William Jones

William Jones

From  the Kane Co. Honor Roll

8th Ill. Nat. Guard

Died – Sept. 27, 1929
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin
Location – Lot 190, Section 9

Notice – July 10, 1898 issue of the Elgin Morning Dial.

More Rockford Recruits
     Capt. R.R. Jackson of the Eighty regiment wants more colored soldiers to fill out the regiment.   He expects to get twenty recruits from the colored population of Rockford.   The colored regiment lacks 150 men.   There are 1,222 at Springfield.

                            Washington D.C. Aug. 9, 1898
Governor Tanner, Springfield, ill.
     The Secretary of War appreciated very much the offer of the 8th Ill. Vol. Inft. For duty in Santiago, and has directed that the regiment be sent there on steamer Yale leaving New York next Tuesday.   The main trouble with out troops now in Cuba is that they are suffering from exhaustion and exposure incident to one of the most trying campaigns to which soldiers have ever been subjected.
                                                           H. C. Corbin
                                                           Adj't. Gen.


For the Military records there are 2 men that match the information. Both will be included here now until one can be eliminated.

Pvt. William M. Jones

From the Ill. Adj't Gen's Report

Co. G.          8th Ill. Nat. Guard

Home of record listed as Bloomington, Ill.
Enlisted -June 28, 1898
Mustered in- July 14, 1898
Mustered out- April 3, 1899

Cpl. William Jones

From the Ill. Adj't Gen's Report

Co.K       8th Ill Nat. Guard

Home of Record listed as Brooklyn, Ill.
Enlisted- June 28, 1898
Mustered in _ July 16, 1898
Remarks - Promoted Cpl, Aug. 1, '98, mustered out, April 3, 1899