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William Wallace Pinkerton Sr.

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William Wallace Pinkerton Sr.

Birth
Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
24 Oct 1885 (aged 81)
Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Pennington County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
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He was the father of John Montgomery and William Wallace JR, they were all veterans of the Civil War, and brought a saw mill to the Black Hills around 1880. He has a military stone in the field where this cemetery is, his sons are buried in Hot Springs SD on in National Cemetery at Hot Springs and the other in the STate Solders Home Cemetery.
He was married to Rachel Montgomery and she must have died before they came to the Black Hills, they had other children, Olivia, and Robert who stayed in Iowa.

1850 United States Federal Census about Rachel C Pinkerton
Name: Rachel C Pinkerton
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Township 14 N R 2 W, Mercer, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 542
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pinkerton 47
Rachel C Pinkerton 38
John M Pinkerton 12
William W Pinkerton 9
Oliver Pinkerton 7
Roberts S Pinkerton 5
William M Pinkerton 22

He was the father of John Montgomery and William Wallace JR, they were all veterans of the Civil War, and brought a saw mill to the Black Hills around 1880. He has a military stone in the field where this cemetery is, his sons are buried in Hot Springs SD on in National Cemetery at Hot Springs and the other in the STate Solders Home Cemetery.
He was married to Rachel Montgomery and she must have died before they came to the Black Hills, they had other children, Olivia, and Robert who stayed in Iowa.

1850 United States Federal Census about Rachel C Pinkerton
Name: Rachel C Pinkerton
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1812
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1850: Township 14 N R 2 W, Mercer, Illinois
Gender: Female
Family Number: 542
Household Members:
Name Age
William Pinkerton 47
Rachel C Pinkerton 38
John M Pinkerton 12
William W Pinkerton 9
Oliver Pinkerton 7
Roberts S Pinkerton 5
William M Pinkerton 22

Gravesite Details

This cemetery has never been a real cemetery, no fence no markers but his.



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