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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power
These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon
County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all
necessary research to document what is contained herein.
RUSK, BENJ. D.
, was born in Virginia. His father was killed in the Revolutionary army. His son--
ARCHIBALD H., born Nov. 20, 1833, in Sangamon county, enlisted on the first call for 75,000 men, April, 1861, in Co. E, 7th Ill. Inf., for three months; served full term, and was honorably discharged. He enlisted in August, 1861, in Co. A, 3d Ill. Cav., for three years; served until May, 1862, when he was discharged on account of physical disability. In June, 1863, he was received into Co. E, 114th Ill. Inf., in place of his brother, David L. Rusk, who was discharged in consideration of that exchange. In 1865 he was transferred to Co. A, 58th Ill. Inf; served until April, 1866, when he was honorably discharged at Springfield, and lives in Cotton Hill township.
DAVID L. was one of the Supervisors of Sangamon county from Cotton Hill township.
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