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Elkanah M Hill

  Elkanah M Hill     Born: ca 1834    Died: after 1880    Plot:
Veteran Civil War
Where born:   IL
Son of:   William S. Hill (ca 1810 NC-19 Jan 1884) & Anne Moore (ca 1809 TN-23 Sep 1875) both bur: Lick Prairie Cem.
Married 1st:   13 Mar 1869 Wabash Cordelia Whyde*
Married 2nd:   31 Jan 1875 Wabash Helen Pickett (ca 1847 Wabash-after 1880 m1: Stephen H Jones)
Lived at:   1850 Wabash 1860 Pleasant Hill 1870-80 Lick Prairie; note: Elkanah enlisted Kane Co IL 24 Aug 1861; Promoted to Full Sergeant; Mustered out on 25 Dec 1862; Transferred to Co H IL 15th Cavalry Regiment on 25 Dec 1862; mustered out 26 Jan 1865; Transferred to Co L IL 10th Cavalry Regiment on 26 Jan 1865; mustered out on 22 Nov 1865. Note: 1870: Benj F Hill (b 1854) and Francis (b 1860) Hill are living with Elkanah and Cordelia. Are these children from a first marriage or cousins?

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