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Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 4:46pm: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm

type in Bixby there, and choose IL, when Henry C. comes up click on unit info to read all about them

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 4:40pm: http://www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/CivilWarController

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 4:39pm: possibility:

ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT
Name BIXBY, HENRY C
Rank PVT Company H Unit 3 IL US CAV

Personal Characteristics
Residence BROWNING, SCHUYLER CO, IL Age 30 Height 6' Hair BROWN
Eyes BLUE Complexion DARK Marital Status MARRIED Occupation PHYSICIAN
Nativity NY

Service Record
Joined When SEP 7, 1861 Joined Where BROWNING, IL
Joined By Whom E RUTLEDGE Period 3 YRS
Muster In AUG 26, 1861 Muster In Where CAMP BUTLER, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out N/A
Muster Out Where N/A Muster Out By Whom N/A
Remarks N/A

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 4:35pm: found them here, they might be on ancestry as well, but probably still have to send for the copies? http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on October 19, 2009 at 4:01pm: I found the 2 Census that you mention on ancestry. Strange, but I have searched before and I don't think it was there when last I looked! LOL
About your last post with Mrs. Malinda Brown. Was this a marriage record you found? If so, did you find it on ancestry?

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 3:43pm: BROWN, ISAAC BIXBY, MELINDA MRS 1866-04-05 0A2/ 00000625 MASON

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 3:40pm: where do I send census?

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 3:39pm: It said she was listed as a house servant.

from Illinois marriages on Illinois cyberdrive:
Groom Bride Date Vol./Page License No. County

BIXBY,/BIXLEY H C MCCORMACK, MALINDA 1860-09-14 A-2/0001 00000073 MASON

you can order a copy here:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/marrcopy.html

Comment by Christine Kay Olsen-Needham on October 19, 2009 at 3:16pm: Hey Lisa! WOW! Thanks for the info! I have the 1880 Census, and I thought it listed her as a servant in the Shepherd home! I would love to see any more images you may have involving her! I am having trouble finding her dad who I believe is named Dr. Charles Bixby from NY. He supposedly died in Andersonville Prison during the Civil War, but I can find no record of him having been there. I can't find any records at all in Ill. for Charles Bixby. His wife (and Jennie's mom) was Malinda McCormac, who remarried to an Isaac Brown and had a kid with him, then she died in 1867, and I have heard Jennie was sent to an orphanage in Jacksonville, Ill. I wonder why her stepdad dumped her?

Comment by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on October 19, 2009 at 3:03pm: Checked 1860 census, and Mary's Husband was James, they had children Harry/Henry, Albert, Eloise, Lucy; and SMITH, George,18; BROWN, James, 16; McCOMBS, Martha,16. So these must have been children they'd taken in and had left by the 1870 census when they had Jennie living with them.