16 Facts About Samuel Whiteside

Samuel Whiteside fought the British in the War of 1812 and Native Americans through the Blackhawk War.

William Samuel Whiteside arrived to the American Colonies from Ireland, though he was of an Anglo-Irish background.

Davis Samuel Whiteside died of wounds suffered in that battle, previously having signed the Tryon Resolves.

The elder William F Whiteside was a militia captain and lived at the fort, which was called Whiteside Station until he died in 1815.

Around 1800 many Samuel Whiteside descendants moved to the Goshen Settlement, in Madison County, Illinois, about 12 miles northeast of St Louis and near modern Edwardsville, Illinois.

One of them was William Bolin Samuel Whiteside, who owned at least two slaves, became a militia captain for that area for decades and was elected the first sheriff of Madison County after statehood.

Meanwhile, Samuel Whiteside in 1804 married Virginia-born Nancy Miller.

In 1811, during Tecumseh's War, Samuel Whiteside received command of a company, in the newly formed 17th Illinois Infantry.

Samuel Whiteside had enlisted as an ensign in the Illinois militia and received promotions to captain, major, colonel and brigadier general.

Once during the War of 1812, captain Samuel Whiteside saved boats of fellow soldiers who tried to cross the Mississippi to attack St Louis, but were endangered during a retreat by shifting winds as well as the great river's current.

Samuel Whiteside was discharged from the Army on July 30,1814, but was among the witnesses to treaties with the Kickapoo and Osage in 1815.

Samuel Whiteside in turn commissioned 23-year-old Abraham Lincoln as a militia captain ; future governor Thomas Ford served under Samuel Whiteside.

Stillman's men imprisoned some of Black Hawk's emissaries, but fled after the British Band attacked; General Samuel Whiteside led the small group which buried the 11 dead militiamen after what became known as the Battle of Stillman's Run.

Samuel Whiteside lived with son-in-law William Henderson, his daughter, Elizabeth and their children and hired help.

Brigadier General Samuel Whiteside died at his daughter's home in Mt.

Samuel Whiteside is buried at Hunter Cemetery, in Christian County.