John Daskham (Daskam)

John Daskham (Daskam)

       From the Kane Co. Honor Roll
Died – July 11, 1871
Interred at Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin.
Location – Lot 4, Section 4
With a civilian headstone

       From the Find-A-Grave Index
Name - John Daskam
Birth Date - Aug. 12, 1793
Birth Place - Stephey, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Death Date - July 11, 1871
Death Place - Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
Cemetery - Bluff City
Burial Place - Elgin, Cook co., Ill.
Spouses Name - Rebecca Daskam

Note;
     As Bluff City Cemetery was not in use in 1871 and we have not yet found his records in the Sexton's files we are going to tentatively assume he was first buried at Elgin City Cemetery.   When that closed in 1906 most of the remains were re-interred at Bluff City Cemetery.