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Mary C. (n. Burton) Wife of L.H. Mallery DIED APR. 18, 1901 Aged 71 YRS., 4 MOS., 2 DAYS |
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DIED JAN. 19, 1912 Aged 84 YRS., 3 MOS., 3 DAYS |
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SGT. LAWREN H. MALLOY CO. C, 44th ILL. INF. |
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the same individual as L.H. Mallery. A relatively unsung "shaker
and mover" in the Streator/Reading area in the late 1880s, I've encountered
Mr. Mallery's name many times while researching this website.
He ran Moon Point Cemetery's business for a time as an agent for the estate of Albert Moon. I've found references to him being the surveyor that laid out Long Point. He established the town of Coalville and owned at least one of the mines there. According to the Burton family descendency narrative (accessible through the Burton listing), Mary C. Burton married Loren H. Mallery on 6 July 1853 at Livingston, Il. (his signature appears on the document scan in the Burton family listing). There are multiple references to him in The History of Livingston County, Illinois CD (Brookhaven Press), below is his biographical sketch from page 487: "L. H. MALLERY, farmer; P. 0. Coalville; was born in Saratoga Co., N.Y., Oct. 16, 1827; he married Miss Mary C. Burton July 6, 1853; she was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Aug. 16, 1830; he lived in New York until 1850, when he came to Illinois and remained a few months near his present place; he then returned to New York and remained there until 1852, when he again came to Illinois and settled south of his present place, and lived there until 1857, when he came to his present place. In July, 1861, he enlisted in the 44th I. V. I., he being Orderly Sergeant, and after three months' service he was made Regimental Ordnance Sergeant, and later was made Division Ordnance Sergeant; he was in the service three years and three months, and was in the battles of Pea Ridge, Corinth, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the other battles of the Division; he was taken prisoner at Murfreesboro, Tenn., but was recaptured soon after by Union cavalry. He has been Road Commissioner and Supervisor; Postmaster since Dec. 13, 1867, and is at present Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk. He came to this County in limited circumstances; he owns 100 acres of land, and also carries on a steam saw mill and the grocery business." |
