Pvt. Joseph Apple

Pvt. Joseph Apple

       From the 1880 Census
Name - Joseph Apple
Aged - 7 Years
Born - 1873 in Illinois
Home in 1880 - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Address - 66 Spring street
Race - White
Marital Status - Single
Occupation - At School

       From the 1956 Kane Co. Honor Roll
Soldier - Joseph F. Apple

Co.E         3rd Ill.

Died – Sept. 28, 1930
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin
Location – Lot 166, Section 4
Issued a Gov't headstone

       From the Ill. Adj't. Gen's. Report

Co. I       3rd Ill. Nat. Guard

Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill.

Enlisted – May 9, 1898
Mustered In – May 10, 1898 at Camp Tanner, Springfield, Ill.
Remarks – Transferred to Co. D, May 11, 1898

Co. D       3rd Ill. Nat. Guard

Remarks – Transferred to Co. E, May 12, 1898

Co. E       3rd Ill. Nat. Guard

     Left for Chickamauga Park Georgia May 16, 1898 and arrived at Newport News July 24, 1898.   Sailed on board the 'St. Louis' for Puerto Rico.   Duty in the area of Guayama, Puerto Rico until Nov. 2, 1898.   Embarked on board the 'Roumiai' for New York arriving Nov. 9, 1898.   Ordered to home station vis railroad arriving Nov. 11, 1898.

Mustered Out – Jan. 13, 1899 at Joliet, Ill.
       Known Actions;
Aug. 2, 1898 – Under fire while landing at Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Aug. 5, 1898 – Battle at Guayama, Puerto Rico
Aug. 8, 1898 – Engagement north of Guayama, Puerto Rico
Aug. 13, 1898 – Engagement north of Guayama, Puerto Rico

       Obit – Oct. 1, 1930
     Brief services for Joseph Apple, a former Elgin man who died at his home in Quincy, Ill Sunday afternoon will be held at 7 o'clock this evening at the Wait – Ross – Allenson Chapel with burial services at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at Bluff City Cemetery.

       From the Application for Military Headstones
Name - Josepy F. Apple
Rank - Pvt.
Unit - Co. E       3rd Ill. Inf.
Date of Death - 9 / 28 / 1930
Cemetery - Bluff City in Elgin, Ill.
Ship to - F. C. Meier at Elgin, Kane county, Ill.
Consignee - Supt. Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Ill.
Ordered - Lee, Mass, March 31, 1933
Shipped - 5 / 5 / 33

       From the Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths Index
Name - Joseph Apple
Born - Feb. 20, 1873 in Elgin, Ill.
Died - Sept. 28, 1930 in Riverside, Adams Co., Ill.
Buried - Oct. 1, 1930 in Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.       (Cook Co.)
Aged - 57 Years
Occupation - Barber
Race - White
Marital Status - Married
Residence - Quincy, Ill.