William Barksdale Jr.
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Born: August 21, 1821
Birth Place: Smyrna, Tennessee
Father: William Barksdale Sr. 1778 – 1835
(Buried: Barksdale Cemetery, Smyrna, Tennessee)
Mother: Nancy Harvey Lester 1784 – 1825
(Buried: Barksdale Cemetery, Smyrna, Tennessee)
Wife: Narcissa Sanders 1829 – 1875
(Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi)
Children:
Ethelbert Barksdale 1850 -
Robert Barksdale 1854 -
William Barksdale III 1856 – 1877
(Buried: Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi)
Education:
Attended University of Nashville
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Columbus, Mississippi
Editor of Columbus Democrat Newspaper
Served in the Mexican War as Quartermaster of Mississippi Infantry
1853 – 1861: United...