Jacob [Lafayette?] Courter Born: 22 Dec 1845 Died: 19 Feb 1917 Plot:
Born & died: Wabash; Co B 42 IL Infantry Civil War Son of: Samuel J Courter (1822-1883) & Eleanor [Nellie] Banks (1826-1902) both buried Orio Cem Married: 12 Mar 1868 Wabash Sarah Ellen Preston* Lived at: 1860-1910 Wabash pct; invalid in Feb 1890 when pension filed Children: - William Franklin* (1869) -
Edward Reader* (1871) -
Sarah Viola* (1877) -
Walter J* (1882) Note: Illinois Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men: Jacob Courter res: Wabash IL Enlisted 9 Oct 1864 as private to Company B Illinois 42nd Infantry Regiment on 28 Oct 1864 -
mustered out 20 Oct 1865 Jacob had 10 siblings (Obit of Sarah V -
mother Elenore)
