William Henry Odenheimer Jr.
Born: 1840
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Father: Rev. Father William Henry Odenheimer Sr. 1817 – 1879
(Buried: Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey)
Mother: Anne Shaw Unknown – 1890
(Buried: Saint Mary's Episcopal Churchyard, Burlington, New Jersey)
Wife: Sophia Malbone Ball 1837 – 1891
(Buried: Strawberry Chapel Cemetery, Berkeley Co., South Carolina)
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Master's Mate in the Confederate States Navy
1862 – 1863: Master in the Confederate States Navy
1861: Clerk on the C.S.S. Savannah at Savannah, Georgia
Clerk on aboard Confederate State gunboat No. 3
Clerk on the C.S.S. Indian Chief at Charleston Station
1862 – 1863: Served at Drewry's Bluff on the James River in Virginia
1863 – 1864: Lt. Confederate States Navy
Served in Charleston on Steamers Stone and Palmetto State
Served on the Blockade Runner Juno
1864: Lost at sea aboard the Blockade Runner Juno
Died: March 10, 1864
Place of Death: Enroute to Nassau from Charleston, South Carolina
Age at time of Death: 23 or 24 years old
Burial Place: Body Lost at Sea
Last edited by a moderator:
Bringing the