Background
Mcconnel, John Ludlum was born on November 11, 1826 in Morgan County (now Scott County), Illinois, United States. Son of Murray and Mary (Mapes) Mcconnel.
Mcconnel, John Ludlum was born on November 11, 1826 in Morgan County (now Scott County), Illinois, United States. Son of Murray and Mary (Mapes) Mcconnel.
Graduate Transylvania Law School, 1843.
Served as First lieutenant 1st Illinois Volunteers, Mexican War, promoted captain, 1847. Practiced law, Jacksonville, Illinois Author: Grahame: On Youth and Manhood, 1850. Talbot and Vernon, 1850.
The Glenns: A Family History, 1851.
Western Characters: Or Types of Border Life in the Western States, 1853.
Married Eliza Deniston, 1847, 2 children.