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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of Captain Isaac DAVID 

Transcribed exactly according to the original complete text by Joan Achille and Alice Stipak. 

[Surnames: DAVID, GREEN, HENNICK] 

[Page 847] 

    
DAVID, Captain Isaac.--A gallant soldier of the Union during the Civil War, an Illinois pioneer of 1833, and Postmaster from July 1, 1889, to October 1, 1893, Captain Isaac David is a native of Freeport, Harrison County, Ohio, where he was born January 24, 1822. Captain David is a man of good education, largely self-acquired, and is well posted upon current events. While comparatively young he was united in marriage, May 18, 1843, to Mary A. Green, a native of the vicinity of Freeport, and born November 7, 1819. Of this union there have been born three children: Ruth; John W., who died in Bowmansdale, Pa., April 7, 1888, and Hattie, who was married to C. M. Hennick, September 1, 1880. Mrs. David died December 29, 1895. 
    
February 18, 1865, Captain David was mustered into the United States service at Quincy, Ill., and was mustered out of the service at Columbus, Ga., February 1, 1866. He was a member of Company D, Fifteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and also served in the One Hundred and Thirty-second Regiment Illinois Infantry, a 100-day regiment.