William J. Mahan

WILLIAM J. MAHAN, contractor and builder, was born in Pleasant Hill, McLean Co., Illinois, in 1843. At the breaking-out of the war he enlisted his services in Company K, Eighth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and soon after was instituted in the commissary of the Quartermaster's department with which he was connected till 1864, his term of enlistment; he then re-enlisted and veteraned in the Thirteenth Indiana, Company G, and remained in it till the end of the war, in the comissariat, when he was honorably discharged. After the war, he engaged at his present business in Bloomington, Ill., and followed it there till 1869, when, after spending several years in connection with his present business in Missouri and Texas, he located in Kansas and has been connected with it in the State almost continuously since. In 1877, he was married in Joplin, Mo., to Miss Martha A. Miller, of De Witt, Illinois. They have one little girl living, Eula May. Mr. Mahon is an active member of the K. of P. society. Since coming to the State, he has left important relics of his handicraft principally in Abilene, Kan., and in the mining and smelting institutions of Galena and Empire City.

Military Service.

Name: MAHAN, WILLIAM J.
Rank: Private.
Company: K.
Unit: 8th., Illinois United States Infantry.
Residence: MCLEAN County, ILLinois.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 5 1/2.
Hair: BROWN.
Eyes: HAZEL
Complexion: LIGHT
Marital Status: SINGLE.
Occupation: FARMER.
Nativity: PLEASANT HILL, MCLEAN CO, ILL.
Joined When: 08/01/61.
Period: 3 Years.
Remarks: DISCHARGED TERM OF SERVICE EXPIRED.

Indiana 13th., Infantry Company G.

When Enlisted: 1864/10/01.
Where Enrolled: Indianapolis, Indiana.
Age: 21.
Regiment: 13th.
Company G.
Discharged: 1865/09/05.
Remarks: Reorg. Promoted to Sgt., February 8, 1865. Substitute.