Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database:
Nilkerson, Lemuel - PVT - Co A 1 IL US L ART
Join, 16Jul1861- Cairo, IL; Age, 26
Died of Fever 23Aug1863 at Joliet, IL
www.civilwar.nps.gov - Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail:
Lemuel Nickerson - Batt'y A, 1 Illinois L. Art'y
Soldier's rank in, Private
Soldier's rank out, Private
Film Number M539, roll 66
www.suvcwdb.org - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War: Grave Registration:
Nickerson, Lemuel - Co A - 1 Illinois Light Artillery
Died, 23Aug1863; Buried, Rosehill, Cook County, Illinois
Nickerson, Lemuel - Co A - 1 Illinois Light Artillery
Died, 23Aug1863; Buried, Oakwood (Joliet) Will County, Illinois
Headstone Reading,
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
US Census Report, 1850, Onondaga, Salina Co, New York:
George Nickerson, 62, carpenter; Clarissa(wife), 55; Susan (dau), 23;
Henry (son), 21, boatman;Samuel (son), 20, carpenter;
Lemuel, 15, boatman, b. New York.
Civil War pension application #40710:
Name of Soldier: Nickerson, Lemuel
Name of dependent: Mother, Nickerson, Clarissa
Service: A 1 ILL L A
Date of file: 1863Dec12; claim., Mother; Application # 40710; Certificate # 28463