Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
George Adcock Enlisted To Serve The Union When He Was 15
Traveling throughout the state to honor the last Union soldier to be buried in each county is John Surman, a member of the Sons of Union Soldiers of the Civil War. Surman stopped at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Banner County to honor George Adcock. Adcock was the final Civil War Union soldier buried in Banner County
George Thomas Adcock was born in Henry County, Kentucky, on July 18, 1848. He was the son of Elijah and Susana Adcock, which was sometimes spelled as Atcock or even Adtock.
He was the 4th of a known 5 children. By 1860, he was listed as a farm laborer for the James G. Evans and Nancy Lyons Evans family in New Salem, Illinois. One of their daughters was a 3-year old named Ida Evans.
At the age of 15 years and 10 months, he enlisted May 15, 1864, for a 100-day enlistment period in Company G of the 137th Illinois at Quincy with a transfer to Company I on June 6, 1864.
He was mustered out Septembe...
