SLEEP ON DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER IN THE DEAR SWEET REST, THOUGH OUR HEARTS ARE SORE AND HEAVY WE WILL TRY TO BE COMFORTED. GOD KNOWETH BEST.

Name   ANDERSON, WILLIAM M
Rank   PVT   Company I   42 IL US INF

Personal Characteristics
Residence   HANCOCK CO, IL
Age 38   Height 5' 6"   Hair SANDY   Eyes BLUE   Complexion SANDY
Marital Status   N/A   Occupation   FARMER   Nativity   OHIO

Service Record
Joined When   OCT 8, 1864   Joined Where   QUINCY, IL
Joined By Whom   N/A   Period   1 YR
Muster In   OCT 8, 1864   Muster In Where   QUINCY, IL
Muster In By Whom   N/A   Muster Out   OCT 8, 1865
Muster Out Where   VICTORIA, TX   Muster Out By Whom   CPT NICHOLAS
Remarks   N/A

We do not know whether Susan stayed on their property and maintained the farm, or whether there were kinfolk close by to help her for the year that William was gone.  There were no other Andersons and no Timbermans in Hancock Township in 1860.

William and Susan's children were probably all born on the home farm in Hancock Township:

i.	Isaac Willard Anderson, born September 27, 1858.  He died under suspicious circumstances June 30, 1894, on the same farm on which he was born.  Buried at Majorville Cemetery.
ii.	William M. Anderson, born December 29, 1860, died November 20, 1911, burial at Majorville Cemetery.
iii.	Jennetta "Nettie" Anderson, born in 1867.  She died April 2, 1935, in Hancock Township and was buried at Majorville Cemetery.
iv.	Charles S. Anderson, born January 25, 1869, died May 26, 1909, and was interred at Majorville Cemetery.

From The Republican, Carthage, Illinois, October 1892: Mrs. Susan Anderson, of Ft. Green, called at this office Monday for bill for a sale at her place Oct. 22.

From The Republican, Carthage, Illinois, October 5, 1898, Chat's Webster column: Mrs. Susan Anderson is visiting relatives in Hamilton, Ohio.

dwelling #55
Furgus Anderson, 53, male, farmer, value of real estate 16000, born OH, attended school within the year - 5 [apparently 5 persons from this family went to school]
Mary, 45, female, born OH
Isaac, 16, male, student, born OH
Euphemea, 14, female, born OH
Robt F, 9, male, born OH
Samuel McCleary, 24, male, farmer, born OH
Wm Morres Anderson, 23, male, farmer, born OH

dwelling #56
Geo D Anderson, 22, male, farmer, value of real estate 4000, born OH
Harriet, 31, female, born OH

Cristian Timberman, 49, male, laborer, born TN, could not read or write
Annah, 45, female, born PA, could not read or write
C Maunder ? [Timberman], 17, female, born OH
Susan, 15, female, born OH
Margaret C, 12, female, born OH, attended school within the year
Henry B, 6 ?, male, born OH, attended school within the year
Alex Duncan ? [Timberman], 5, male, born OH
John Reily ? [Timberman], 11/12, male, born OH
Amanda M, 10, female, born OH, attended school within the year

William Morris Anderson, 33, male, farmer, value of real estate 1500, value of personal estate 400, born OH
Susan, 24, female, born OH
Isaac W, 1, male, born IL

Anderson, William M Sr, 43, male, white, farmer, value of real estate 3000, value of personal estate 70, born OH, male, citizen of the U.S. aged 21 or more
Susan, 35, female, white, keeping house, born OH
Isaac W, 11, male, white, born IL, attended school within the year, could not read or write
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Anderson, Wm M Jr, 9, male, white, born IL
Jennetta, 3, female, white, born IL
Charles S, 1, male, white, born IL

Anderson, Susan, white, female, 45, widow, keeping house, born OH, both parents born PA
Isaac W, white, male, 21, son, single, farmer, born IL, both parents born OH
William M, white, male, 19, son, single, farmer, born IL, both parents born OH
Netta, white, female, 13, daughter, single, attended school within the year, born IL, both parents born OH
Charles S, white, male, 11, son, single, attended school within the year, born IL, both parents
born OH

Anderson, Susan, head, white, female, May 1835, 65, widow; mother of 4 children, 3 living; born OH, both parents born PA, could read, write and speak English, rented her home

Anderson, Susan, head, female, white, 75, widow; mother of 4 children, 2 living; born OH, both parents born OH, spoke English, could read and write, owned her home free of mortgage

William M, son, male, white, 49, single, born IL, both parents born OH, spoke English, operator, _?_ mines, employer, could read and write