Calvin H. Wilson

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c1827

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"Calvin H. Wilson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00015411, (accessed February 25, 2025).

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Brown County, Illinois, blacksmith, mechanic, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Margaret Wilson. Father of John Wilson, James Wilson, William Wilson, and S. E. Wilson. Blacksmith in Brown County, Illinois, in 1850. Blacksmith in Cooperstown in 1860. Mechanic in Cooperstown in 1863. Served in the 16th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as first lieutenant and captain.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Township 1SR1W, p. 125A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, Brown County, Cooperstown, p. 736.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War) NARA RG 110, Brown County, IL, July 1863, p. 414.
U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Illinois, Application #57587, Certificate #59890.

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