Worn soldier boots, helmet, and dog tags

Mathew Bowyer

Birth Year: 1837
Birth Place: Arenzville, IL
Residence at Enlistment: Arenzville, IL
Regiment(s): Co G, 18 IL Inf Con
Military Notes:

Corporal; mustered in 2 mar 1865; mustered out 16 Dec 1865 at Pine Bluff, AR

Death Year: 1904
Death Place: Beardstown, IL
Burial Place: Arenzville, IL
Cemetery Name: Arenzville East Cemetery
Find-a-Grave#: 27476039
Spouse(s): Nancy Buck (m. 1861 in Cass County, IL); Nancy Ann Bridgeman (m. 1883 in Morgan County, IL)
Remarks: Resident of Arenzville when he entered service

A death notice for him notes that he was born near Arenzville. After the war, he married and lived near Arenzville. He later moved to Beardstown, where he ran a restaurant.