Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
www. civilwar.nps.gov - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail:
William Dougall - Capt. - 13 U. S. Col'd Infantry
Notes - See also 15 Ind. Inf.
Film Number M589, roll 24
African American civil War Memorial
Displayed as: William Dougall *
Plaque Number: B-29
William Dougall - 15 Indiana Infantry
Soldier's rank in: Cpl
Soldier's rank out: Sgt
Film NumberM540, roll 20
www.ancestry. com - American Civil War Soldiers Record:
William Dougall - CPL - Co C - 15th Infantry Regiment, Indiana
Residence, Allen County, Indiana; Enlisted, 14June1861; Age, 19
Birth date: 1Mar1842
Death date: 18May1915, Joliet, IL
Promoted to Full Sergeant
Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class
Discharged for promotion Co C, 15th Infantry Regiment Indiana on 15Oct1863
Promoted to Full Captain on 15 October 1863 (As of UC Inf - estimated day)
www.suvcwdb- Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: Grave Register:
Dougall, William - 13 US Federal Cavalry
Died, 18May1915; Buried, Oakwood Cemetery, (Joliet) Will Coutny, Illinois
[SUVCW has two entries for Wm Dougall - actual burial in Elmhurst Cemetery - see below]
Dougall, William D. - 13 US Federal Infantry
Died, 28May1915; Buried, Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Headstone Reading, Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Illinois, Hillside Section:
FATHER
William Dougall, M.D.
1842-1915
MOTHER
Cassie W. Dougall
1854-1932
Will County Illinois USGenWeb - Biographies (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
William Dougall, M. D., physician and surgeon, Joliet; was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, March 1, 1842; father, John Dougall, was a leading cotton-spinner in the west of Scotland, and, in 1858, came with his family to this country, settling near New Haven, Ind., where he died in 1874 at the age of 75 years; his mother was Margaret Houstoun, a descendant of the ancient Reiafrewshire family of that name; she was born in the town of Houstoun, Renfrewshire, and still survives; the son, William, was educated in the high school of Glasgow. On the breaking-out of the rebellion, he enlisted in Co. C, 15th Ind. V. I., June 1, 1861, and participated in all the engagements of his regiment until Oct. 1, 1863 being severely wounded at the battle of Stone River; on the above-mentioned date he was commissioned Captain in the 13th U. S. Colored Regiment, and served as such until April, 1865, when the war, having closed, he resigned, and, returning home, resumed the study of medicine; he attended a course of medical lectures in the University of Michigan, and afterward in the Chicago Medical College, from which institution he graduated, and received his degree March 4, 1868, and soon afterward began practice in Lemont, Cook Co., IL; in 1872, he located in Joliet, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married Oct. 1, 1872, to Miss Cassie Walker, daughter of Edwin Walker, of Lemont, and has one child - Mamie C. Dr. Dougall is a member of the Will County Medical Society, and of the American Medical Association, and was Secretary of the former two years.Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
US Census Records:1860- St. Joseph Twp, Allen Co, Indian- John Dougall household (all born Scotland)
John Dougall, 57; Margaret, 55; Alben, 22; Janet C., 19; William, 17; Agnes, 15; Ebenezer, 12.
1870 - Lemont Twp, Cook Co, Illinois -
Dougal, William, 28, male, white, Doctor.
1900 - Joliet, Will Co, Illinois - William Dougall household
Wm Dougall, 58, white, physician, Immigrated, 1858; Cassie, 46; Marnie, 23; Wm H., 14.
1910 - Joliet, Will Co, Illinois - William Dougall household
Dougall, William, 65; Cassie, 54
Souvenir of Settlement and Progress of Will County, Ill., Historical Directory Publishing Co., 1884:
Wm. Dougall, M.D.,15th Indiana Cav. - Member Bartlseon Post No. 6 G.A.R., organized October 25, 1882.