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  • Buried Civil War Veteran Honored In Banner County

    John Surman, Sons of the Union Soldiers|Oct 24, 2024

    George Thomas Adcock was born in Henry County, Kentucky, on July 18, 1848. He was the son of Elijah and Susana Adcock, which was sometimes spelled as Atcock or even Adtock. He was the 4th of a known 5 children. By 1860, he was listed as a farm laborer for the James G. Evans and Nancy Lyons Evans family in New Salem, Illinois. One of their daughters was a 3-year old named Ida Evans. At the age of 15 years and 10 months, he enlisted May 15, 1864, for a 100-day enlistment period in Company G of...