Longstreet Lt. William Dent Longstreet - General Longstreet's Brother

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Upcountry South Carolina
William Dent Longstreet:
Born: March 27, 1817
Birthplace: Augusta Georgia
Father: James Longstreet Sr. 1783 – 1833
(Buried: Unknown Burial Place)
Mother: Mary Ann Dent 1792 – 1855
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi)
Wife: Mary Barton Davies 1829 – 1927
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi)
Married: March 20, 1850 in Tuscaloosa Alabama
Children:
John Davies Longstreet 1851 – 1860
Mary Dent Longstreet Bush 1853 – 1938
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi)
Frances Butts “Fannie” Longstreet Tyson 1857 – 1900
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi)
Elizabeth B. Longstreet 1859 – 1919
James Longstreet 1861 – 1902
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi)
Maria Wightman Longstreet Tyson 1864 – 1887
(Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi)

Occupation before War:
Builder of a log cabin for his mother
Farmer in Macon Mississippi
Served in the Mexican – American War with 1st​ Mississippi Infantry

Civil War Career:
1861: 3rd​ Lt. in Company F 11th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: 2nd​ Lt. in Company F 11th​ Mississippi Infantry Regiment

Occupation after War:
Farmer in Macon Mississippi



Died: July 12, 1889
Place of Death: Macon Mississippi
Age at time of Death: 72 years old
Burial Place: Odd Fellows Cemetery Macon Mississippi
 
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