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Benjamin Franklin Wade Born: October 27, 1800 Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts Father: James Wade 1750 – 1825 (Buried: Andover Union Township Cemetery, Andover, Ohio) Mother: Mary Upham 1761 – 1826 (Buried: Andover Union Township Cemetery, Andover, Ohio) Wife: Caroline Marie Rosecrans 1805 – 1889 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) Children: Major General James Franklin Wade 1843 – 1921 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) Henry Parsons Wade 1844 – 1915 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) Education: 1823 – 1825: Studied medicine in Albany, New York Occupation before War: Attorney in Jefferson, Ohio 1835 – 1837: Prosecuting Attorney in Ashtabula County, Ohio 1837 – 1838: Ohio State Senator...
Benjamin Franklin Wade :us34stars: Born: October 27, 1800 Birthplace: Feeding Hills, Massachusetts Father: James Wade 1750 – 1826 (Buried: Andover Union Township Cemetery, Andover, Ohio) Mother: Mary Upham 1761 – 1826 (Buried: Andover Union Township Cemetery, Andover, Ohio) Wife: Caroline Marie Rosecrans 1805 – 1889 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) Children: Major General James Franklin Wade 1843 – 1921 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) Henry Parsons Wade 1844 – 1915 (Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Jefferson, Ohio) Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party Education: 1823 – 1825: Studied medicine in Albany, New York Occupation before War: 1828 – 1835: Attorney in Jefferson, Ohio 1835 – 1837...
Benjamin H. Wade :CSA1stNat: Born: 1830 Birthplace: Franklin County, Virginia Occupation before War: Medical Doctor in Franklin County, Virginia Civil War Career: 1861: Lt. Company G, 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1861 – 1862: Captain Company G, 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1862 – 1863: Major of 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1863: Lt. Colonel of 57th Virginia Infantry Regiment 1863: Mortally Wounded during Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg 1863: Died in an unspecified Hospital on the Gettysburg Battlefield Died: July 5, 1863 Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Age at time of Death: 32 or 33 years old Burial Place: Unmarked Grave on battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (In 1870 he could have been moved to...
Melancthon Smith Wade Born: December 2, 1802 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio Father: Daniel Everett Wade 1763 – 1842 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Mother: Mary Jones 1765 – 1811 Wife: Elizabeth G. “Eliza” Armstrong 1804 – 1861 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Children: Everett Jones Wade – 1860 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Melancthon Armstrong Wade 1828 – 1833 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Melancthon Smith Wade 1832 – 1865 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) John A. Wade 1843 – 1915 (Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio) Occupation before War: Dry Goods Merchant in Cincinnati, Ohio retiring at 38 years old Served...
James Samuel Wadsworth :us34stars: Born: October 30, 1807 Birthplace: Geneseo, New York Father: General James Wadsworth 1768 – 1844 (Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York) Mother: Naomi Wolcott 1776 – 1831 (Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York) Wife: Mary Craig Wharton 1814 – 1874 (Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York) Children: Nannie Wadsworth Rogers Unknown – 1919 (Buried: Pau Urban Cemetery, Pau, France) Brevet Major Charles Frederick Wadsworth 1835 – 1899 (Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York) Cornelia Wadsworth Adair 1837 – 1921 (Buried: Cremated ashes placed in Ireland) Craig Wharton Wadsworth 1841 – 1872 (Buried: Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, New York) U.S. Congressman...
William Henry Wadsworth Sr. :us34stars: Born: July 4, 1821 Birthplace: Maysville, Kentucky Father: Adna Anson Wadsworth 1795 – 1853 (Buried: Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky) Mother: Mary W. Wadsworth 1799 – 1824 (Buried: Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky) Wife: Martha Morehead Wood 1825 – 1891 (Buried: Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky) Children: Little Helen Wadsworth (Buried: Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky) Adna Anson Wadsworth 1850 – 1926 (Buried: The Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky) William Henry Wadsworth Jr. 1853 – 1908 (Buried: Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky) Charles Wadsworth 1855 – 1906 (Buried: Maysville Cemetery, Maysville, Kentucky) John Gray Wadsworth 1858 – 1930...
Johann Andreas Wagener :CSA1stNat: Born: July 21, 1816 Birthplace: Slevern Kingdom, Hanover Father: Johann Andreas Wagener Sr. 1783 – 1842 (Buried: Saint Dionysius Kirche Debstadt, Germany) Mother: Rebecca Henken 1797 – 1845 (Buried: Saint Dionysius Kirche Debstadt, Germany) Wife: Maria Eliese 1822 – 1897 (Buried: Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Children: Julius J. Wagener 1846 – 1917 (Buried: Bethany Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Emil Aristide Wagener 1852 – 1930 (Buried: Saint Johns Lutheran Church, Charleston, South Carolina) Lt. John A. Wagener Jr. 1895 – 1964 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina) Occupation before War: 1831: Immigrated to the United States from Germany 1831 –...
George Day Wagner :us34stars: Born: September 22, 1829 Birthplace: Ross County, Ohio Father: Johann Michael Wagner 1804 – 1866 Mother: Margaret Day 1805 – 1876 Wife: Frances Elizabeth Alexander 1831 – 1865 (Buried: Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Indiana) Children: Ella Minerva Wagner Bowyer 1850 – 1922 (Buried: Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Indiana) John Mason Wagner 1857 – 1908 (Buried: Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Indiana) Lilla Morton Wagner Bailey 1861 – 1882 (Buried: Armstrong Chapel Cemetery, Green Hill, Indiana) Occupation before War: Farmer in Warren County, Indiana Indiana State Representative Indiana State Senator Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: Colonel of 15th Indiana Infantry...
Sarah Rosetta Wakeman A.K.A. Private Lyons Wakeman, Co. H, 153rd NYVI From A to Z - Women Born: January 16, 1843 Birthplace: Bainbridge, New York Father: Harvey Anable Wakeman 1821 – 1865 (Buried: Stevens Cemetery, Afton, New York) Mother: Emily Hale 1823 – 1884 (Buried: Stevens Cemetery, Afton, New York) Education: Received some formal Education Occupation before War: Domestic Servant in New York 1862: Worked as a boatman for the Chenango Canal as a man Civil War Career: 1862: Heard about the $152 bounty offered to join Union Army 1862: Enlisted in the Union Army as Private Lyons Wakeman - NPS Photo 1862 – 1864: Private Company H 153rd New York Infantry Regiment She was listed as being five feet tall, fair skinned, brown...
Charles Folsom Walcott Sr. :us34stars: Born: December 22, 1836 Birthplace: Hopkinton, Massachusetts Father: Samuel Baker Walcott 1795 – 1854 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Mother: Martha Pickman 1802 – 1885 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Wife: Anna Morrill Wyman 1840 – 1925 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Children: Antiss Walcott Weston 1867 – 1957 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Charles Folsom Walcott Jr. 1870 – 1935 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Elizabeth Wyman Walcott 1872 – 1876 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts) Brother: Captain Alfred Foster Walcott 1840 – 1906...
Charles Carroll Walcutt Born: February 12, 1838 Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio Father: John Macy Walcutt 1794 – 1870 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Mother: Mariel Brodrick 1800 – 1845 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Wife: Phebe Neill 1842 – 1896 (Buried: Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio) Children: Brig. General Charles Carroll Walcutt Jr. 1861 – 1946 (Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia) Education: 1858: Graduated from Kentucky Military Institute Occupation before War: Civil Engineer Surveyor in Franklin County, Ohio Civil War Career: 1861: Helped organize Volunteers in Ohio 1861: Captain of Ohio Volunteers, quota was met and disbanded 1861: Major in Ohio State Forces...
Amasa Walker :us34stars: Born: May 4, 1799 Birthplace: North Brookfield, Massachusetts Father: Deacon Walter Walker 1773 – 1835 (Buried: North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Massachusetts) Mother: Priscilla Carpenter 1775 – 1835 (Buried: North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Massachusetts) 1st Wife: Emeline C. Carleton 1800 – 1828 (Buried: North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Massachusetts) 2nd Wife: Hannah Ambrose 1803 – 1875 (Buried: North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Massachusetts) Children: Emeline Carleton Walker 1828 – 1828 (Buried: North Brookfield Cemetery, North Brookfield, Massachusetts) Emeline B. “Emma” Walker Batcheller 1835 – 1910 (Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge...
Francis Marion Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: February 1, 1827 Birthplace: Mercer County, Kentucky Father: Colonel John Hamilton Walker 1800 – 1872 (Buried: Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rogersville, Tennessee) Mother: Tabitha Taylor 1803 – 1835 (Buried: Perryville Cemetery, Perryville, Kentucky) Wife: Margaret Kelso 1833 – 1890 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee) Children: Lapsley Green Walker 1854 – 1939 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee) Mary Eleanor Walker Caldwell 1858 – 1936 (Buried: Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee) Hugh Walker 1860 – 1861 (Buried: Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rogersville, Tennessee) Francis Marion Walker Jr. 1863 – 1931 (Buried: Forest Hills...
Henry Harrison Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: October 15, 1832 Birth Place: Sussex County, Virginia Father: John Harrison Walker 1808 – 1852 (Buried: Hunting Quarter Plantation Cemetery, Sussex County, Virginia) Mother: Mary Louise Cargill 1808 - Wife: Mary Stuart Mercer 1841 – 1925 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown, New Jersey) Children: Alice Stuart Walker Lewis 1877 – 1973 (Buried: Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey) Education: 1853: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (41st in class) Occupation before War: 1853 – 1855: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Infantry 1853 – 1854: Garrison Duty at Newport Barracks, Kentucky 1854: Frontier Duty at Fort Thorn, New Mexico 1854 – 1855: Frontier Duty at Fort...
James Alexander Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: August 27, 1832 Birthplace: Augusta County, Virginia Father: James Alexander Walker 1793 – 1865 (Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia) Mother: Hannah Mary Henton 1798 – 1880 (Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Ann Poage 1835 – 1904 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia) Children: Margaret Walker Jordan 1859 – 1937 (Buried: Newborn Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia) Willie Brown Walker Caldwell 1860 – 1946 (Buried: Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, Virginia) Alexander E. Walker 1863 – 1932 (Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama) Dr. John Frank Walker 1865 – 1890 (Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville...
John George Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: July 22, 1821 Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri Father: John Walker 1772 – 1838 (Buried: Woodland – Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri) Mother: Sarah “Sallie” Caffery 1781 – 1849 (Buried: Woodland – Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri) Wife: Sophia Mary “Mammy” Baylor 1838 – 1931 (Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia) Children: Sophie Annie Walker 1859 – 1909 John George Walker 1860 – 1861 Grace Courtenay Walker 1862 – 1888 (Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia) Alice Ashmore Walker Rogers 1864 – 1902 (Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia) Frances Agnes Walker 1867 – Louise T. Walker 1874 – 1950 Mary Lee Walker James 1876...
Joseph Alfred Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: May 18, 1835 Birthplace: Spartanburg County, South Carolina Father: Jacob Allen Walker 1812 – 1867 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Mother: Susan Cannon 1812 – 1851 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Wife: Susan Elizabeth Wingo 1839 – 1900 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Children: Alice Walker Lee 1866 – 1922 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Felix Alexander Walker 1869 – 1870 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Susan Josephine Walker Harris 1871 – 1943 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina) Joseph Alfred Walker 1874 – 1881 (Buried: Magnolia Cemetery...
Joseph Knox Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: July 19, 1818 Birthplace: Columbia, Tennessee Father: James Walker 1792 – 1864 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee) Mother: Jane Maria Polk 1798 – 1876 Brother: Brig. General Lucius M. Walker Wife: Augusta Adams Tabb 1824 – 1860 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee) Children: Mary Polk Walker Armstrong 1843 – 1872 (Buried: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Springfield, Missouri) Henry Tabb Walker 1844 – 1928 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama) Samuel Polk Walker 1845 – 1932 (Buried: Normal Hill Cemetery, Lewiston, Idaho) Sally Walker Boon 1846 – 1903 (Buried: Park Cemetery, Carthage, Missouri) Joseph Knox Walker Jr. 1847 – 1858 (Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis...
Leroy Pope Walker Born: February 7, 1817 Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama Father: John Williams Walker 1783 – 1823 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Mother: Matilda Pope 1791 – 1835 (Buried: Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Wife:__________________ Hopkins Wife: Eliza Dickson Pickett 1832 – 1885 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Children: Clifton Walker John Percy Walker Matilda Pope Walker 1851 – Eliza Pickett Walker 1853 – 1854 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Dr. Leroy Pope Walker Jr. 1855 – 1941 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Education: 1833 – 1835: Attended University of Alabama Attended University of Virginia Occupation before War...
Lucius Marshall Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: October 18, 1829 Birthplace: Columbia, Tennessee Father: James Walker 1792 – 1864 (Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee) Mother: Jane Maria Polk 1798 – 1876 Brother: Col. Joseph Knox Walker Wife: Cecile Garth Walker Stockton 1836 – 1915 (Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia) Children: Lucius Marshall Walker Jr. 1863 – 1933 (Buried: Olivet Presbyterian Church, Owensville, Virginia) Education: 1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (15th in class) Occupation before War: 1850 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Dragoons 1850: Attended Cavalry School of Practice at Carlisle, Pennsylvania 1850 – 1851: Conductor of Recruits in Texas 1851 –...
Mary Edwards Walker, M.D. From A to Z - Women :us34stars: Mary Walker was a physician and women's rights activist who received the Medal of Honor for her service during the Civil War. Born: November 26, 1832 Birthplace: Oswego, New York, U.S. Father: Dr. Alvah Walker (1798–1880) (Buried: Rural Cemetery, Oswego, New York) Mother: Vesta Whitcomb Walker (1801–1886) (Buried: Rural Cemetery, Oswego, New York) Husband: Dr. Albert Eber Miller (1831–1913) (Buried: Needham Cemetery, Needham, Massachusetts) Married: November 16, 1855 The couple separated before the war, and were Divorced in 1869. Education: 1850–1852: Attended Falley Seminary 1853-1855: Attended Syracuse Medical College - 1853: On April 24th, Walker became the second...
Reuben Lindsay Walker Born: May 29, 1827 Birth Place: Logan, Virginia Father: Captain Meriwether Lewis Walker 1801 – 1861 Mother: Maria Lindsay 1795 – 1871 1st Wife: Maria B. Eskridge 1827 – 1855 (Buried: Lindsay Family Cemetery, Ruckersville, Virginia) 2nd Wife: Sally Elam 1834 – 1904 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Children: Susan Pleasant Walker Satterfield 1861 – 1939 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Sally Lindsay Walker Morris 1870 – 1920 (Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia) Education: 1845: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute Occupation before War: Civilian Engineer and Farmer in Virginia Civil War Career: Captain of Purcell Artillery Battery 1861: Served in the...
Richard Wilde Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: February 16, 1823 Birthplace: Huntsville, Alabama Father: US Senator John Williams Walker 1783 – 1823 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Mother: Matilda Pope 1791 – 1835 (Buried: Church Street Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama) Wife: Mary Ann Simpson 1828 – 1914 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Married: June 18, 1846 in Lauderdale County, Alabama Children: John Simpson Walker 1849 – 1931 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Margaret Walker Bolling 1851 – 1932 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Richard Wilde Walker Jr. 1857 – 1936 (Buried: Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama) Brother: CS Secretary of War Leroy Pope Walker 1817...
Tandy Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: October 11, 1814 Birthplace: Choctaw County, Mississippi Father: John B. Walker 1780 – 1850 Mother: Mary Jane Riddle 1796 – 1846 Wife: Cillen Krebs 1827 – 1884 (Buried: Skullyville Cemetery, Skullyville, Oklahoma) Children: Mary E. Walker 1846 – 1862 (Buried: Skullyville Cemetery, Skullyville, Oklahoma) Robert A. Walker 1851 – 1871 (Buried: Skullyville Cemetery, Skullyville, Oklahoma) Susan R. Walker Ainsworth 1855 – 1875 (Buried: Skullyville Cemetery, Skullyville, Oklahoma) Tandy Krebs Walker 1858 – 1942 (Buried: Drake – Nebo Cemetery, Drake, Oklahoma) Douglas G. Walker 1865 – 1865 (Buried: Skullyville Cemetery, Skullyville, Oklahoma) Occupation before War: Governor of Choctaw Nation Civil...
William Henry Talbot Walker Born: November 26, 1816 Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia Father: Freeman Walker 1780 – 1827 (Buried: Walker Family Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Mother: Mary Garlington Creswell 1787 – 1862 (Buried: Walker Family Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Wife: Mary Townsend 1843 – 1868 (Buried: Walker Family Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Children: Mary Creswell Walker Schley 1847 – 1910 (Buried: North Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia) Hannah Townsend Walker Anderson 1848 – 1904 (Buried: Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, New York) William Henry Talbot Walker Jr. 1856 – 1948 (Buried: Walker Family Cemetery, Augusta, Georgia) Dr. Freeman Valentine Walker 1860 – 1933 (Buried: Bluffton Cemetery, Bluffton, South...
William Stephen Walker :CSA1stNat: Born: April 13, 1822 Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Father: Duncan Stephen Walker 1794 – 1835 Mother: Mary Blenchynden Bache 1808 – 1873 Wife: Dorthea Frederica Ignatius “Dora” Hernandez 1828 – 1907 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Children: Anita Hernandez Walker 1859 – 1920 Lillie Duncan Walker Peeples 1863 – 1929 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Louise Hernandez Walker 1867 – Dora Hernandez Walker 1869 – 1895 William Stephen Walker Jr. 1871 – 1941 (Buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia) Education: Attended Private School in Georgetown, District of Columbia Occupation before War: 1847 – 1848: Served in the Mexican War rising to Captain 1855 – 1861...
James Walter Wall :us34stars: Born: May 26, 1820 Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey Father: U.S. Senator Garret Dorset Wall 1783 – 1850 (Buried: Saint Mary’s Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey) Mother: Mary Rhea 1788 – 1822 (Buried: Saint Michael’s Episcopal Churchyard, Trenton, New Jersey) Wife: Susan Theresa Pratt 1823 – 1902 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey) Children: Annie Campbell Wall 1845 – 1926 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey) Julia Pratt Wall Babcock 1853 – 1928 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey) Amanda Pratt Wall Brewster 1857 – 1884 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Hillside, New Jersey) Political Party: Democratic Party Education: 1838: Graduated from College...
William Wall :us34stars: Born: March 20, 1800 Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wife: Eliza Ann Fisher 1802 – 1878 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Children: George C. Wall Unknown – 1857 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Catharine Wall Hancox Unknown – 1903 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Charles Wall 1830 – 1879 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Annie Fisher Wall Turslow 1832 – 1899 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Eliza A. Wall Calvin 1834 – 1886 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) William Wall Jr. 1837 – 1865 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York) Michael W. Wall 1840 – 1888 (Buried: Green–Wood Cemetery...
John Winfield Wallace: :us34stars: Born: December 20, 1818 Birthplace: Beaver Falls Pennsylvania Father: Robert Wallace 1796 – 1883 (Buried: Grandview Cemetery Beaver Falls Pennsylvania) Mother: Margaret Hendrickson 1798 – 1872 (Buried: Grandview Cemetery Beaver Falls Pennsylvania) Wife: Mary Frazier 1825 – 1862 Children: Margaret Miller "Hummy" Wallace Canning 1857 – 1926 (Buried: Grandview Cemetery Beaver Falls Pennsylvania) Political Party: Republican Party Education: 1846: Graduated from Jefferson Medical College Occupation before War: 1846 – 1850: Medical Doctor in Darlington Pennsylvania 1850 – 1861: Medical Doctor in New Castle Pennsylvania Civil War Career: 1861 – 1863: United States Congressman from Pennsylvania 1861...
Lewis “Lew” Wallace :us34stars: Born: April 10, 1827 Birthplace: Brookville, Indiana Father: Governor David Wallace 1799 – 1859 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Mother: Esther French Test 1806 – 1834 (Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana) Wife: Susan Arnold Elston 1830 – 1907 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Married: May 6, 1852 Children: Henry Lane Wallace 1853 – 1926 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Occupation before War: Copyist for Marion County, Indiana, Clerk’s Office Served in the Marion Rifles militia in Marion Co., Indiana 1846 – 1847: Served in Mexican – American War Adjutant and 1st Lt. Half Owner and Editor of The Free-Soil Banner...
Susan Arnold Elston Wallace :us34stars: Born: December 25, 1830 Birthplace: Crawfordsville, Indiana Father: Major Isaac Compton Elston 1794 – 1867 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Mother: Maria Eveline Akin 1805 – 1874 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Husband: Major General Lewis “Lew” Wallace 1827 – 1905 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Married: May 6, 1852 Children: Henry Lane Wallace 1853 – 1926 (Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Indiana) Education: Attended Dr. Gibbon's Friends Boarding School She studied literature, geometry and writing but preferred music. She was noted to have played the guitar and Piano Antebellum Events: 1832: Birth of her...
William Wallace :CSA1stNat: Born: November 16, 1824 Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina Father: Andrew Muir Wallace 1787 – 1862 (Buried: Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina) Mother: Sarah Clifton Patrick 1798 – 1880 (Buried: Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina) 1st Wife: Victoria Caroline McLemore 1831 – 1873 (Buried: Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina) Married: December 6, 1848 in Columbia, South Carolina 2nd Wife: Fannie Colter Means 1835 – 1905 (Buried: First Presbyterian Churchyard, Columbia, South Carolina) Married: December 21, 1876 in Columbia, South Carolina Children: Infant Son Wallace (Buried: Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina) Bruce Wallace 1858...
William Hervey Lamme Wallace :us34stars: Born: July 8, 1821 Birthplace: Urbana, Ohio Father: John Wallace 1786 – 1850 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery Mount, Morris, Illinois) Mother: Mary Lamme 1787 – 1825 Wife: Martha Ann Dickey 1833 – 1889 (Buried: Wallace – Dickey Cemetery, Ottawa, Illinois) Children: Isabel Caswell Wallace 1857 – 1933 (Buried: Wallace – Dickey Cemetery, Ottawa, Illinois) Education: Attended Rock River Seminary Occupation before War: Friend of Abraham Lincoln who considered practicing law with him Attorney in Ottawa, Illinois 1846 – 1847: Served in Mexican – American War rising to 2nd Lt. District Attorney in Ottawa, Illinois Civil War Career: 1861: Volunteered as Private with 11th Illinois Infantry...
William Henry Wallace Born: March 24, 1827 Birthplace: Laurens District, South Carolina Father: U.S. Congressman Daniel Wallace 1801 – 1859 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Mother: Elizabeth Davis 1808 – 1840 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Wife: Sarah Smith Dunlap 1833 – 1900 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Children: Helen Elizabeth Wallace Sheppard 1853 – 1948 (Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina) Frances Wallace Maxwell 1857 – 1930 (Buried: Christ Episcopal Church Cemetery, Greenville, South Carolina) Laura Butler Wallace 1859 – 1861 (Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Union, South Carolina) Sarah Nance Wallace 1865 – 1866 (Buried: Forest...
William Henson Wallace :us34stars: Born: July 19, 1811 Birthplace: Troy, Ohio Father: Andrew Wallace 1778 – 1826 Mother: Eleanor Wallace 1778 – 1847 (Buried: Estates of Serenity, Marion, Indiana) Wife: Luzena “Susan” Brazelton 1820 – 1900 (Buried: Fort Steilacoom Cemetery, Lakewood, Washington) Children: Sarah E. Wallace 1840 – 1840 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) Martha C. Wallace 1841 – 1843 (Buried: Mount Pleasant Old City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa) William Washington Wallace 1844 – 1916 (Buried: Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Colonel of State Troops in Iowa Receiver of Public Money in Fairfield, Iowa 1853: Moved...
Thomas Conway Waller :CSA1stNat: Born: December 9, 1832 Birthplace: Stafford County, Virginia Father: Edward Waller II 1805 – 1885 (Buried: Waller Family Cemetery, Garrisonville, Virginia) Mother: Susan Newton Conway 1814 – 1864 (Buried: Waller Family Cemetery, Garrisonville, Virginia) Wife: Sarah Medora Wickliffe 1840 – 1921 (Buried: Waller Family Cemetery, Garrisonville, Virginia) Occupation before War: Farmer & Politician in Stafford County, Virginia Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Captain of Company A, 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1862 – 1864: Major of 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 1862: Led the Leedstown Cavalry Raid in Westmoreland Co., Virginia 1863: Wounded during the Battle of Brandy Station 1864 – 1865: Lt...
Ezra L. Walrath Born: April 27, 1827 Birthplace: Clockville, New York Wife: Mary Malvina Talbot 1828 – 1904 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Children: Jenny E. Walrath 1858 – 1920 (Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, New York) Occupation before War: Captain of Syracuse Citizens Corps Colonel of 51st New York State Militia Regiment Known to have been one of the best drillmasters in New York Civil War Career: 1861 – 1862: Colonel of 12th New York Infantry Regiment 1861: Served in the First Battle of Bull Run Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Yorktown, Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Hanover Courthouse, Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia 1862: Served in the Battle of...
Edward Cary Walthall Born: April 4, 1831 Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia Father: Barrett White Walthall 1799 – 1881 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Mother: Sarah Southall 1807 – 1865 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Wife: Mary Leckie 1833 – 1898 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Children: Infant Son Walthall Unknown – 1861 (Buried: Hill Crest Cemetery, Holly Springs, Mississippi) Occupation before War: Attorney in Coffeeville, Mississippi District Attorney for Tenth Judicial District of Mississippi Civil War Career: 1861: Lt. of 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1861: Lt. Colonel of 15th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 1862: Colonel of 29th...
Charles Wesley Walton: :us34stars: Born: December 9, 1819 Birthplace: Mexico Maine (Massachusetts) Father: Artemus Walton 1788 – 1853 Mother: Abigail Stevens 1796 – 1842 1st Wife: Hannah Wheeler Kimball 1822 – 1870 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) 2nd Wife: Sarah Jane Hastings 1820 – 1896 (Buried: Riverside Cemetery Lewiston Maine) Children: Cora Eliza Walton Small 1847 – 1924 (Buried: Evergreen Cemetery Portland Maine) Wesley Kimball Walton 1850 – 1917 (Buried: Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Millcreek Utah) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: 1843 – 1847: Attorney in Mexico and Dixfield Maine 1847 – 1851: Oxford County Maine Attorney 1855 – 1857: Attorney in Auburn Maine 1857 – 1860...
Eliakim Persons Walton :us34stars: Born: February 17, 1812 Birthplace: Montpelier, Vermont Father: Newspaper Publisher Ezekiel Parker Walton 1789 – 1855 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont) Mother: Prussia Persons 1792 – 1878 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont) Wife: Sarah Howes 1817 – 1880 (Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont) Political Party: Republican Party Occupation before War: Editor of Walton’s Vermont Register Newspaper 1826 – 1827: Editor of The Essex County Republican Newspaper Organizer and First President of Editors and Publishers Association 1853 – 1868: Sole Proprietor of Watchman Newspaper 1853: Vermont State Representative 1857 – 1863: United States...

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