William Ward Orme
Born: February 17, 1832
Birthplace: Washington, D.C.
Father: William Clarke Orme 1809 – 1845
Mother: Jane Frances Ward 1810 – 1842
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)
Wife: Nancy “Nannie” McCullough 1834 – 1912
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Children:
William M. Orme 1854 – 1871
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Mary Bernadine Orme Smith 1856 – 1931
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Lucy Orme Morgan 1858 – 1944
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Edwin D. Orme 1860 – 1926
(Buried: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois)
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Bloomington, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln Called him a “Promising lawyer in Illinois”
1860: Delegate to Illinois State Constitution Convention
Friend of Justice David Davis from Illinois
Civil War Career:
1862: Colonel of 94th Illinois Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1862: Led Brigade at Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1863: Served in the Siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi
1863: Suffered from Swamp Fever in Carrolton, Louisiana
1863: Led the Union Army into Vicksburg after the city surrendered
1863 – 1866: Suffered from the effects of Tuberculosis
Served in the Union Army Department of the Gulf
Commander of Union Army Camp Douglas Prison
1864: Retired from the Army due to bad health from Tuberculosis
1864 – 1865: Supervising Agent in Memphis for U.S. Treasury Dept.
Died: September 13, 1866
Place of Death: Bloomington, Illinois
Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
Age at time of Death: 34 years old
Burial Place: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois
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