children and are living in Carroll County, Illinois.
Per "Sherard Family" Henry died as a result of his Civil War Service.
Possible listing for Henry's Civil War Service
WHITE, Henry Private Savannah Mar 3, 1865 Mustered out Sep 16, 1865
Company A 15th (Reorganized) Illinois infantry. This unit was made up of men from Jo Daviess and Carroll Counties. Savannah is in Carroll County. The Ancestry listing says this man is from Savannah, Georgia, but I believe that's an error.
Andrew and Matilda's daughter Martha Jane White married the boy next door, her possible cousin, Henry White, son of Robert and Jane White, on December 24, 1861. Their first child, Samuel David, was born in 1862. The Sherard History says Henry fought in The Civil War and died of his injuries. I haven't yet found his military record. After the Civil War Martha and Henry had two more sons, Robert in 1866, and Henry in 1870. By the time of the 1870 census, Henry Sr. had died and Martha and the three boys were living with her brother Samuel. In 1872 she married James Sherard, who had been living with his uncle and family in Irish Hollow. There is no mention of little Henry after the 1870 census, so he must have died, but Sam and Robert as well as their old neighbors from Irish Hollow, James and William Black, all accompanied James and Martha on the three week trek to Dakota Territory soon after their marriage. What an adventure that must have been! The 1910 census shows that Martha has had 13 children, only 9 of whom are living. Besides baby Henry, three Sherard children must have died as well. Martha and James were good hearted people. The 1900 census shows them with six children still at home and in addition they are caring for three nieces and Martha's handicapped sister Ann Eliza. Read more about the Sherards in the article titled "Sherard Family" in the sources for Martha. Martha and James lived and farmed in Turner County, South Dakota until they died, Martha in 1914 and James in 1919. Many of their descendants stayed in South Dakota. Some moved on to Oregon.
1900 Census - Martha is caring for her sister, Eliza, described as "invalid." Also living with the family are:
Ida May Sherard - age 10 - born in Minnesota - niece
Agga Sherard - age 9 - " "
Bell White - age 16 - born in Illinois "
1920 census lists both Rachel's parents as born in Pennsylvania