William Conway Whittle II
Born: January 16, 1841
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia
Father: William Conway Whittle Jr. 1806 – 1878
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Mother: Elizabeth Beverley Sinclair 1811 – 1855
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Wife: Elizabeth Calvert Page 1846 – 1921
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Children:
Alexina Page Whittle 1874 – 1936
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Richard Page Whittle 1875 – 1897
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Elizabeth Sinclair Whittle 1877 – 1951
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Mary Beverley Whittle Dabney 1879 – 1941
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
William Conway Whittle III 1881 – 1927
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Edmonia Lee Whittle 1885 – 1968
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia)
Occupation before War:
1854 – 1861: Midshipman in the United States Navy
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Acting Master in the Confederate States Navy
1861: Served on York River Batteries
1861: Served on CSS Nashville
1862 – 1865: 1st Lt. in the Confederate States Navy
1862: Captured during the Surrender of New Orleans, Louisiana
1862: Exchanged on August 5, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, Virginia
1862: Served on the CSS Chattahoochee
1863: Sent to Europe by the Confederate Navy
1864 – 1865: Served on CSS Shenandoah
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1868: Lived in Argentina
Captain of Steamers in Norfolk, Virginia, Old Bay Line
Member of the United Confederate Veterans
Died: January 5, 1920
Place of Death: Norfolk, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 78 years old
Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia
Last edited by a moderator: