Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
Lang, John C. - PVT - Co D - 100 IL US INF
Residence, Plainfield, Will Co, IL; Join, 01Aug1862-Plainfield, IL; Age, 19; Born, Plainfield, Will Co, IL
Height, 5' 7"; Hair, dark; Eyes, dark; Complexion, dark; Single; Farmer
Mustered in, 30Aug1862, Joliet
Mustered out, 12Jun1865
Headstone Reading, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Illinois; Block 21, Section 20, Grave 12:
Johnn C. Lang 1844-1914
Private Co. D 100th Regt Ill Vol Infty
(GAR marker)
Emily C. Lang
1853-1941
Howard P. Lang
1887-1959
72nd C.A.C. US Army
(Masonic emblem)
Nema E.
1878-1958
Francis Murray 1875-1948
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Dec. 7, 1914 - John C. Lang, probate clerk, Will county, and a civil war veteran, at his home, 400 Mississippi avenue, Joliet.
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
From: The History of Will County, 1878:
John C. Lang, editor of the Joliet Republican, Joliet, is a son of Thomas J. Lang, one of the early settlers of Will County, who emigrated from Groton, N. H., to this county in 1836, and settled in the town of Frankfort; afterward removed to Plainfield, where he now resides. John C. Lang was born in Frankfort, Will Co., March 24, 1844; in 1862, he entered the Union army as a member of Co. D, 100th I. V. I., and served till the close of the war, participating in all the arduous service and all the battles of that, regiment, and returning with it in 1865. He then spent two years on the farm, and, in 1867, made the trip via the Isthmus and California, to Arizona Territory, where he remained three years, engaged in mining, and in the employ of the Government in the Quartermaster's Department; in July, 1870, after his return from the West, he entered the employ of the Illinois State Penitentiary, in this city, occupying successively the positions of Guard, Keeper, Assistant Deputy, and Deputy Warden, until October, 1874; from December, 1874, to August, 1875, he was employed on the Joliet Record, since which time he has been editor of the Republican. He was married Nov. 19, 1874, to Miss Emma Webster, of Joliet, and has two children - Francis M. and Horace W.
Excerpted from Past and Present of Will County, Illinois by W.W.Stevens, pg 263:
John C. Lang, clerk of the Probate court at Joliet, was born in Frankfort, Will county, in 1844, and attended the public schools while spending his boyhood days under the parental roof. He is a son of Thomas J. Lang, who came to Illinois from New Hampshire in 1834, only two years after the Black Hawk war, whereby the white race contested with the red men the supremacy of this great commonwealth.
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His education completed, John C. Lang engaged in the coal business at Joliet for seven or eight years, becoming a resident of this city in 1870. He was employed for four or five years at the penitentiary and was eventually appointed deputy warden. Later he was connected with the newspaper business and in November, 1906, he was called to public office by election to the position of probate clerk on the republican ticket. He has always been especially interested in poilitics, is thoroughy conversant with the more important issues and questions before the people and has ever been able to sustain his position by intelligent and strong argument... He was twice city collector and served as chief of police for two years ... He also served for three years as deputy probate clerk before and after election to his present office in the fall of 1906, and over the record of his official career there falls no shadow of srong or suspicion of evil.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Lang is a Mason and is also a prominent representative of the Grand Army of the Republic, being entitled to membership therein through his service in the One Hundredth Illinois Infantry. He enlisted in 1862, serving for three years, giving proof of his valor and loyalty upon many a southern battlefield. He became a first sergeant in the Thirty-second regiment of United States Infantry and he is now a past commander of Bartleson post, No. 6, G.A.R.
Mr. Lang was married in Joliet in 1874 to Miss Emily C. Webster, a native of New York. They are the parents of eight children; Francis M., who is married and lives in Joliet; Horace W., at the steel mills in Joliet; Joseph C., at the steel and wire mills at Waukegan, Wisconsin; Charles L.; Florence; Howard; Eugene F.; and Donald C.