Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Francis S. Carney

Birth Year: 1832
Birth Place: Ireland
Residence at Enlistment: Arenzville, IL
Regiment(s): Co G, 18th IL Inf Con
Military Notes:

Enlisted in Mar 1865 and mustered out in Dec 1865 at Pine Bluff, AR

Death Year: 1897
Death Place: Pilot Rock, OR
Burial Place: Pilot Rock, OR
Cemetery Name: Pilot Rock Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 42412521
Spouse(s): Nancy Leonora Andrus (m. 1858 in Cass County, IL); Martha S. Perry (m. 1866 in Cass County, IL)
Remarks: Resident of Arenzville when he entered service

He cited Arenzville as his residence when he entered service; appears in the Morgan County Draft Registration rolls as “Samuel Corney,” a resident of Concord precinct on active duty with the 115th IL Inf; appears in the 1870 federal census as “Frank Corney,” living near Concord, IL. He purchased land in Oregon in 1893. Some records state he was born in Louisiana.