★  Orme, William Ward

William Ward Orme

Born: February 17, 1832
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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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