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History of Daysville, (Ogle County) IllinoisOur database does not include an historic photo for Daysville, (Ogle County) Illinois, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us! 15% - 35% off all Products ยป The Ready Store Biographies:A Biography of Franklin D. Callender Franklin D. Callender, soldier, was born in New York about the year 1817. He was graduated at West Point in 1839, and spent the following year at Watervliet arsenal as assistant ordnance officer. From 1840 to 1842 he was engaged in the Florida Indian war, receiving a brevet lieutenantcy for "highly meritorious services." In the Mexican war of 1846-47 he commanded a howitzer and rocket battery, which he had organized, and received a brevet captaincy for meritorious conduct. The years from 1861 to l866 were spent in ordnance duty at various arsenals, and in April, 1866, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel of ordnance, having received the intervening grades and several brevets. He was promoted colonel of ordnance in June, 1874, and was retired in May, 1879. He died in Daysville, Ill., Dec. 13, 1882. |
Illinois Facts: Ogle County Facts: Seat: OregonEstablished: 1836 Formed from: Jo Daviess, LaSalle Additional Local History Notes: The 1854 Gazetteer of the United States by Thomas Baldwin shows: DAYSVILLE, a post-village of Ogle county, Illinois, on Rock river, 174 miles N. by E. from Springfield. Daysville is situated 213 meters above sea level. |