This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: waroper Surnames: Roper, McCoy, Rauchfuss Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.roper/1872.4/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Samuel ROPER's son Samuel ROPER (b abt 1830 - IL, d bef 11 Feb 187 - IL) seems to have served as a Captain in command of Company K, 56th Ill. Infantry, and to have survived the Civil War, as further explained below. There is a marriage record for a Samuel ROPER in Pope County in 1866, showing that the younger Samuel survived the Civil War. ROPER, SAMUEL -- MCCOY, ALICE: POPE COUNTY; 2/15/1866; 00B/0572 This Samuel ROPER is enumerated in the 1870 Census, but seems to have been dead by 1880. See: "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6HT-2GY : accessed 23 Mar 2014), Mertyl H Roper in household of Samuel Roper, Illinois, United States; citing p. 16, family 134, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 000545769. See also my related post this thread: "DAR Lineage of Myrtle Roper RAUCHFUSS (b abt 1867 - Golconda, IL)" There is a Civil War pension record for a Captain Samuel ROPER which should probably be inspected. See: "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NHHL-YTR : accessed 23 Mar 2014), Samuel Roper, 12 Jul 1869; citing "Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900," Fold3.com; company K, regiment 56, Illinois, NARA microfilm publication T289. Samuel's widow Alice ROPER is shown in a published list of Civil War pensioners, rather conclusively linking Samuel ROPER, of Golconda, to the pension cited above: United States Congressional serial set, Issue 7126, Page 30 http://books.google.com/books?id=qZk3AQAAIAAJ&dq="Samuel Roper" Kentucky&pg=RA1-PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>