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Re: George Henry and William Wallace

Henry, George, February 1827 (1900 US Census) born in Ohio; 1857 married; 1860 lawyer at Ingraham Prairie, Clay County, Ill. July 8, 1861 2ndlt., Co. D, 11th Mo. Infantry Rgt. unreadable date 1stlt. and regimental quartermaster; July 24, 1862 capt. May 1, 1864 resigned; Feb. 3, 1891 applied for a pension while living in Colorado (application #995900 and certificate #704120); 1900 lawyer at Delta, Colo. June 1, 1907 his widow Rebecca A. Henry (January 1843 born in Indiana) applied for a pension while living in Colorado (application #870673; certificate #669582); buried Delta Cemetery Delta, Delta County Colo. Plot: Block 2, Lot 108, Space 6 (Headstone does not list date of death); Son William G. Henry, January 1868 born and in 1900 was stenographer at Delta, Colo. There was one other living child (see below) and two children died prior to 1900
NOTES:
1900 Census has middle initial as B
Rebecca was 14 years old when she married George
Both parents of both George and Rebecca were born in Kentucky

POSSIBLE SON George Hiram Henry Birth: 1865 Death: Aug. 20, 1933 Burial: Delta Cemetery Delta, Delta County, Colo. Plot: Block 3, Lot 165, Space 3
POSSIBLE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW (buried with George Hiram Henry) Sarah Jane Henry Birth: 1867 July 29, 1955 died at Pueblo, Colo.
Burial: Delta , Colo. Cemetery Plot: Block 3, Lot 165, Space 2

Wallace, William of Lawrenceville, Ill., c.1829 born in New York; blacksmith; July 20, 1861 sgt., Co. G, 11th Mo. Infantry Rgt. unknown date capt. June 15, 1864 discharged

Enlisted in Capt. Carter Wallace company (could not determine if this was a relative)

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