Company A & F 40th & 136th IL Infantry Regiment; b: TN; d: Mt Carmel; res: 1850 Jackson TN 1860 McLeansboro-Hamilton Co IL; m: Emily Holliday (ca 1824 VA); ch: Thomas H (ca 1844 Jackson Co TN; also served Civil War for IL) & Lewis Vance (19 Feb 1846 Jackson Co TN-14 Aug 1933 Rushville-Schuyler Co IL m: Sarah) & Mary Ann (ca 1848 TN) & Martha A (ca 1854 IL m: ca 1870 Jasper D Allison); enlisted 19 May 1864 & mustered out 22 Oct 1864