BRITTON
STACEY, a well known resident of Elizabethtown, Ill., was born near
Gainesboro, Jackson county, Tenn., May 1, 1844. When he was about two years
old his parents removed to Kentucky and in 1852 to Illinois, locating on a
farm about twelve miles north of Elizabethtown. Here the subject of this
sketch grew to manhood, working on a farm in summer and attending the public
schools during the winter months. On July 4, 1862, he enlisted as a private
in Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-first Illinois volunteer infantry, and
was mustered in at Metropolis City on September 16th of the same year. He
was engaged in the military operations on the Yazoo river, fought at Haines'
Bluff, Arkansas Post and the siege of Vicksburg. After the fall of Vicksburg
he was taken ill with typhoid fever and sent to the hospital at St. Louis,
where he remained for seven months. He then rejoined his command at Paducah,
Ky., and soon afterward the regiment was consolidated with the Twenty-ninth
infantry at Vicksburg. For the next eleven months he was at Natchez on guard
duty, then to New Orleans, Dolphin's Island, at the battle of Spanish Fort
and in numerous minor skirmishes. At Spanish Fort he was severely wounded by
the explosion of a shell, the left arm being so badly lacerated that it had
to be taken off above the elbow. He was discharged on Sept. 16, 1865, just
three years after being mustered in, and returned to the farm. On March 22,
1866, he was married to Miss Amy J. Tinsley, who came with her parents to
Hardin county when she was about thirteen years of age. After his marriage
Mr. Stacey engaged in farming about ten miles northeast of Elizabethtown
until 1881, when he moved into town. At one time he owned 220 acres of land.
Mr. Stacey is one of the stalwart Republicans of Hardin county. He was for
twelve years a deputy in the sheriff's office, having previously served
eight years as constable while living on the farm. He has several times been
elected to a place on the town board and served one term as mayor of
Elizabethtown. He was one of the charter members of Alexander Ragon Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, at Elizabethtown, and has been commander of the
post. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the
Knights of Honor. As a public official he has won the reputation of being a
capable and conscientious one, and in his fraternal organizations he has won
popularity by his genial disposition and his ready benevolence to those less
fortunate than himself.
Extracted 2016 May 15 by Norma Hass from Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley, Personal and Genealogical with Portraits, published in 1905, Volume 2, page 394
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