The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-10-19
AN OLD SOLDIER DEAD
Dennis Langin, one of the Pioneer
Settlers DPasses Away at His
Home on Congress Street.
FOUR YEARS IN THE ARMY

Death of Mr.. Langin Recalls the Organiza-
tion of the Famous Company Of Kenosha
Irish Volunteers Under Lieut.. Col. Hugh
McDermott-The Funeral of the Deceased
Comrade Will be Held Monday Morning
From st. James Church.
Another of the old settlers of the city
passed to the great beyond early this
morning, when Dennis Langin closed
his eyes in death at the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. Thomas H. English,
on Congress street. The deceased had
been growing feeble for some time and
his death was not unexpected.
Dennis Langin was one of the first.
and best known residents of this city.
He was Irish by birth, having been
born about seventy-five years ago.
When II years of age he left his home
in the Emerald isle and came to Amer
lea to seek fame and fortune. After a
short residence in the east he removed
to Kenosha county in 1874. Since that
time he has been continuous resident
of the city.
In the life and early history o. Keno
sha the deceased took an important
part. He was not a'po1itician and never
took any especial IN political affairs,
but he gathered around him a crowd
Of companions, who kept'1ife in the old
town for many years. Langin was a
soldier and in the late war saw more
service than almost any one of the
volunteers who went from this city.
The death of Mr.. Langin will recall
to the minds Of the early settlers the
organization of the famous Company
B of the 18th Wisconsin. On October
10, 1861, Hugh McDermott, then
Justice of the Peace in this city, start
ed to organize company composed of
the Irish c; items. Dennis Langin was
one of the first to enlist and one of the
last to be mustered out of the service.
The regiment left for the war shortly
after 1t was formed and it is probable
that it received more of the hardships
of the great struggle than any other
Wisconsin company. It took part in
many of the b1oodiest battles of the
war. Battle SCARED veterans were
ali of them. At Shiloh the company
took an honorary part and at the great
battle at Corinth Capt. McDermott was
among the wounded, who were left in
the hospital. But the regiment march
ed on without their commanding officer
and joined the army under Grant. It
took part in all the battles in Tennes-
see, was present at the siege of Vicks-
burg and Natchez and finally drew up
with Sherman before Atlanta. In the
meantime Capt. McDermott had be-
come Lieut.-Co1one1 and under him
the company of Kendsha soldiers
marched with Sherman to the sea.
Throughout the war Private Langin
never sought preferment, but seemed
to love the life of the common soldier.
Others of the company to which the
deceased belonged, tell stories of his
bravery in the many battles and of his
love for soldier life. After the war he
returned to Kenosha and continued his
work as mason. He became a mem
Der of the Fred S. Lowell Post, G. A.
r. and was one of it's most loyal mem
bers. In his home life Mr.. Langin
was popular with his friends and a
great favorite among the Irish popu1a-
ton of the city. He was married in
this city many years ago to Miss Mary
Murphy, who died several years ago.
Three children survive-John Langin,
and Mrs. Annie Langin English, wife
of Thomas H. English, of this city,
and Miss Mary Langin, of Chicago.
Thraa nootnre in Consultation