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John Hocking was my great-great grandfather. He was born in Camborne, Cornwall, England on October 15th, 1834 to his parents Thomas Wills Hocking and Alice (Thomas) Hocking, and thereafter came to the U.S. in 1848 and settled in Vinegar Hill, Illinois. In 1866, after serving 4 years in the Civil War, he married his wife, Elizabeth Glanville, and thus lived right next door to her parents Seth and Elizabeth Glanville, who owned the 250 acres of land at Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois. In 1915, John and Elizabeth both passed away just five hours and five minutes from each other with Elizabeth passing on February 14th at 7:40 Sunday evening, and John, February 15th at 12:45 am Monday morning. Company F soldier citizens Erhardt Dittmar, Anton Schapp, John Sincox, Simeon Spencer and Thomas Trevarthan all were present at the standing room only funeral. John and Elizabeth were buried in one grave at Scales Mound (Citizens) Township Cemetery. John Hocking- Age 22: born in England; lived in Vinegar Hill, Jo Daviess Co, Illinois; mustered in from Rockford, IL on Sept 4, 1862; mustered out from Camp Harker, TN on June 10, 1865; Also note that Joseph Perkins of Company F was also John Hocking's brother-in-law as he had already married John's sister Jane before the civil war. John Hocking was in The Battle of Chickamauga.--- On Sept 19, 1863, on the first day of battle he was shot in the left hip and lay on the battlefield for two days without food or water. Then he was taken prisoner for two weeks, paroled, and then taken to Chattanooga where his wound had already become badly infected with maggots crawling in. He was then placed in the hospital at Murfreesboro where he was kept for two months, being October and November. He was then given a furlough for ninety days to go home to Vinegar Hill, Illinois. He then lost his father Thomas Hocking on Dec 10th 1863. This tragedy along with what he endured at Chickamauga, must have been very heartbreaking. But he was a gallant and courageous fighter. He then returned to the front, upon which he was in Block House No. 8 for five months; was in one engagement; and then returned to the regiment; and then was with his Commander when he mustered out at Camp Harker, TN on June 10, 1865. He lived in Scales Mound, Jo Daviess County from 1866 to nearly 50 years after the Civil War with his wife Elizabeth and family. Information here provided by William Hocking, the Grt, Grt Grandson of John Hocking. e-mail: ezlife@att.net
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