George Washington KUYKENDALL
1 CAUS heart disease He grew up at the old homestead and received his education in the schools of the community where he lived. At about the age of twenty-one he enlisted in Company C, 85th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served from August, 1862, until the close of the war. He was in numerous severe engagements and was with Sherman in his "March to the Sea." He received an honorable discharge, and after returning home married Miss Annie Rollins. They had no children. He died of heart disease Oct. 2, 1892. His widow lives in West Terre Haute, Ind. Neither the 85th nor the 87th Regiments were involved in ShermanÕs march to the sea.
He married Nancy Forsyth Art 26 Nov 1840 . Nancy Forsyth Art was born at 1818 .
They were the parents of 9
children:
John Thomas Kuykendall
born 1841.
Mary Jane Kuykendall
born 22 Apr 1843.
William Espey Kuykendall
born 4 Apr 1844.
James McElroy Kuykendall
born 7 Apr 1847.
Nancy Elizabeth Kuykendall
born 9 Aug 1849.
Malinda Kuykendall
born Abt 1851.
Henry Dean Kuykendall
born Abt 1852.
Welton Modesitt Kuykendall
born 5 Jan 1855.
Alfred Anson Kuykendall
born 26 Oct 1857.
George Washington Kuykendall died 9 Nov 1864 at In, Usa .
Nancy Forsyth Art died 1891 .