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U.S. Civil War Manpower Census
Able Bodied Males, Age 18-45
1862-1863
Crete and Washington Twp

Submitted by Karen S. Rowe
Karen's website



Background: In 1862, following General Order 99 of the War Department, lists were made for military purposes of able-bodied male citizens between the ages of 18 and 45 years old living in all states of the North. The lists for Will County have been microfilmed by the American Genealogical Lending Library (AGLL), and are available for rental to library members as Film # V124-0020.

These military lists are of great value to the family historian in that they constitute an additional census from a time of rapidly changing populations. Also, they often provide valuable information concerning possible military service during the Civil War, which is important in providing leads to the extremely useful and informative Civil War Veteran's Pension Records.

In the summary given below, the Able-bodied Male Citizens of Crete and Washington Townships in Will County, Illinois have been combined and alphabetized. The reason for combining the names for the two townships is because in many cases members of the same family lived in both adjoining townships. The spellings of the names are given in most cases as in the original lists, even in places where we suspect the presence of mispellings probably because the ennumerator and a foreign born informant did not speak the same languages.

Together with the lists of names which are summarized below, the microfilmed records also contain name-only lists of persons in the towns of Crete and Washington (now Beecher) who were subject to military service as Second Class Reserves. Many of the same names are found in both lists. However, possibly because of the lists being gathered at different times, there are a number of names which are unique to each list.

Transcribed and Edited by Edwin Friedrich and Karen Rowe - 1997.


TOWNNOLAST NAMEFIRST NAMEAGENATIVITYOCCUPATIONREMARKS
Washington38AckermanEralmus27United StatesFarmer
Crete30AdamsFranklin19VermontFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete29AdamsGeorge21VermontFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete18AdamsHarrison T.19VermontFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete6AdamsHenry Ge.22MassachusettsFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete5AdamsLyman40VermontFarmer
Crete17AdamsWilliam C.33MassachusettsFarmer
Crete174AdreanFredk. GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete35AlbrightEbenezer20OhioFarmer
Crete32AlfredOrrin26ConnecticutFarmer13th Illinois Regiment
Crete33AlfredOtis23ConnecticutFarmer8th Illinois Regiment
Crete76AndrewsW. S.43IrelandFarmerBoard of Trades Reg.
Crete150ArkanburgHenry21GermanyFarmer
Washington82BahlmannHenry Jr.24GermanyFarmer
Washington119BargesHenry25GermanyWagon Maker
Washington137BaskeCharles38GermanyFarmer
Crete117BattermanChristian40GermanyFarmer
Crete164BattermanConrad17GermanyFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete160BeebeW. Stephen22IllinoisFarmer8th Illinois Regiment
Crete121BehrendHenry26GermanyFarmer
Crete155BehrendJohn O.36GermanyFarmer
Washington59BentleyWilliam19United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington72BiermanFrederick22GermanyFarmer
Washington27BlissHorace H.26United StatesFarmer
Washington28BlissWilliam A.30??United StatesFarmer
Crete70BordwellDavid24MassachusettsFarmer
Crete69BordwellMarcus M.29MassachusettsFarmer
Crete193BosaErnst19GermanyFarmer
Washington107BowesGeorge18GermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete172BraclingJohn GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Washington130BradamireWilliam38GermanyFarmer
Crete8BraunGustav30GermanyMerchantPost Master
Crete20BrownRichard40New YorkFarmer
Washington99BrunsHenry28GermanyFarmer
Crete128BrunsWilliam35GermanyFarmer
Washington131BuehreHenry3?GermanyFarmer
Washington14BuhreHenry30GermanyFarmer
Crete91BuhringEdward27GermanyFarmer
Washington7CapmireHenry32GermanyFarmer
Washington21CarsentenAndrew37GermanyFarmer
Washington20CarsentenPeter32GermanyFarmer
Crete188CatzeNot Given GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Crete24ChapmanHarrison19OhioFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete181ChapmanLyman33OhioFarmer
Washington51ChapmanW. A.33United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington39ClapsaddtJerome25United StatesFarmer
Washington40ClapsaddtKilburn30United StatesFarmer
Washington138ClausAug.n/aGermanyFarmer
Washington18ClausCharles27GermanyFarmer
Crete118ClausHenry39GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Washington121ClausHenry25GermanyFarmer
Washington29ClemmeFrederick26GermanyFarmer
Washington24CokerHenry25GermanyFarmer
Crete23ColeHenry B.22IllinoisFarmer
Crete194ColeJohn W. Jr.20IllinoisFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Washington47ConnorsJames S.18United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington48ConnorsJohn K.15United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington46ConnorsWilliam B.37United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete77CookAdam38New YorkFarmerBoard of Trades Reg.
Crete99CookGeorge21OhioFarmer3rd Brd. of Trades Reg.
Crete44CookJos. W.25OhioBlacksmith8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete45CookMyron He.19IllinoisFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete98CookThomas25OhioFarmer
Crete87CooperFrederick26GermanyMason
Washington4CorbeJohn30GermanyFarmer
Washington58CrandallWilliam36United StatesFarmer
Washington19CruseBada J.37GermanyFarmer
Washington54CurlingChristopher35GermanyFarmer
Crete167DaningAbram18GermanyFarmer
Crete108DasherHerman39GermanyFarmer
Crete119DasherHerman19GermanyFarmer
Crete21DavisBenj. J.27MassachusettsFarmer
Crete19DavisGeorge W.29New YorkFarmer
Crete163DavisMark20GermanyFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete68DeanErasmus33VermontFarmer
Crete67DeanW. A.40VermontFarmer
Washington140DeweyGeorge H.24United States Farmer
Crete182DezenessPhilip GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Crete10DiersonWilliam24GermanyFarmer
Crete56DixonGiles20EnglandFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete31DodgeEnoch18IllinoisFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete34DodgeFrederick39VermontFarmer
Washington10DousePeter H.37GermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete7DubridgeStephen24New YorkFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete4DubridgeWilliam22New YorkFarmer
Crete186DuenzingNot Given GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Washington80DunbarRobert35ScotlandFarmer
Crete191DuttonGeorge38New YorkTeacher
Washington139DuttonJohnn/aUnited StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete103EatonAugustus28VermontCabinet Maker
Crete102EatonThomas W.23VermontCabinet Maker
Washington35EckhartCharles24GermanyFarmer
Crete40EdgerlyCharles22New York 
Crete36EdgerlyLowell20New YorkFarmer
Crete85EdgerlySamuel18New YorkFarmer
Crete166EdmondCharles22GermanyFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete72Elwell???21VermontFarmer8th Illinois Regiment
Crete75ElwellJohn25VermontFarmer
Crete71ElwellJoseph P.24VermontFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete183EngelkingConrad GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Crete111EngelkingErnst26GermanyFarmer
Crete110EngelkingHenry21GermanyFarmer
Washington127EricksonFrederick30GermanyFarmer
Washington13FarkyLyman P.38United StatesFarmerPostmaster
Crete3FarnhamLyman W.28MassachusettsFarmer
Washington135FarrisHenry2?United StatesFarmer
Washington3FathauerF.33GermanyFarmer
Washington33FeneFrederick38GermanyFarmer
Washington34FeneHenry34GermanyFarmer
Washington73FetteChristian31GermanyFarmer
Washington5FilchnerW. H.44GermanyFarmer
Washington1FlacksbartHarmon35GermanyFarmer
Crete83FredlierNot Given29GermanyFarmer
Washington23FreyMark23GermanyFarmer
Crete109FrizeHenry41GermanyFarmer13th Illinois Regiment
Washington2Frohm 2ndJacob20GermanyFarmer
Crete161GardnerHiram21New YorkFarmer8th Illinois Regiment
Crete197GardnerK.21IrelandFarmer
Crete138GintherAug.32GermanyBlacksmith
Crete65GoodemanGeorge W.39New YorkFarmer
Crete154GoodenowWalter42New YorkFarmer
Washington12GordinskiHorace19United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington17GragesHenry35GermanyFarmer
Crete116GragesWilliam38GermanyFarmer
Crete190GrangerJohn S.36New YorkTeacher
Washington52GravesElliot M.35United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete162GravesJohn26GermanyFarmer45th Illinois Regiment
Crete66GroteHenry26GermanyFarmer
Crete156GroteHerman20GermanyFarmer
Crete151GrupeNot Given21GermanyFarmer
Crete84HanseAbraham23New YorkFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete168HarcopIra28GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete62HarmeningJohn C.42GermanyFarmer
Crete80HarmeningJohn H. E.30GermanyFarmer
Washington55HarmoningHenry24GermanyFarmer
Washington94HarteFrederick24GermanyFarmer
Crete92HartmanJohn C.38GermanyFarmer
Washington31HaunHenry31GermanyFarmer
Crete122HechtHenry41GermanyFarmer
Washington53HerringerBarney19United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington44HerringerDaniel40United StatesPreacher
Washington15HeusemanFrederick32GermanyFarmer
Crete39HewesBenj. F.35VermontMerchant
Crete38HewesDaniel E.32VermontMerchant
Crete189HewesGeorge B. GermanyFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete179HewesGeorge C.21VermontFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete89HewesOmer28VermontWagon Maker
Crete180HewesOrland VermontFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete37HewesWilliam43VermontFarmer
Crete51HillCharles A.29New YorkLawyer8th Illinois
Washington16HogaFrederick35GermanyFarmer
Washington116HolleChristiann/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington115HolleConradn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington70HoperHenry25GermanyFarmer
Crete106HornCharles34GermanyPoetmaster
Crete107HornJohn30GermanyFarmer
Washington132HousemanConrad25GermanyFarmer
Washington68JessonLouis26GermanyBlacksmith
Crete149JewettJames43GermanyFarmer
Washington75JohnsonB. F.23United StatesFarmer
Washington74JohnsonHarm43United StatesFarmer
Washington79JohnsonJames W.17United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington78JohnsonWilliam J.19United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete143JordeningPhilip36GermanyFarmer
Washington9JurretzLouis32GermanyFarmer
Washington8JurretzWilliam37GermanyFarmer
Crete86KeeneyDavid31MassachusettsMason
Washington37KerchoafHenry33GermanyFarmer
Washington106KerkmanJohnn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete43KevganEdward25IrelandFarmer
Crete187KileWillard GermanyFarmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete9KingThomas37EnglandBrickmaker
Crete54KinneErnst25GermanyFarmer
Crete53KinneWilliam30GermanyFarmer
Washington84KlemmeAug.26GermanyFarmer
Crete104KlemmeChristian38GermanyBrick Maker
Crete105KlemmeHenry36GermanyBrick Maker
Washington85KlemmeWilliam21GermanyFarmer
Crete79KnabeeChristian32GermanyShoemaker
Washington136KniskemHamilton38United StatesFarmer
Washington6KnoltyFrederick40GermanyFarmer
Washington133KnoltyHenryn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete137KolkerAug.19GermanyFarmer20th Illinois Cavalry
Washington71KrumwedeFrederick41GermanyFarmer
Crete124LagesChristopher44GermanyFarmer
Washington36LangrederHenry34GermanyFarmer
Washington60Le BeauRabe35FranceFarmer
Crete25LeBaronJoseph 19New YorkFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Washington30LedueAb.26FranceFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete158LenzHenry22GermanyFarmer
Washington67LeonardHenry L.21United StatesFarmer
Washington104LukeFrederick25GermanyFarmer
Crete63LukeeAug.34GermanyFarmer
Crete64LukeeFred27GermanyShoemaker
Washington62LyonEdward P.19United StatesFarmer
Washington64LyonLeverett M.24United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington63LyonWm. C.29United StatesFarmer
Crete28MartinWilliam29GermanyFarmer13th Illinois Cavalry
Washington90MathiasHenry30GermanyFarmer
Washington69MaxwellJoseph48United StatesFarmer
Washington65McBeinF. G.25United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington66McBeinJohn19United StatesFarmer
Crete81McGrathPhilip27OhioFarmer
Crete184MeierChris GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Crete127MeierDedrick36GermanyFarmer
Crete61MeierJohn O.38GermanyFarmer
Crete175MeierLewis GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete176MeierPhilip GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete177MeierPhilip GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete82MessingerJonas39EnglandFarmer8th Illinois Regiment
Crete97MillerGotthelf42GermanySaddler
Crete170MinfieldFredk.30GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Washington32MinkernCurtis P.25United StatesFarmer
Washington43MitchelDaniel H.40United StatesFarmer
Crete14MollingHenry29GermanyFarmer
Washington50MooreTorry35United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington111MostChristophern/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete50MullikenCharles23IllinoisFarmer24th Illinois
Crete49MullikenGeorge W21IllinoisTeacher20th Illinois
Crete26MyerAlbert25GermanyFarmer
Washington95MyerJohn F.35GermanyFarmer
Crete27MyerRobert21GermanyFarmer
Crete157NakeFrederick40GermanyFarmer
Crete173NastChristian GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete113OberloChristian21GermanyFarmer
Crete112OberloFrederick18GermanyFarmer
Crete114OberloHenry26GermanyFarmer
Crete132OhlendorfChristopher29GermanyFarmer
Crete133OhlendorfConrad32GermanyFarmer
Crete131OhlendorfHenry Jr.35GermanyFarmer
Crete134OhlendorfWilliam26GermanyFarmer
Washington134OlborbyFrederickn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete55OrrJohn36IrelandFarmer
Washington76PaulPeter39GermanyFarmer
Crete95PerryJoseph40ConnecticutPhysician
Washington128PfeflyAlbert30GermanyFarmer
Crete42PhelpsWilson42New YorkFarmer
Crete195PhlonJohn  Farmer8th Illinois Cavalry
Crete46PiepenbrinkJohn C.39GermanyFarmer
Washington129PippenbrinkHenry25GermanyFarmer
Washington108PouleConrad 2ndn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington98PouleHenry28GermanyFarmer
Washington22PriegmanLouis35GermanyFarmer
Washington11ProctorEdwin32EnglandFarmer
Crete90PulverJohn W.34New YorkCooper
Washington114RatgeHenryn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Washington112RenekyWilliamn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete141RenkerJacob S.42GermanyFarmer
Crete101RiceJames M.43PennsylvaniaFarmer
Washington109RichardEdwin C.n/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete178RichertConrad GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Washington61RiggleyMatthew19IrelandFarmer
Washington105RoersonHenry28GermanyFarmer
Crete1RoheJohn C.39GermanyFarmer
Crete2RoheJohn He.31GermanyFarmer
Crete100Rollo???Joseph26CanadaFarmer
Washington122RourkeFrederick33GermanyFarmer
Washington25RuheWilliam23GermanyCarpenter
Crete185RulrickNot Given GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Crete196RupertCharles36GermanyWagon Maker
Crete120RustChristopher33GermanyFarmer
Washington113SchlothauerChristophern/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete192SchrageHenry20GermanyFarmer
Washington100SchreckJohn H.35GermanyFarmer
Washington93SchwepperFrederick30GermanyFarmer
Washington118ScoilederHenry36GermanyFarmer
Washington123SenhordFrederick25GermanyFarmer
Washington117SenneFrederickn/aGermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete169ShaferChris22GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Crete60ShellhornHenry E?38GermanyFarmer
Crete125SheridanDaniel22IrelandFarmer
Crete94ShiveChristopher35GermanyFarmer
Crete93ShiveJohn40GermanyFarmer
Washington97ShiveJohn22GermanyFarmer
Washington96ShivePhilip35GermanyFarmer
Crete165ShoemakerFredk.18GermanyFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Washington124ShoemakerMartin26GermanyFarmer
Washington56ShultsHarvey40GermanyFarmer
Crete78SmalingAlonzo38New YorkFarmer
Washington57SmithCarl25GermanyFarmer
Crete130SmithFredk.37GermanyFarmer
Crete152SmithFredk.21GermanyFarmer
Crete123SmithHenry29GermanyFarmer
Crete88SniderFredk.28GermanyCooper
Crete22StarrAlijah R.30New YorkFarmer
Washington120SteegeChristopher25GermanyBlack Smith
Crete11StienbargeFrederick31CanadaBlacksmith
Crete12StienbargeNorman20CanadaFarmer67th Illinois Regiment
Crete47StreetsJohn W.28DelawareFarmer
Washington77StylingHenry35GermanyFarmer
Crete198SullivanDaniel IrelandBlacksmith100 Illinois Regiment
Washington49SwindlerJames28United StatesFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete139TatgeConrad39GermanyBlacksmith
Crete140TatgeHenry42GermanyFarmer
Washington89TatgeHenry28GermanyFarmer
Crete153TegtmeierHenry36GermanyFarmer
Washington86TegtmyerHenry25GermanyFarmer
Washington87TegtmyerJohn35GermanyFarmer
Crete115ThunemanHenry85GermanyFarmer
Washington83TurnerWilliam25GermanyFarmer
Washington110VohtChristopher27GermanyFarmer
Washington92VosageHenry35GermanyFarmer
Crete171WasaFredk.22GermanyFarmerRegiment Unknown
Washington41WatkinsGeorge35United StatesFarmer
Crete41WatkinsWilliam36OhioCooper8th Illinois Cavalry
Washington42WatkinsWilliam M.37United StatesFarmer
Crete135WehmhofferConrad42GermanyFarmer
Crete136WehmhofferWilliam18GermanyFarmer9th Illinois Cavalry
Washington125WehrmanFrederick30GermanyFarmer
Crete13WestenfeldHenry30GermanyMerchant
Washington45WestermanFrederick23GermanyFarmer
Crete144WestfallHenry24GermanyFarmer
Crete146WestfallMartin25GermanyTeacher
Washington26WestfallMartin25GermanyTeacher
Crete74WhalingCharles25GermanyFarmer
Crete96WilcoxHanson W.41VermontTinner
Crete15WilderAlmon Ge.23IndianaFarmer100th Illinois Regiment
Crete16WilderGeorge W.20IllinoisFarmer69th Illinois Regiment
Washington91WilkeFrederick30GermanyFarmer
Washington103WilkeningChristopher35GermanyFarmer
Washington101WilkeningConrad29GermanyFarmer
Washington102WilkeningFrederick31GermanyFarmer
Crete145WilkeningJohn43GermanyFarmer
Crete159WillLeander21New YorkFarmer8th Illinois Regiment
Crete126WilleFredk.33GermanyFarmer
Crete147WillePhilip44GermanyFarmer
Washington81WilliamsJohn18GermanyFarmerVol. Regt. Unknown
Crete58WilliamsonWilliam38IrelandFarmer
Crete59WilliamsonWilliam P.24IrelandFarmer
Crete73WinteFrederick39GermanyFarmer
Crete148WinteHenry30GermanyFarmer
Washington88WinteWilliam26GermanyFarmer
Crete142WinthimeJohn Jr.30GermanyFarmer
Washington126WoltendorfFrederick30GermanyFarmer
Crete48WoodJohn J.20IllinoisFarmer20th Indiana
Crete52WoodLelyn18IllinoisFarmer8th Illinois
Crete57ZallerConrad38GermanyFarmer
Crete129ZiesenisChristopher36GermanyFarmer

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