Jones, Silas

1840 - 1863  (23 years)

• Name	Jones, Silas
  		Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois (West Side, Right Panel) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  Birth	19 Jan 1840  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	JONE.S002
  _FGRAVE	23832752
  Military Service	American Civil War, Lieutenant, Company A, 98th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment  [1, 2, 3]
  		Civil War Veterans Buried in Clay County, Illinois_0024 Compiled by Les Higgason
  		Flag of the United States, 35 Stars (1863-1865) This flag was flown by the Federal States during the United States Civil War. The flag of the United States of America from 1861 to 1863, with 34 stars for all the 34 states. In 1863 a 35th star was added to represent the new state of West Virginia (the loyal northwestern counties of Virginia), and in 1864 a 36th star for Nevada (previously the…
  		American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865)
  		98th Illinois Infantry Regiment
  		Clay County Civil War Veterans A Virtual Cemetery Created By Ewood Sexton
  Death	19 Apr 1863	Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Burial	Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Jones, Silas
  Person ID	I33293	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 19 Apr 1863 - Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee Burial - - Foster Hill Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois (West Side) Photo by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Clay City Veterans Memorial, Mills Park, Clay City, Illinois (East Side) Photo by Carl Wayne Gray

  
  

• Notes

  He was a school teacher and lived in a boarding house in Flora, Illinois before the Civil War. He was injured in a large train derailment near Murphreesboro, TN and died from these wounds.

  
  

• Sources

  [S10275] (Reliability: 2). [S7572] Clay City Veterans' Memorial, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, Clay City Veterans' Memorial, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (Clay City Veterans' Memorial, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, photo by Carl Wayne Gray, 02 Sep 2015) (Reliability: 2). [S493] Les Higgason, Civil War Veterans, Buried in Clay County (including Confederate), Compiled by Les Higgason (Reliability: 2).