BLOCK 12
LOT : G.A.R. TERRACE
ROW : 1
GRAVE # 8
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Lemuel F. Holland
b. July 28, 1840
New Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio
d. January 13, 1914
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
buried: January 15, 1914
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FATHER
James Franklin Holland
(1816-1890)
MOTHER
Elizabeth Peacock
(1814-1842)
MARRIED
Tacy May Brady
(1864-1911)
September 7, 1882
Henry County, Illinois
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CHILDREN
with Tacy
Mae (nee-Holland) Unholtz
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Edith (nee-Holland) Cook
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Nellie (nee-Holland) Lipnight
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Nora Holland
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Hal Holland
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NOTE:
Lemuel F. Holland,
fought in the
CIVIL WAR
SGT. CO. D. 104 ILL. INF.
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR |
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MILITARY SERVICE:
Lemuel served during the Civil War in Company D of the 104th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, a unit that served from August 1862 to June 1865. Enlisting as a Private on August 27, 1862, he rose to the rank of Sergeant, and was honorably mustered out on June 6, 1865 with the rest of his unit, having served the duration of the war. He was awarded the
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
for his bravery while a Corporal at Elk River, Tennessee on July 2, 1863. His citation reads "Voluntarily joined a small party that, under a heavy fire, captured a stockade and saved the bridge". His Medal was awarded to him on October 30, 1897, thirty four years after his brave deed. He was one of eight 104th Illinois soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the war (the others being Private Richard Gage, Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Hapeman, Private George Houghton, Sergeant George Marsh, Private John Shapland, Private Oscar Slagle, and Private Reuben S. Smalley)
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
14 JAN 1914 * page 3
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