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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

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, 1867; 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.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.