John Powhatan Willard

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John Powhatan Willard

Birth
Franklin County, Virginia, USA
Death
29 Jun 1938 (aged 93)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."
A Chinese Proverb

John P. was a son of Henry Willard and Harriet Elizabeth Richards. They lived at Franklin County, Virginia until the 1850's when they moved to Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia.

During the Civil War he was attached to Company A, 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion known as Edgars Battalion. He was captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Gaines Mill, Virginia on 3 June 1864 and imprisoned at Elmira, New York. He was transferred to the Elmira Prison from Lookout, Maryland by train. During this transfer the train was involved in an accident which left John P. crippled. He was released from prison the following year on May 29, 1865.

He was admitted to the R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Soldiers Home in Richmond, Virginia on 30 November 1912 where he lived the remainder of his life.

John P. married his first wife, Virginia Belle Lacy (1854-1889) on 28 December 1870 at Kanawha County, West Virginia and they had six children. He married his second wife, Elizabeth Agnes Hoylman(1860-1931), 30 March 1893, at Kanawha County, West Virginia and they had one child.
"To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root."
A Chinese Proverb

John P. was a son of Henry Willard and Harriet Elizabeth Richards. They lived at Franklin County, Virginia until the 1850's when they moved to Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia.

During the Civil War he was attached to Company A, 26th Virginia Infantry Battalion known as Edgars Battalion. He was captured at the Battle of Cold Harbor in Gaines Mill, Virginia on 3 June 1864 and imprisoned at Elmira, New York. He was transferred to the Elmira Prison from Lookout, Maryland by train. During this transfer the train was involved in an accident which left John P. crippled. He was released from prison the following year on May 29, 1865.

He was admitted to the R. E. Lee Camp, No. 1, Soldiers Home in Richmond, Virginia on 30 November 1912 where he lived the remainder of his life.

John P. married his first wife, Virginia Belle Lacy (1854-1889) on 28 December 1870 at Kanawha County, West Virginia and they had six children. He married his second wife, Elizabeth Agnes Hoylman(1860-1931), 30 March 1893, at Kanawha County, West Virginia and they had one child.

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