Routt, John L.

Born: 1826-XX-XX Caldwell County, Kentucky

Died: 1907-XX-XX Denver, Colorado Territory

Flourished: Bloomington, Illinois

Routt married Hester Ann Woodson in McLean County, Illinois, in 1845. They settled in Bloomington, where Routt initially worked as a carpenter. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Routt was serving as the sheriff of McLean County. In 1862, he enlisted as the captain of the 94th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was later promoted to division quartermaster with the rank of colonel.

U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Bloomington, McLean County, IL, 15; Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, McLean County, 31 July 1845, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Illinois State Archives, Springfield, IL; The History of McLean County, Illinois (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr., 1879), 276, 359; Portrait and Biographical Album of McLean County, Ill. (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1887), 2:602; Gravestone, Riverside Cemetery, Denver, CO.