1860 Moultrie Co, IL. In the census he was listed as a farm handlivi ng at the George Purvis home.
8/14/1861 Enlisting in Co A 3rd IL Cav to serve the Union cause, hese rved about 1 1/2 yrs before being discharged on a surgeon'scertificate b ecause of lung ailments.
1/22/1863 was the date of his discharge.
Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL. Following his stint in the war, hereturned h ome and married.
1870 Sullivan, Moultrie Co, IL. Francis was a general laborer withpe rsonal property = $50 at census time. He was married but had nochildr en and there were 2 other families living at the sameresidence, perhap s a boarding house or apartment complex.
According to the IL Death Index he was 43 years old at death.
