Cirus Queen [27140]

   Another name for Cirus was Cyrus (Sirus).

  General Notes:

North Alton Confederate Cemetery
Alton, Madison County, Illinois
Queen, Cyrus , d. 06/08/1864, Plot: 1 0 1, bur. 01/01/1867
http://www.interment.net/data/us/il/madison/naltoncf/north_py.htm

Cirus Queen was born in 1820. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.⁶³ He recieved a land grant of 13.75 acres in 1855 in Alexander County, North Carolina.⁶⁶ He died on 8 Jun 1864 in POW Camp, Alton, Illinois.⁶⁷ He was also known as Cyrus (Sirus).
Cirus Queen and Martha Cook were married on 18 Aug 1843 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.^68,69 Martha Cook sold personal property to Roby Queen on 7 May 1867 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.⁷⁰

63. United States Census, 1850, Wilkes County, North Carolina, p. 375.
66. North Carolina Land Grants (North Carolina Archives:,), Book 160, p. 467.
67. Confederate Soldiers Who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals, 1861-1865 (: National Archives and Records Administration,), M918.
^68. Wilkes County Marriages, 1778-1868. 155. Queen, Sirus & Martha Cook, 18 April 1843, Evin Ellis, bm.
69. North Carolina Marriage Index, Microfiche., Record Number, 10402206; Bond Number, 000167066.
70. Wilkes County Records, Estate Records, May 1867, p. 503.

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Cirus married Martha Cook [27141] [MRIN: 12437].