Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database (Illinois State Archives):
American Civil War Soldiers (ancestry.com)
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System Search Detail (National Park Service):
National Graves Registration Database (Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War):
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Jan. 9, 1918 - Simeon Suycam, aged 78. Many years a resident of Will county, died while visiting at Atwater, Minnesota. He was a Civil War veteran and member of the 8th Illinois Cavalry. He was a member of Bartleson Post, G. A. R.
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From the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index:
Snydam, Simon (see Suydam) Brown, Sarah 1866-11-07 00C/0195 DeKalb