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Union Civil War Enlistments by Residents of Waterford Township (Fulton County) Illinois

November 2014—These men volunteered for the Civil War from Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois. From research at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., summaries of pension records have been included. If one of these men is from your family and you have photographs or additional genealogical information to include, please contact me at jturnbul8@gmail.com. Janet Turnbull Cox, John B.—Enlisted 12 August 1861, 18 years old, as a private in Co. E, 27th Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’ 4 ½” tall; brown hair; gray eyes; born in Adams County, Ohio. Reenlisted as veteran volunteer 1 January 1864 at Blains Crossroads, Tennessee. Transferred to Co. G, 9th Infantry as consolidated 10 April 1865. Burial Waterford Cemetery, Fulton County, Illinois. Cox, John B.—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born 6 March 1848 in Ohio. His father was William Cox, his brother was Cashius M. Cox of Moline, Illinois in 1925, and a sister was Hannah Holloway of Knox County, Illinois in 1925. Married Sarah Norris (14 February 1855 to 1 December 1924) in Piatt County, Illinois, on 3 October 1877. One son, Blain, is named in the file. John Cox suffered an injury to his shoulder, uric acid poisoning, mitral insufficiency, chronic nephritis, and cirrhosis of the liver. In 1907 he was a justice of the peace and lived at 1628 Bush Street, Santa Ana (Orange) California, where he died 1 December 1924 of endocarditis. Burial at Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana (Orange) California. Additional Information: http://occgs.com/projects/civil_war/Cox_JohnB.pdf

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John E. Cox, Photograph by Janine Crandell, www.illinoisancestors.org/fulton

Davis, Stephen Warren—Enlisted 12 August 1862, 16 years old, as a private in Co. H, 103rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’4” tall; dark hair; hazel eyes; born Morgan County, Ohio. Mustered out as sergeant 21 June 1865. Died 1 April 1925 in Canton (Fulton) Illinois. Burial Greenwood Cemetery, Canton (Fulton) Illinois. Davis, Stephen Warren—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born 11 January 1846 in Morgan County, Ohio. Married Jane Ray on 18 May 1872. Jane died in September of 1878. His second wife was Sarah E. Potts, married in Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois on 16 January 1883. Stephen’s children: Mollie born 24 June 1876, and Lulu born 18 February 1884. He lived in Canton, Illinois; Missouri, and Kansas.

Stephen W. Davis, photograph courtesy Carole Martin, www.illinoisancestors.org/fulton

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Jenkins, David Milton—Enlisted 22 August 1862, 30 years old, as a private in Co. H, 103rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’11” tall; brown hair; gray eyes; married; born Jefferson County, Illinois. Mustered out as corporal 21 June 1865. Died 1 May 1921 in Cuba, Illinois. Jenkins, David Milton—1860 US Census, Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois: Married to Mary J., 17 years old, born in New Jersey. Children living in household: Mary A., 4 months old, born in Illinois, and Abraham Peterson, 8 years old, born in New Jersey. Jenkins, David Milton—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born 15 April 1832 in Jefferson County, Illinois, to Thomas Jenkins of Tennessee and Mary Sheldon of Kentucky. Married Mary Jane Peterson at Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois on 13 March 1859. Their children living in 1898: Mary Ann born 16 February 1860; Asahel B. born 30 May 1866; George Robert born 24 April 1868; Annie S. born 16 January 1870; Fred A. born January 1875; Chauncey Hobart born 7 September 1885; and Thomas Elmer born March 1862 and died by 1915. Wounded in the right thigh at the Battle of Mission Ridge on 25 November 1863 when a ball cut off the abductor and flexor muscles, gangrene developed with considerable loss of tissue, and weakness of the whole limb. He lost the little toe of his left foot at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, in 1864. Since muster out, David Jenkins farmed in Waterford until 1882; Deerfield until 1895; and then Cuba. He died in Cuba (Fulton) Illinois 1 May 1921 of bladder cancer. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and history of Sangamon county Volume II – Biographical Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company, Publishers 1912: David Milton and Mary Jane (Petersen) Jenkins, the former a native of Jefferson County, Ill., and the latter of the State of New Jersey. The parents of David M. Jenkins came to Jefferson County, Ill., in 1826, where their son was born in 1832, but in 1834 they moved to Waterford Township, Fulton County, Ill. In 1852 David M. made the trip from Pekin, Ill., overland to Sacramento, Cal., and for three years prospected for gold in that region. Then he returned to Fulton County and in 1859 was there married to Mary Jane Peterson, after which he engaged in farming which continued to be his vocation, but is now living in retirement in his advanced years. He was a member of Company I, One Hundred and Third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Wright, and was twice wounded, first at the battle of Missionary Ridge in November, 1863, and later at Resaca, Ga., in 1864. He served from the organization of the company until it was mustered out. Mr. and Mrs. David Milton Jenkins have seven children.

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Johnson, Marion—Enlisted 16 December 1863, 18 years old, as a private in Co. G, 11th Cavalry. Description at enlistment: 5’5” tall; brown hair; black eyes; born Illinois. Mustered out in Louisville, Kentucky, 14 July 1865. Johnson, Marion—1860 US Census, Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois: Son of George D. Johnson, 48, born New York, and Laura A., 40, and born in Ohio. Their children: Marion, 15; male 13; Marcellus, 11; Jeremiah 10; Flavius, 7; Herman, 5; Emma, 1; and living with them is Perry Seward, 19, a laborer. Johnson, Marion—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born near Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois on 10 February 1845. His mother was Laura Mann of Ohio. Married Mary Apple on 28 February 1867 in Lewistown. She died 16 March 1918 in Clackamus, Oregon. Married Julia Green, the widow of Stephen Green who had died 21 July 1917. Marion and Julia were married 9 September 1921 in Vancouver (Clarke) Washington. Marion’s children living in 1903: Willis born 11 May 1871; Fannie born 28 May 1868 and became Mrs. C.P. Merrell of Hillsboro, Oregon; Laura born 21 May 1873 with married name of Moore; Francis Marion born 16 November 1876; Cora born 2 November 1871 with married name of Cramer; Ida May born 23 May 1881 with married name of Montgomery. Marion Johnson wrote that he had six children and none had died, 18 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren in 1915. After muster out he lived in Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois, moving to Page County, Iowa in 1867, to Oregon City, Oregon, in 1879, and to Clackamas, Oregon in 1884. Marion Johnson died 29 March 1928 of cardiac failure, at the age of 83. He is buried at the Clackamas Cemetery, Clackamas, Oregon. Johnson, Marion—Obituary—Banner Courier, Monday, April 2, 1928: Funeral services for Marion Johnson, 83, who died Thursday at Clackamas Station, were held Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock at the Clackamas Methodist Church, with Rev. E. A. Smith, Lents, officiating. His wife, son, W. L. Johnson, Portland, and three daughters, Mrs. R. C. Cramer, Toppenish, Wash., Mrs. Louise Montgomery, Eugene, and Mrs. C. F. Merrell, Hillsboro, survive. (Courtesy of Janet Turnbull) Krebaum, Augustus F.—Enlisted 7 October 1861, 21 years old, in Co. G, 11th Illinois Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’10” tall; auburn hair; blue eyes; laborer; born in Illinois. Reenlisted as veteran at Clear Creek, Mississippi, on 20 December 1863. Mustered out 14 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Burial Waterford Cemetery, Fulton County, Illinois. Krebaum, Augustus F.—1860 US Census, Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois: Son of Frederick, 48 years old, and Sevil G., 40 years old, both born at Hessel Castle, Germany.

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Their children: Augustus F., 20 years old; Jane, 17 years old; George, 14 years old; Ellen 12 years old; Frances (female), 10 years old; Classie E., 3 years old. All children born in Illinois. Krebaum, Augustus F.—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Married Malissa Emoline Stull on 5 July 1866 in Fulton County Illinois. She died in Peoria, Illinois, on 14 June 1893 and is buried at Springdale Cemetery. His second wife was the widow Melissa Josephine Wilson. They wed at Carrollton (Green) Illinois on 7 August 1894. Her first husband, Eli B. Wilson, died 14 December 1887 in Hallsville, Missouri. Melissa’s mother was Sarah S. Rice, and a brother was William M. Rice. Augustus F. Krebaum was shot in the left hand, some said while collecting blackberries. His pension was based on chronic diarrhea and heart disease. After the war, he returned to the area of Waterford. His brother, John A. Krebaum, was a fisherman near Montezuma and Clear Lake. He and Augustus lived on the fishing boat for a while. Augustus’ children were: Samantha G. born 2 July 1890; Mary A. born 24 August 1891; Augustus Frederick born 30 October 1892; Frances Josfene born 10 January 1894; and William Adolph born 22 July 1896. Augustus F. Krebaum died 14 December 1902 in Sepo (Fulton) Illinois. Melissa J. Krebaum married Amos H. Taylor in Fulton County, Illinois, on 25 April 1903. He died in Havana (Mason) Illinois on 9 September 1912. Kruzan, Albert Edward—Enlisted 15 February 1864, 20 years old, as a private in Co. G, 11th Cavalry. Description at enlistment: 5’6” tall; light hair; blue eyes; born Illinois. Died of disease 8 August 1864. Born 27 October 1846. Kruzan, Findley—Enlisted 20 August 1862, 44 years old, as a private in Co. A, 103rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’8” tall; light hair; blue eyes; married; born Milford (Virden) Ohio. Discharged 29 March 1865. Kruzan, Findley—1860 US Census, Woodland Township (Fulton) Illinois: The family consists of Finley Kruzan, 40 years old, born in Ohio; Maria, 39 years old, born in Illinois; Mary J., 17 years old; Albert, 13 years old; Laura, 11 years old; Elizabeth, 11 years old; Hiram, 8 years old; Logan, 6 years old; George, 3 years old; Henry, 3 years old; and Olive, 6 months. Kruzan, Findley—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born in Milford, Ohio and lived in Illinois for 30 years. Married Maria Johnson in Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois on 11 November 1841. In the winter of 1862 he had typhoid fever and was hospitalized for two months. He received a gunshot wound of the right hip in action at Atlanta, Georgia, on 28 July 1864.

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Findley Kruzan died 28 February 1888 at 6:00 a.m., 61 years old, in Waterford (Fulton) Illinois of an abscess of the liver and peritonitis. Maria Kruzan died 4 October 1899. Obituary of Maria Lucretia Johnson Kruzan, Cuba Journal, January 11, 1900, pg. 3, from http://genealogytrails.com/ill/fulton/obits.html, Courtesy Debbie Hill: Died at her residence in Duncan Mills, Thursday, at 12:20 a.m. Mrs. Maria Kruzan, widow of the late Finley Kruzan deceased. Her age was 79 years and 9 months. For 73 years she lived within two miles of the place she died. Funeral Friday at 1 o'clock at the residence. Obituary of Maria Kruzan, Fulton County Democrat, January 10, 1900, from http://genealogytrails.com/ill/fulton/obits.html, Courtesy Debbie Hill: Mrs. Maria L. [Lucretia] Kruzan, widow of Findley Kruzan, died at her home in Duncan City 4 Jan., 1900, aged 79 years 8 months and 6 days. She was born in Vandalia, then capital of Illinois, 29 Apr., 1821. Her father, Major Johnson, was a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1824 the family came to Waterford tp and settled on the farm now occupied by E. Athy. She was married to Findley Kruzan in April, 1841. [Note: They were actually married Nov. 11, 1841.] For many years they resided on the farm half-way between Lewistown and Duncan's Mills, a half-way house where the town boys of hot and dusty days could always get a kind welcome and delicious drink, going to or coming from their sports at Spoon river. How good the cool water tasted from the Gourd and out of the deep, rock-walled well at Mr. Kruzan's! It was like Mother Davidson's well on the hill enroute to Spud-a-way creek. In both cases it was "giving a cup of water to little ones in my name"--giving a cool drink to Christ! To Mr. and Mrs. Kruzan were born 12 children, seven whom are living, viz: Hiram, George, Henry, and Logan Kruzan, Mrs. Mary Jane Evans, Mrs. Laura Conner, and Mrs. Ella Allen. Albert was in Co. G, 11th Ill. Cav., and died in Rome, Ga., in 1864. Her husband Findley Kruzan, was a soldier in Co. A, 103d regiment three years. During one of Rev. J. Q. Knight's famous revivals at the Felkel schoolhouse, some 38 years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Kruzan united with the M. E. church. She was a faithful Christian to the hour of her death. She had no sign of sickness. She was simply worn out. She bade her children good bye, saying that she was tired, and ready, and willing to go. Like her husband she was an honored pioneer who will long be remembered with reverence and affection. Rev. Wm. McFarland conducted funeral services at the home in Duncan City, Friday, in presence of a great company of friends. The burial was at the Hackelton graveyard, on the bank of beautiful Spoon river, beside the dust of her husband and children and her honored parents.

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Findley Kruzan, Freeman Cemetery, Fulton Co., Illinois

Photograph courtesy of Jody Glynn Patrick

Kruzan, Findley—Obituary—Fulton County Ledger, March 8, 1888, pg. 6, submitted by Debbie Hill at www.illinoisancestors.org

Finley Kruzan, orphaned at 11, fought in the engagements of his company, and was wounded in Atlanta. Kruzan came to Fulton County in 1840 and owned 260 acres of land in Sec. 4. He married Maria Johnson in 1842, and their children included triplets and two sets of twins. (A History of Fulton County in Spoon River Country, 1818-1879. Submitted by Debbie Hill at www.illinoisancestors.org) Findley Kruzan died of apoplexy at his farm three miles south of Lewistown, Tuesday morning February 28, 1888, aged about 71 years. He was also a pioneer, having resided in Lewistown and vicinity nearly half a century. In his temper and methods he was wonderfully like Uncle Perry Kelly, and like him in rugged integrity was never brought in question. Mr. K. was a soldier in the Civil War, and a good one. He will be remembered kindly by many friends. The burial took place yesterday noon, at Freeman Cemetery, Isabel Township, under auspices of Fulton Lodge No. 51, I. O. O. F., of which order Mr. K. was a member thirty-two years.

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Findley Kruzan, Photograph courtesy Brad Fisher

Lynch, David (also spelled Linch, David)—Enlisted 9 August 1862, 43 years old, as a private in Co. H, 103rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’8” tall; dark hair; black eyes; married; born Pike County, Ohio. Discharged for disability 30 May 1863 at LaGrange, Tennessee.

Lynch, David—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Married Polly (Mary) L. Burnett in Sangamon County, Illinois, on 7 August 1840. Their children: James A. of Mason City, Illinois, in 1888; and Edwin.

“I was only a boy when I enlisted and Lynch was a middle-aged man . . . all I remember about him is that he was in fair health. I remember that his teeth were nearly all gone while in service and that he could not chew hard tack.”—Warren Davis, 1889

“He must have been 40 years old at enlistment.”--David M. Jenkins, 1889

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David Lynch died in Mason City, Illinois, on 24 March 1874. Polly Lynch died 29 November 1910. Lynn, Robert R.—Enlisted 4 January 1864 at Hebron, Mississippi. Description: 20 years old, 5’8” tall; dark hair; gray eyes; born Illinois. Mustered in as veteran revoked—held in original enlistment to make good time lost by desertion. Lynn, Robert R.—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Born in Jo Davies County, Illinois. Married Susana Pell on 16 April 1861 in Fulton County, Illinois. The couple separated in 1863 in Waterford, Illinois. Susana, her children, and her second husband moved to Page County, Iowa; to Washington County, Kansas for 12 years, to Monte Vista, California for 8 years, and then to Arizona. Robert Lynn went to Rock Island, Illinois. “While soldier was serving in army, his wife went wrong and on his return from service he found a third child, begotten during his absence and he then cast her adrift. Later on he learned of his wife’s marriage and probably was informed that she had secured a divorce and may have believed the bar was removed at time he married claimant . . . Claimant continually acted in good faith when married. The case is a disturbing one.”—Special Examiner, 1911 Three children: Estha born 11 September 1862 and wife of Edward Stegman of Cottonwood (Yavapai) Arizona in 1911; Eli and George, both deceased by 1911. While in the service he suffered an injury to his right hand when he was accidentally struck by a comrade wielding an axe, which cut off his thumb and middle finger. His occupation was a mechanic, and in 1908 he was a saw mill hand living at 360 Western Avenue, Blue Island (Cook) Illinois. Robert Lynn married DeRinda Bourdean of Chicago on 19 October 1884. Mildred, born 6 January 1889, was their daughter. By 1904 Derinda was judged to be insane and lived in institutions and with her sister, Josephine Robideaux, after Robert’s death on 26 February 1908 from a stroke. Burial at St. Mary’s cemetery, city unspecified in the file. Nokes, Aaron—Enlisted 12 August 1862, 24 years old, as a private in Co. H, 103rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’8” tall; dark hair; gray eyes; born Hillsdale County, Michigan. Nokes, Aaron—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Son of Amanda and Ephraim Nokes. In September 1864, Thomas Jenkins (father of David Jenkins) said that seven years earlier “Aaron had his mother moved here from Indiana. Hired David M. Jenkins to move her and her children for $30.” Amanda Nokes stated that her husband abandoned her about 1854. As Aaron was her sole support, she applied for a mother’s pension.

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Aaron Nokes died between December 20 and 23, 1862, of typhoid fever and/or measles/rubella in the general hospital at Holly Springs, Tennessee. Nokes, George V.—Enlisted 19 October 1861 in Co. G, 11th Illinois Cavalry. Honorably discharged 9 July 1862 for chronic diarrhea. Reenlisted as a private 16 December 1863, 28 years old, as a private in Co. G, 11th Cavalry. Description at enlistment: 5’7” tall; brown hair; black eyes; born Ohio or Indiana. Mustered out 14 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Noakes, George V.—1860 US Census, Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois: Married to Eliza B., 26 years old, born in Ohio. Children in the household: Phillip O., 3 years; Nancy F., 2 years; and Martha E. Powell, 13 years old, born in Ohio. Phillip and Nancy were born in Illinois. Nokes, George V.—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Married Eliza B., who died 10 January 1880. Married Margaret Randall Reynolds in Cuba, Kansas. “I can say that myself and said claimant [George V. Nokes] were both members of the same company, G. 11th Ills Cavalry. I was with claimant during his sickness up to his discharge. His symptoms were these: a violent diarrhea with almost a continual running off at the bowels with severe pains and griping almost continually and kept getting weaker all the time until he became in a manner helpless. I waited on him and carried water for him from the artesian well that was about ½ mile from our camp and across the railroad from our camp. He was not only a member of my company but a member of the same mess. This was at Corinth Miss and I know these are positive facts not from hearsay but from my own personal knowledge.”-- Edward M. Locke, 1883 George Nokes lived in Fulton County for 10 years after muster out, then moved to Mill Creek Township (Washington) Kansas and finally to Cuba (Republic) Kansas. George died 14 November 1890 and is buried at Hawkes Cemetery, Cuba (Republic) Kansas.

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George V. Nokes, Photograph courtesy jln at findagrave.com

Paul, Ira F.—Enlisted 23 May 1864, 19 years old, as a private in Co. I, 139th Infantry. Committed suicide in Camp Lyon on 26 September 1864. Burial Ames Cemetery, Sepo (Fulton) Illinois. Paul, Ira F.-- 1860 US Census, Waterford Township (Fulton) Illinois: Son of Ebenezer Paul, 51, born in Maine, and Rachel, 50, born in Ohio. Others in the household: Ira, 15, born Illinois; Mary, 11, born Ohio; Eliza J. Ames, 25; George H. Ames, 9, born in Illinois; Lewis A. Ames, 6, born in Illinois; and Ebenezer, 3, born in Illinois.

Ira F. Paul, Ames Cemetery, Waterford (Fulton) Illinois

Photograph courtesy Janine Crandell at www.illinoisancestors.org/fulton

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Pixley, Thaddeus—Enlisted 25 May 1861, 24 years old, as a private in Co. H, 17th Infantry and received disability discharge 25 August 1861. Reenlisted 7 October 1861 and discharged 1 July 1862 for disability. Reenlisted 16 December 1863, 25 years old, as a private in Co. G, 11th Cavalry. Mustered out 14 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Description at enlistment: 5’10 ¼” tall; brown hair; hazel eyes; married; born in Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois. Pixley, Thaddeus—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Married Emily Augusta Smith in Cloud County, Kansas, on 13 April 1879. Thaddeus was 41 years old and Emily was 28. Their children living in 1895: Irena born 26 February 1880; Enoch born 22 September 1883; Edna born 14 February 1890; and Nettie June born 2 October 1892. Before enlistment he lived for three years at Industry, Illinois. After discharge he lived in Lewistown (Fulton) Illinois for three years, Clarinda (Page) Iowa for one year; Nebraska for three years, and Ornio (Jewell) Kansas, where he died of pneumonia on 25 March 1895. Burial Odessa Cemetery, Jewell County, Kansas. Scoville, George--Enlisted 8 August 1862, 26 years old, as a private in Co. G, 103rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’6” tall; black hair; brown eyes; engineer; born Waterford (Fulton) Illinois. Mustered out as sergeant 21 June 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky. Scoville, George—Civil War Pension File, National Archives, Washington, DC: Several of his siblings were named in the file: sisters were Emily Oates, Louisa Scoville, and Ellen Johnson. Four half-brothers: Pulaskia J. Scoville, Benjamin F. Scoville, Arthur Scoville, and Oliver H. Scoville. His half-sisters were Kate Bonham and Martha Scoville Phelps. Married Julia A. Shulz in Mason County, Illinois, on 20 November 1866. She divorced her first husband, Michael Atchinson, in Mason County, Illinois in 1866. George Scoville had no children. Resided in Montgomery and Cass counties, Iowa. George Scoville died 21 March 1897 in Cumberland (Cass) Iowa, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery.

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George Scovill, Photograph courtesy of Marie Phillips

Williamson, James A.—Enlisted 1 August 1861, 22 years old, as a private in Co. A, 28th Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’8” tall; brown hair; gray eyes; born Illinois. Reenlisted as veteran volunteer. Discharged 7 March 1866.