JoDaviess County IL Archives Obituaries.....Rawlins, John A.  September 6, 1869
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Dubuque Herald, Sep. 7, 1869


    Dubuque Herald, September 7, 1869

    Secretary of War John A. Rawlins Dies Of Consumption

    John A. Rawlins was born on the 14th of February, 1831, on the E. Bayliss
place, in East Galena. His education beyond that acquired in the public school,
was at the Mt. Morris academy. He remained a farm boy till near or quite his
majority, and studied law in the office of I. P. Stevens, with whom he first
commenced practice. He formed law partnership with David Sheehan, Esq., his
former student, in 1858, and continued office practice till he entered the army.
His record as a lawyer and soldier is a very credible one. (He was appointed
Major General in the Union Army in 1865 and was appointed Secretary of War by
President Grant in 1869.)

    Mr. Rawlins was married to Emily Smith in 1856, who died in 1860, leaving
him three children. He married Miss Mary E. Hulbert of Danbury, Conn., in
Vicksburg, in which city she was engaged as teacher in 1863. By her he had two
children, both deceased.

    It is decided upon by Washington authorities, who have been conferring with
the deceased's parents and brothers here all day, to inter the body in the
Congressional burial grounds at Washington temporarily.



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