As I recall, he was discharged out West. I didn't try to or couldn't follow him but I have the vague impression he didn't last a long time. See if you can locate Betty Rainey. The Dixon VA's are her line. She lives or lived out near Portland. There should be posts from her on this board. --pete ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Schwenn" <schwel@comcast.net> To: <vannorman@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [VANNORMAN] John Van Arnam, b 1826 Lockport, NY Thanks, Pete. Do you know where John went after the war? Linda On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Pete Gonigam <gonigam@hotmail.com> wrote: > John Van Arnam, musician in the Illinois Infantry in the Mexican War, was > the son of John (1799 I think) Van Arnam of Dixon, son of Jacob (1773) VA > and Catherina Haemstraet (various spellings) originally of Brunswick > Center, > NY. > > Researcher Betty Rainey has a letter John sent from Mexico to his mother > Chloe in Dixon. > > --pete > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Linda Schwenn" <schwel@comcast.net> > To: <vannorman@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 4:59 PM > Subject: [VANNORMAN] John Van Arnam, b 1826 Lockport, NY > > > In 1847 John Van Arnam enlisted in the Mexican War. He was 21 and born in > Lockport, NY. Enlistment place: Dixon [no state given. The list includes > various states/places] Occupation: stage driver. 16th Infantry Regiment. > Discharged Aug 7, 1848, expiration of service, at Newport, KY. A musician. > > Source: Ancestry.com "U.S. Army, Register of Enlistments, 1798-1914 Record > for John Vanaenam" (In the original it looks more like Van Arnam) > > Is this an early son of John 1801-1859 and Chloe Van Arnam? And does it > tie > into the PA Van Normans? > 1840 census: Dixon, Lee, IL M:1 under 5, 1 5–9, 2 15–19, 7 20–29, 4 > 30–39, 1 free colored male 36 – 54 > 1850: Dixon, Lee, IL wife Chloe is there b 1807 NY with several children. > > Linda Schwenn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message