...votes against 5,357 votes for McDougal, Democrat, serving from December 4, 1843, to March 3, 1845; commanded a regiment of Illinois volunteers in the...war, and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista, while gallantly leading his men in the final charge, February 27, 1847. 430 STATISTICAL SKETCHES. of...

...the father of Hon. John J. Hardin of this State, who was a member of Congress from 1843 to 1845. He commanded a regiment of Illinois volunteers in the Mexican war, and was killed in the battle of Buena Vista while gallantly leading his men in the final charge, February 27th, 1847....

...War. He died in 1864. The fourth son, Henry, was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Second Kentucky Regiment in the Mexican War and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista in 1847. The youngest son was John Morrison Clay, who became a farmer and his home was a part of "...

...Augustus C. French, governor of the state from 1846 to 1852; John J. Hardin, who was colonel of the First Regiment of Illinois Volunteers in the Mexican war, and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista; Abraham Lincoln, then only twenty-eight years old, and just entering upon 4 Illinois State Historical...

...the United States in the complication of European affairs. He had one son, Henry, who was an officer in the Mexican war and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista; another son, James Brown, was born in 1817 and died in Montreal, Canada in 1864. Henry Clay is buried...

...Franklin M. Buchanan. Elected as a Democrat to the Tennessee House in 1845, Allen served as a captain of volunteers in the Mexican War and was killed at the Battle of Monterrey in 1846. A Lawrence County Whig, Buchanan served several terms in the Tennessee House, 183743...

...term in the US House where he sat in 1845 and 1846. He resigned his seat in the House in 1846 to serve in the Mexican War and was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista in 1847. 5. A Pulaski lawyer, Feild had removed to Arkansas. 6. William K. Sebastian, born and educated...