Alonzo, son of Sidney And Rebecca Sexton was born ca 1840 in CT. This family is in Hartford County, CT in the 1850 census and Odell Township, Livingston County, IL in the 1860 census. Sidney and Rebecca are still in Odell Twp. in 1870 without Alonzo. Rebecca died 22 January 1875 at Odell, IL. Her obituary in the Bloomington Pantagraph does not mention her son.

Sidney died 27 March 1875 and left a will in Livingston County, IL. In this will he gives 147 rods of land out of the SE quarter of Section 3, Township 27, Range 6 to Clara or Clora Houchins. He also gives her $3,000.00. His son Alonzo D Sexton is given the “balance of my real and personal estate”. Sidney and Rebecca are buried in Union Cemetery, Odell Township. Alonzo and his wife Mary Arabella (Wauchope) Sexton are also listed for this cemetery on the Find A Grave website, however Alonzo is also listed in Sunset Cemetery, Quincy, IL. (Soldiers and Sailors Home Cemetery)

Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls

Name: Alonzo D Sexton Rank: Private Company G 129th Illinois Infantry

Height: 5' 9 ½ Hair: SANDY Eyes: BLUE Complexion: LIGHT

Marital status: Single Occupation: Farmer

Birth Date: Abt 1840 Birth Place: Hartford CO, CT

Service Entry Age: 22 Date: 3 Aug 1862 Place: Pontiac, IL

Joined By Whom: A J CROPSY Period: 3 YRS

Muster In Date: 8 Sep 1862 Muster In Place: Pontiac, IL

Remarks: DISCHARGED DEC 2, 1862 AT BOWLING GREEN KY FOR DISABILITY

Residence Place: Odell, Livingston CO, IL

Alonzo Sexton married Mary Arabella Wauchope in Livingston County, IL 25 Aug 1864. They are found in the 1870 census for Odell Twp. with children, Annie 4, and Albert 1. There was also a male listed as stillborn 23 Dec 1878 in Livingston County, IL. In the 1880 census the family of four has moved to Winston County, Alabama. In 1900 Alonzo has been admitted into the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, IL and is found there in the census record. His wife Mary Arbella Sexton is living with their son Albert in Lacon, Marshall County, IL. Albert (his full name was Sidney Albert Sexton) is married to Rosamond Shepherd and has two daughters. Alonzo Sexton died 10 September 1906 at the Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy, IL.