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Submitted: 7/3/12 • Approved: 9/17/12 • Last Updated: 4/11/18 • R54257-G0-S3
CO D 17 ILL CAV
Name: John Wesley Thurman
Birth Date: 18 Feb 1848
Birth Place: Rushville, Schuyler Co , Ill
Death Date: 21 Jun 1931
Death Place: Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois
Burial Date: 23 Jun 1931
Burial Place: Rushville, Schuyler, Ill.
Cemetery Name: Rushville
Death Age: 83
Occupation: Janitor
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: Rushville, Ill.
Father Name: Albert Thurman
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: Ella Thurman
FHL Film Number: 1653850
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: John Thurman
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Illinois
Regiment Name: 17 Illinois Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 17th Regiment, Illinois Cavalry
Company: D
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Film Number: M539 roll 90
He was married on March 19, 1876 in Schuyler County, Illinois to:
Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
Name: Eliza Jane Thurman
[Eliza Williams]
Birth Date: 24 Nov 1850
Birth Place: Rushville, Ill
Death Date: 2 May 1923
Death Place: Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois
Burial Date: 4 May 1923
Cemetery Name: Rushville Cemetery
Death Age: 72
Occupation: Housewife
Race: White
Marital Status: M
Gender: Female
Father Name: William Williams
Mother Name: Rebecca Angel
Spouse Name: John Thurman
Comments: 72y 5m 8d res. this town
FHL Film Number: 1557116
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