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PVT Marquis L. Rountree

1815 – 22 Sep 1863

Birth1815
Death22 Sep 1863
CemeteryCorinth National Cemetery
Corinth , Alcorn County , Mississippi , USA
Added byAllen Rountree on 15 Apr 2018
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Pvt. Marcus L. Rountree, from Shawneetown, Illinios, enlisted Feb. 27, 1862 Co. G, 56th Illinois infantry regiment; died at Jackson Tenn. ----------- Marquis L. Rountree was born circa 1815 in Kentucky to Jesse Rountree, born 1775 in Virginia and Sarah C. Brown Rountree born 1791 in Kentucky. Jesse, a well-read farmer, property owner and church leader names their first-born son for the famous Marquis de Lafayette 1757-1834, a French aristocrat and military officer who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Lafayette was close friend of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson. Marquis Rountree is the first of nine children that later included Matilda, Voltair R., Volney K., Hiram S., James B., Kolnise, Jesse Ballard and Elvira Edwards Rountree. Voltair and Volney are named for famous intellectuals of the time, Kolnise for the famous city Koln, Germany and daughter Elvira Edwards for the wife of the third Governor of Illinois, Ninian Edwards. Marquis moves to Illinois with his parents and siblings and in Christian County at age 25 he marries Susanna Denton 25 on August 12, 1840 as recorded by Christian County Clerk, Aquilla Council. The 1850 census shows Marquis and Susanna farming in Wakefield village, Shelby County, Illinois with their three children Sarah 9, Wm Joseph 5 and Isaac 2. By 1860 they are farming in Hamilton County, Illinois and Sarah E. is 19, William J. is 15 and Isaac H. is 11. Marquis 47 and his son William Joseph 17 enlist in the 56th Illinois Infantry Regiment of the Union Army that is organized at Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois and muster in on February 27, 1862. Abraham Lincoln had recently proclaimed that young men under the age of 18 could join the Union armed services with the consent of their parents. They are assigned to Company G, Mechanic Fusileers, comprised mostly of men from Hamilton County, Illinois. A fusilier is an infantryman armed with a light-flintlock musket. Infantry mechanics are skilled laborers, mechanics and carpenters assigned to build military camps and fortifications. The official 56th Illinois Infantry Roster shows that William J. Rountree is wounded or disabled during his service and discharged from military service on September 27, 1862. He returns home to his mother and siblings. The Roster also shows that Marquis L. Rountree died of wounds or disease in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee on September 22, 1863. He is buried in Corinth National Cemetery in the town of Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi. The United States Civil War Pension Index, 1861-1917, notes Susanna Rountree, widow of Marquis L. Rountree of the Illinois 56th Regiment, Infantry Company G, is granted a survivor’s pension on April 9, 1864. In 1870, Susanna 57, is still farming near the village of Lovilla in Hamilton County, Illinois, with the help of her son William Joseph 25 and his new wife Elizabeth 23. By 1880 the Rountree families have moved to White Mound, Jewell County, Kansas, where they have two homes. Susanna 66 is bedridden with palsy (paralysis) and daughter Sarah E. Rose and her two daughters care for her. Next door, is son William, his wife Elizabeth and their six children on their own farm. In 1900, William 54, is found working as a carpenter and living in Spokane, Washington with his wife Elizabeth and five children. Bio research by Allen Rountree #47072491, great-great grandnephew of Marquis L. Rountree. ∼ Private Co G 56th Illinois Infantry (Mechanic Fusileers) Private Co B 18th Illinois Infantry Alternate Name: Marcus L Rountree / Marcus L Rontree Enlisted in Company G, Illinois 56th Infantry Regiment on 27 Feb 1862.Mustered out on 22 Sep 1863 at Jackson, TN.

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