★★★ Meares, William Gaston

William Gaston Meares
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Born: March 3, 1821

Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina

Father: William Belvidere Meares 1787 – 1841

(Buried: DAK America Gravesite, Navassa, North Carolina)​

Mother: Catherine Grady Davis 1799 – 1870

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

Wife: Catherine Douglass DeRosset 1830 – 1914

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

Children:

Magdalene DeRosset Meares 1851 – 1855​

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

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Gaston Meares 1852 – 1861​

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

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Rev. Armand DeRosset Meares 1854 – 1934​

(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)​

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Eliza Lord Meares 1856 – 1858​

(Buried: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina)​

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Richard Ashe Meares 1858 – 1946​

(Buried: Saint Stephens Episcopal Church, Ridgeway, South Carolina)​

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Louis Henry Meares Sr. 1860 – 1936​

(Buried: Elmwood Memorial Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina)​

Education:

Attended West Point Military Academy

Occupation before War:

Served in the Mexican American War​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 3rd​ North Carolina Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Killed during the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia​

Died: July 1, 1862

Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 41 years old

Burial Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Wilmington, North Carolina

 

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He had 7 brothers including William Belvidere, he was William Gaston. That would explain why he was called Gaston.