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Henry R. Willett (Prairie City, IL, 2nd Lieut. 5th Ky. Inf. )

b. 1826? d. 1887?

Prairie City, Illinois, soldier. New York native. Married to Elizabeth A. Willett. Father of Charles Frank Willett, Stephen Paul Willett, and Maude Willett. Resident in Prairie City in 1860. Employed William Willett as a clerk in Prairie City in 1860. Served in the 5th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as private, sergeant major, and second lieutenant from September 9, 1861, to June 12, 1863.

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Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Illinois, McDonough County, Prairie City, p. 471.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Illinois, Knox County, Galesburg, p. 120A.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 201.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #356569, Certificate #332683.

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Willett, Henry R.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208704 (November 12, 2026).

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