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Samuel Eller Wertz Veteran

Birth: 3 Sep 1841
Roanoke County, Virginia, USA
Death: 8 Aug 1928 (aged 86)
Burial: Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren Cemetery

Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 29093038 View Source

Samuel served in the Civil War with Company A, 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America.

Source: Scott Hutchison

Samuel served in the Civil War with Company A, 53rd Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America.

Source: Scott Hutchison

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Veteran of the Civil War from 1861-1865

"The community of Wirtz is named for Samuel Wertz. In the late 1800's. the Norfolk & Western (N & W) Railway was rebuilding the railroad from Roanoke to Rocky Mount. Wertz provided shelter for the men working near his property and, to honor him, railroad officials named the local train station after him. Unfortunately, they spelled his name incorrectly, and the area has been known as Wirtz ever since."
From The Images of America, Franklin County by James A. Nagy

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Barbara Irena Allan Sink Wertz

1841–1931 (m. 1862)

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Maintained by: Shelley Kinsey Adams
Originally Created by: Deleted User
Added: Aug 17, 2008
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29093038/samuel_eller-wertz: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Eller Wertz (3 Sep 1841–8 Aug 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29093038, citing Germantown Brick Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Shelley Kinsey Adams (contributor 47107135).

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