I don't know where my brain was. Frank B. could not be in the Civil War. He was a child. He was in the spanish American and Black Hawk.. Rosie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Snow" <marysnow@bellsouth.net> To: <il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 6:05 AM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] ALSIP, Frank B. >I see references at Google books: > http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp > > http://books.google.com/books?q=Frank+B.+Alsip&btnG=Search+Books > > Mary > > RMW wrote: >> Frank B. Alsip was a Major in the Civil War, the Black Hawk War, and the >> Spanish American War. and his obit just glances over his military life. >> I would like to find out more about my Great Grandfather's military life >> and record. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to go about this?. >> I don't believe he attended a military school, but I didn't even know he >> was in the Civil War. I've learned anything is possible. He was married >> in the 1900 census, but divorced in the 1910 census. I didn't find him, >> but located my Great Grandmother, living with my G Great Grandmother. >> Larry Forman in California >> >> Chicago Daily Tribune 16 May 1910 >> >> Maj. Frank B. Alsip, plant manager of the Calumet Brick Company died >> Satruday at St. Francks' hospital, Blue Island from pneumonia. He was >> born in Mcgregor, IA 48 years ago, and had been a resident of Chicago >> since 1873. He served in the First Illinois Cavalry during the Spanish >> war. Maj. Alsip is survived by a dt, a brother and two sisters. The >> funeral will be held from his late residence in Blue Island at 2:20 plm >> Chapel Graceland Cem Tuesday the 175h at 2:30 p.m. >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message