www.ancestry.com - American civil War Soldiers:
John H. Wyss - Pvt - Co M - 15th Heavy Artillery Regiment NY
Enlisted, 04Jan1864; Age, 19
Mustered out, 22Aug1865
www.civilwar.nps.gov - Detailed soldier Record:
John H. Wyss - Co M - 15 N.Y. H. Art'y
Soldier's rank in - Priv.
Soldier's rank out - Priv.
Film Number M551, Roll 156
www.ancestry.com - Civil War Pension Index:
Wyss, John H.
Widow - Wyss, Frances
Service - M - 15 NY H A
Date of Filing - 1885Aug14; Invalid; Certificate #659.185
1923Nov26; Widow; Certifcate #946,853 Ill
Honor Roll of Illinois, Illinois Veteran's Commission, Oct 1, 1956:
Wyss, John H. - Pvt - Co M - 15 NY HA
Died, 17Nov1923; Buried, Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, IL, Ridgeland Section
Headstone Reading, Elmhurst Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois, Ridgleand Section:
(separate stones)
John H. Wyss
1846-1923
15th Reg't N.Y. Heavy Artil'y
Frances Wyss
1849-1936
Will County Illinois USGenWeb Necrologist Reports (© 2002 The ILGenWeb Project All Rights Reserved):
Published Obituaries:
Additional Biographical Material:
US Census Records:1910 - Joliet, Illinois
Wyss, John, 64, Born-Switzerland; Francis, 60
"Souvenir of Settlement and Progress of Will County, Ill."
Historical Directory Publishing Co., 1884
J. W. Wyss, 15th New York Inf. - member Bartlseon Post No. 6 G.A.R., organized October 25, 1882