George Alcorn

Sources checked unsuccessfully

1890 US census, veterans' schedules

Ancestry index (accessed Apr 06)

pension index, by name

Ancestry index (accessed Apr 06)

Rootsweb WorldConnect

accessed April 2006, and 17 Mar 12

multiple gedcoms have the Indiana County George Alcorn, child of John Rain Alcorn and Hannah Jane Arkwright, who married Sarah Ann Bowen, and died in 1897, in Brown County, Illinois

Pennsylvania veterans' burial cards

Ancestry index (accessed 13 Mar 12)

Pennsylvania Church and Town records

Ancestry index (accessed 13 Mar 12)

there were many entries (especially in Indiana County), but I wasn't able to determine whether any were this George Alcorn

FamilySearch

searched for George Alcorn b. PA 1831-1836 resulted in the Illinois George Alcorn mentioned below (under Find a grave), and one other entry, which I can't rule in or out (accessed 13 March 2012):

George Alcorn, 74, b. PA, with Mary A (35 b. IL), [1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 26, family 210, page 11]

searching for Alcorn residing in Dauphin County Pennsylvania resulted in no matches before 1900

searching for George b. PA 1831-1834 residing in Dauphin County PA in 1850-1860 resulted in 147 matches; none seems plausible alternatives to or misreadings of 'Alcorn'

GenealogyBank

searched for Alcorn and 91st, 1860-1900 (anywhere in US) (accessed 13 March 2012)

searching for George Alcorn 1860-1900 yielded too many entries to search through

George Alcorn 1860-1900 in Philadelphia yields 44 entries, including the following George Alcorn's

(1) George Alcorn, died 31 May 1899 [no other identifying information] Philadelphia Inquirer 2 June 1899 page 12

(2) George W Alcorn, died 2 October 1868, 58 years old, funeral from residence at 309 Callowhill, with a request for New York and Pittsburgh papers to copy, Philadelphia Inquirer 3 October 1868 page 5

(3) Sarah Alcorn relict of George W died on 8 March 1888, 81st years old, funeral from her daughter Jane P Russell's house at 1752 N 25th St Philadelphia Inquirer 12 March 1888 page 5

(and Rev George Alcorn married Mrs Ella Klein on 6 September 1894 Philadelphia Inquirer 8 September 1894 page 7)

Philadelphia death certificates

searching for George Alcorn died 1860-1900 in the FamilySearch index yields 3 entries (accessed 13 March 2012):

(1) George Alcorn, died 17 September 1863, 73 years old, address County Prison, buried 18 September 1863 in city grounds

(2) Geo. Alcorn, died 16 Feb 1872, 26 years old, blacksmith, address Wyoming & Filbert (?), buried 17 Feb 1872 on hospital grounds

(3) Geo H Alcorn, died 2 Oct 1868, address 100 Callowhill, 55 years old, b. Philaelphia, married, buried 4 Oct 1868 in Odd Fellows

Find a grave

searching for George Alcorn yielded 59 matches, most clearly born too late or early (though some others were born in the 1840's--could he have been 23 and not 28 when he enlisted?)

(a) George Alcorn, died July 1893, age unknown, buried Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, memorial 59825862

(b) George Alcorn, died Feb 1933, age unknown, buried Sunset Memorial Park, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, memorial 64044450

(c) George Alcorn, died 12 September 1928, age unknown, buried Lakeview Cemetery, LaCrosse Count, Wisconsin, memorial 71666181

(d) George Alcorn, died 23 April 1883, 79 years old, with Eliza Alcorn, died 14 August 1867, 68 years old, buried in Saint Marks Cemetery, Highland, Howard County, Maryland, memorial 32392729

(e) George Alcorn, died 1869, son of J and M Alcorn, buried in Cassville Cemetery, Cassville, Grant County, Wisconsin, memorial 71574445

(f) George W Alcorn, born 11 June 1835, Indiana County, PA, to John Rain Alcorn (1806-1898) and Hannah Jane Arkwright (1813-1872), died 16 Aug 1897, Brown County, Illinois, buried Benville Cemetery, Benville, Brown County, Illinois, memorial 60895022

re (f) see Manni, Carpenter & related families, a gedcom available on RootsWeb WorldConnect, updated 9 February 2009, contact Debbi (accessed 13 March 2012), which refers to the 1870 and 1880 censuses, but not to any military service [other gedcoms are available, but none mention military service]

re (f) see 1860 US census, Illinois, Pike County, Hadly Township, microfilm series M653, film 219, page 196 handwritten = 926 handwritten

re (f) see 1870 US census (mentioned above)

re (f) see 1880 US census, Illinois, Brown County, Buckhorn, microfilm series T9, film 176, page 452 A

the 1860 census makes (f) unlike to be my George Alcorn