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Note: Served in the Civil War. William's nephew, James Douglass, son of his sister Sarah Temple Douglass, mentions him as "Uncle Will". The text of the letter indicates that Uncle Will is in the army. Jan Strasma found Will Temple in the Illinois state adjutant general's listing for the Civil War. He was in the 100th Illinois Volunteers (Will County). Jan sent for Civil War pension records: William E. Temple was born 6 May 1833 in Georgetown, Madison Co, NY. He was a private in Company H, 100th regiment of Illinois Volunteers. He enlisted August 30, 1862. He was wounded (in the left testicle and scrotum and in the left arm) and taken prisoner in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia (?), September 19/20, 1863. William spent some time in the hospital and returned to duty for periods of time. He was paroled on April 30, 1864. He married Jane Robinson 5 March 1867 in Wilton, Will Co, IL. They had four children: Ervin Ira Temple (b. 23 Nov. 1867), Otis M. Temple (b. 8 Mar 1869), Cora A. Temple (b. 19 June 1871 and Frances A. Temple (b. 27 Dec. 1874). In 1883, the family moved to Beatrice, Gage Co, NE. William Temple was receiving a pension of $12 per month when he died August 13, 1903. His wife Jane died May 6, 1917. At the time of her death she was receiving $20 per month from Will's pension. ............................................................................................................................. The History of Will County, Illinois (1878 by Wm. LeBaron, Jr & Co. 186 Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL.)-- read in the Bradenton, FL Central Library: p.631: "The township took more than ordinary interest in the great war for the preservation of the Union, in 1861-65. No draft was ever enforced, the quota of each call being filled by volunteers, or by substitutes, paid by subscriptions or tas. Nearly all who enlisted from this township were in the One Hundredth Illinois Infantry. Many of the brave boys who left us never returned. Of this number are remembered...Ira Temple..." p. 904-5: "William E. Temple, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Wilton Center. Owns 120 acres. Born in Madison Co., N.Y., May 6, 1833; came to this state in 1853; settled in this town in 1856; served as a soldier in the late war in Co. H, 100th I.V.I. Married Jane Robinson March 5, 1876; she was born March 19, 1839; have five children --- Ervin I., Otis M., Farmer E., Cora A. and Frances A. Mr. T. was badly wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, from the effects of which he will probably never recover; his health has been very poor ever since. Mr. T. had a brother in the same company and regiment; he was taken prisoner the same day that the subject of this sketch was wounded, and sent to Andersonville; after suffering nine months in that prison-pen he died, thus adding another name to the long list of martyrs of human liberty. James T. Douglas, a nephew of the above, was also in the same company and regiment; he was wounded June 3, 1864, during the Atlanta campaign; was sent to the hospital, and remained there until his muster-out; he was drowned in 1867 while bathing in Samuel Goodspeed's pasture. ................................................................................................................................ William Temple is listed in his sister Sarah Temple Douglass' obituary. She died in 1902. At the time he is shown as living in Beatrice, Nebraska.
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