Rev. William Munford Sr.
Born: August 16, 1829
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Father: Colonel George Wythe Munford 1803 – 1882
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Mother: Lucy Singleton Taylor 1811 – 1835
(Buried: Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Brother: Brig. General Thomas Taylor Munford 1831 – 1918
(Buried: Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Virginia)
Wife: Mary Frances "Fannie" Ball 1847 – 1911
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Children:
Eliza Ball Munford Kennedy 1875 – 1909
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Elizabeth Ellis Munford 1875 – 1953
(Buried: Saint Anne's Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
William Munford Jr. 1876 – 1897
(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)
Lucy Taylor Munford Upshur 1878 – 1952
(Buried: U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Susan Allen Munford 1879 – 1954
(Buried: Saint Anne's Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
George Wythe Munford 1881 – 1937
(Buried: Saint Anne's Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland)
Rosalie Rhett Munford 1882 – 1886
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Dallas, Texas)
Education:
Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Not Known, possibly a minister
Officer in Richmond Light Infantry Blues and 1st Virginia Militia
Civil War Career:
Assistant Secretary of Commonwealth of Virginia
1861: Lt. Colonel of 17th Virginia Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Dropped as Lt. Colonel from 24th Virginia Infantry in April.
1862: Volunteer Aide to Longstreet, at Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia
Private in Otey's Virginia Artillery Battery
Occupation after War:
Episcopal Minister in Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Maryland
Died: March 8, 1904
Place of Death: Annapolis, Maryland
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
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