UNK SMULL > PETER SMULL > MATILDA SMULL m Daniel Meyer > SARAH MEYER m George McGilliganSarah A Meyer was the oldest child of Matilda Smull and Daniel Meyer. She was born 19 Dec 1851 in Rebersburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania. She married George E McGilligan on 02 Mar 1875 in Stephenson County, Illinois.
Sarah and George had one son, Willard Erwin McGilligan, on 03 Apr 1876 in Rock Run. Sarah got ill and died in a hospital in Chicago on 08 Mar 1898. The funeral was held at her parents' home and she was buried in Dakota Cemetery.
By 1900, George had moved to Carlton, Tama County, Iowa and later to Janesville, Iowa. He married Eliza Wiltse on 26 Nov 1902 in Floyd County, Iowa. George died 12 Sep 1924 in Warren Township in Bremer County.
Willard had five children who remained in the Bremer/Black Hawk County area of Iowa. He died 07 May 1944 in Janesville.
George had three brothers, two of whom remained in Stephenson County. Brother Charles experienced the same bad reporting that this guy did. Charles was a member of Co L, during the Spanish-American War in the late 1890s. He then enlisted in the regular army and joined Co C, 9th Infantry and was sent to the Philippines during the insurrection. It was reported that he and another Stephenson County soldier were killed in a particularly violent way at the hands of insurgents. Then, the war department announced that oops, they didn't mean it, he was really not on the KIA list. Charles was alive and was eventually discharged, returning to his normal life in Ridott in Stephenson County.
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