A former quartermaster (rank of major) died of illness brought on by army service.

The evidence

• “In 1861 he was active in raising a cavalry regiment for service in the Civil War, and became quartermaster with the rank of major. His service in the army brought on an illness which caused his death April 3, 1862.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/32-courts-and-legal-profession.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 259 / book p. 760

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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