Edward Mack (1841)

Born 3 Dec 1841 in Pecatonic, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Edward was Ho-Chunk.

Biography

Birth

Edward was born in 1841. He is the son of Stephen Mack and Hononegah Winnebago.

Military Service

During the Civil War he served as a drummer and was killed. (McMakin, 9)

Residence

In 1850, after the death of his father, he was living with his siblings Matilda and Thomas under his step-mother Isabella whose four children also lived under the same roof. (1850 census)

Sources

• Dean McMakin, "Hononegah, A New Biography," Nuggets of History, 41, #4 (Dec., 2003): 1-11.
• 1850 Census for Rockton, Winnebago, Illinois; Roll: M432_134; Page: 402A; Image: 214. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Locke A. Sprague, The Progenitors and Descendants of Col. Stephen Mack and Temperence Bond Mack as Related to the David Cooper and Rollin Sprague Families (Milwaukee: the Author, 1975).
• Marguerite Olds, Biography of the Mack Families (the Author, 1968).