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DAVID H. FRENCH, railroad agent and telegraph operator, Hudson; born in Andover, Windsor Co., Vt., Aug. 2, 1841, but removed in early childhood with his father’s family to Saratoga Co., N. Y.; thence to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1848, where he resided until 1860; then removed to Solon, McHenry Co., Ill., and in February of that year to Stephenson Co., Ill., where he engaged in farming. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 11th I. V. I.; was at the battles of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, where, from arduous duty and exposure, he contracted chronic diarrhea, and was discharged, on account of disability, in May, 1862; he again enlisted in Co. A, 71st I. V. I. (100-days men), July 14, 1862, and was mustered out in November of that year; his third enlistment was Jan. 28, 1864, in Co. A, 46th I. V. I., and was mustered out at Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 26, 1866, and received final pay and discharge at Springfield, Ill., Feb. 1; during his term of service, he participated in the following battles: Fort Henry and Fort Donelson; Benton, Miss. June, 1864; Jackson, Miss., July 6, where he received a slight wound in leg; Clinton, La.; siege and capture of Mobile, Ala., about April 1, 1865. Married, at Freeport, Ill., Oct. 14, 1863, Miss Kezia A. Roach, of Forreston, Ill., who was born in Shefford, Canada; there are five children by this union — Albert A., born at Forreston, Ill., July 23, 1864; Nellie M., at same place, Nov. 6, 1866; Truman H., June 21, 1870; Gertrude E., March 8, 1873; Charles R., Dec. 6, 1877; the last three were born at Hudson, Ill.