Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . ttle neighbor, Aileen McGee, astory of the Civil War. C*4>*a~-Aja* CUu^l^. ^uju^ 3o/?M not y1 rES, Aileen, you mayknow much about whoGeneral ; ; Grant and Presi-dent Abraham Lincoln were, butthey were great men and I amglad that I had the honor of din-ing with both of them. It is Fred N. Wilcox of 33819th-av who is speaking. Listen-ing with avid interest, is his 4-year-old neighbor, Aileen McGee,339 19th-av. Aileen is one of many young-sters who like to listen to tell stories of the CivilWar. ^ He is believed by G. A. R. offi-cials t
Reminiscences about Abraham Lincoln . ttle neighbor, Aileen McGee, astory of the Civil War. C*4>*a~-Aja* CUu^l^. ^uju^ 3o/?M not y1 rES, Aileen, you mayknow much about whoGeneral ; ; Grant and Presi-dent Abraham Lincoln were, butthey were great men and I amglad that I had the honor of din-ing with both of them. It is Fred N. Wilcox of 33819th-av who is speaking. Listen-ing with avid interest, is his 4-year-old neighbor, Aileen McGee,339 19th-av. Aileen is one of many young-sters who like to listen to tell stories of the CivilWar. ^ He is believed by G. A. R. offi-cials to be the oldest survivingmember in the state. He will be99 on Nov. 27. Southern girls were especiallykind to northern soldiers, i-ecalls. They would hidebehind trees and slip fried chickento us. After leaving the army, became a locomotive en-gineer. He lives with his son, Frank,and daughter, Miss Nelle Wilcox,at 338 19th-av. He has four chil-dren, 10 grandchildren and fourgreat-grandchildren. I Wildey, Capt. W. the picture one-hundred-ear old Captain W. H. Wildey isreceiving a Franklin interest in-come contract from Franklinagent John Frosch of Mt. Carroll,Illinois, in exchange for his policyNo. 2 7614, issued March 1, Wildey was offered cash inthe amount of the face value ofthe policy on April 18, his hun-dredth birthday, but preferred toleave the money with the Com-pany and draw interest as long ashe lives. We believe this decisionproves that Mr. Wildey has akeen appreciation of financialsecurity. When Mr. Wildey was a lad of14 Horace Greeleys injunction togo west, young man fell allur-ingly on his ears, and he traveledto Ohio, later to Chicago. Therehe shook hands with Abraham (5) Lincoln, and heard him debatewith Stephen A. Douglas. When Mr. Lincoln sent out hisfirst call for volunteers, was the eleventh nameenrolled in Chicago. Mr. Wildeystill insists that there is nothinghe likes better than was severely wounded in
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