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(This is a tentative memorial in Hopwood Cemetery for William D. Nesmith, based on a known gravestone photo which needs to be confirmed.)
William Dorsey Nesmith was the son of Thomas J. Nesmith and his wife, Nancy Hibbins Dorsey. The children in this family were as follows--
William Dorsey Nesmith
1817 – 1862
Ann Nesmith
1820 – 1893
Drusilla Hood Nesmith
1822 – 1905
John Hibben Nesmith
1826 – 1899
Dorcas Rebecca Nesmith
1829 – 1925
Pheobe Woods Nesmith
1833 – 1888
James Hopwood Nesmith
1835 – 1925
Mary Dorsey Nesmith
1839 – 1933
William D. Nesmith was first married in March of 1839 and was the father of 4 sons by his first wife, as mentioned in the pension documents of his second wife. However 2 sons died young.
Sophronia Nancy Haney--first wife
1821 – 1849
Jordan Morris Nesmith
1839 – 1869
Thomas Fuller Nesmith
1842 – 1846
James Brownfield Nesmith
1844 – 1846
John Nesmith
1846 – 1903
The elder son was Jordan M. Nesmith, who was born about 1840, and was mentioned in the Pension records of his father's second wife Ellen M. He was a Civil War 1st Sergeant in Co. F, 14th Pa. Cav. and served along with his father's 2 brothers, James H. and John H., who were both also officers of the same organization. Jordan survived at least until 1867 at which time he signed pension papers for Elizabeth Whoolery in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
The younger son was John Nesmith who was born about 1845 and was living with his father and his father's second wife, Eleanor "Ellen" M. Nesmith in 1860.
William D. Nesmith was married to his second wife, Eleanor M. Hagedorn, in 1853. Eleanor M. was the daughter of Simon Peter Hagadorn and Mary Somers. Mary Somers was the daughter of German emigrant Peter Somers and Elizabeth Johnson. Simon Peter Hagadorn was a wagoneer in the War of 1812 and died about 1834 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His wife Mary died 1 Dec 1858. (This family name is spelled Hagadore, Hagedorn, Hacader, Hagadom, etc. in various records.)
William and Ellen were the parents of 4 children.
Phoebe W. Nesmith, born February 17, 1854;
Mary E. Nesmith, born April 14, 1856;
William Nesmith, born January 20, 1858; and
Franklin H. Nesmith, born October 22, 1860.
William D. Nesmith, Civil War Corporal, died of illness, in 1862, near Alexandria, Virginia, at the Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Records indicate that this is where he was initially buried. However, all of the Fairfax interments were relocated at the end of the war, either to home, or to Alexandria National Cemetery.
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His Burial Location
A photo of a grave marker exists, believed to have been taken in Hopwood Cemetery, which seems to read as follows--
W. D. Nesmith,
June 29 1817,
Oct 15 1862.
"Died in the Rebellion
Burial Arlington ______? D. C.
(Problem is that there is no record of him as buried in Arlington. In nearby Alexandria National Cemetery, there is a burial of a similiar name, William V. Nebshsmith, but positive identity has not been found.)
His wife Eleanor and several other family members are also buried at Hopwood Cemetery.
Research ongoing.
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/vacwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=5925
Fairfax Seminary Hospital
"The Seminary is still there and looks pretty much the same as it did in the Mathew Brady (Civil War era) photographs. There were two graveyards, one about a hundred yards to the northeast of Aspinwall Hall, the other at the intersection of Quaker Lane and Seminary Road, where the rectory of Immanuel Church is today; all bodies were disinterred toward the end of the war and either sent home or moved to the Alexandria National Cemetery, still maintained."
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Military Service--
William D Nesmith
Enlistment Date: 24 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Pennsylvania
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Pennsylvania 37th Infantry Regiment on 24 Apr 1861.
Mustered out on 15 Oct 1862.
Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
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The father and family of William D. Nesmith----
THOMAS J. NESMITH, the father of James H. Nesmith, (and also the father of the above William D. Nesmith), was born in
"Washington, D. C, during the first administration of Presi-
dent Washington. He received a practical education and in
early life was a comb-maker by trade. He took a great in-
terest in religious matters, and during the greater part of
his life was an exhorter and local preacher in the Methodist
Protestant church of Pennsylvania. He lived to see his large
family grown to manhood and womanhood. His wife was
Nancy Hibbins, born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, their
marriage taking place at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. This
venerable couple removed to Illinois, and both are buried in
Putnam county, having left the heritage of a well-spent and
useful life. Father Nesmith lived to the age of ninety, his
mental faculties being clear to the last. An estimate of the
esteem in which he was held by his neighbors is shown by the
fact that he was justice of the peace of South Union township,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, for forty years consecutively.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when the Civil War
laid claim upon the patriotism of the North, three of his sons
enlisted to fight for the preservation of the Union. These
were : -----William D. Nesmith-----, of the Eighth Pennsylvania, who
died in the service at Alexandria, Virginia ; John H. Nesmith,
formerly with the Pennsylvania Reserves 1861-62, and after
discharge reenlisted in the Fourteenth Cavalry, serving with
his brother, our subject, until severely wounded at Mt. Carmel
church, Ashby Gap, February 17, 1865; James H. Nesmith,
whose war record has been already given. Mary E. Nesmith,
a daughter, was the wife of a Civil War veteran, and she herself did service at Camp Douglas. ---Source: Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912)
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(This is a tentative memorial in Hopwood Cemetery for William D. Nesmith, based on a known gravestone photo which needs to be confirmed.)
William Dorsey Nesmith was the son of Thomas J. Nesmith and his wife, Nancy Hibbins Dorsey. The children in this family were as follows--
William Dorsey Nesmith
1817 – 1862
Ann Nesmith
1820 – 1893
Drusilla Hood Nesmith
1822 – 1905
John Hibben Nesmith
1826 – 1899
Dorcas Rebecca Nesmith
1829 – 1925
Pheobe Woods Nesmith
1833 – 1888
James Hopwood Nesmith
1835 – 1925
Mary Dorsey Nesmith
1839 – 1933
William D. Nesmith was first married in March of 1839 and was the father of 4 sons by his first wife, as mentioned in the pension documents of his second wife. However 2 sons died young.
Sophronia Nancy Haney--first wife
1821 – 1849
Jordan Morris Nesmith
1839 – 1869
Thomas Fuller Nesmith
1842 – 1846
James Brownfield Nesmith
1844 – 1846
John Nesmith
1846 – 1903
The elder son was Jordan M. Nesmith, who was born about 1840, and was mentioned in the Pension records of his father's second wife Ellen M. He was a Civil War 1st Sergeant in Co. F, 14th Pa. Cav. and served along with his father's 2 brothers, James H. and John H., who were both also officers of the same organization. Jordan survived at least until 1867 at which time he signed pension papers for Elizabeth Whoolery in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
The younger son was John Nesmith who was born about 1845 and was living with his father and his father's second wife, Eleanor "Ellen" M. Nesmith in 1860.
William D. Nesmith was married to his second wife, Eleanor M. Hagedorn, in 1853. Eleanor M. was the daughter of Simon Peter Hagadorn and Mary Somers. Mary Somers was the daughter of German emigrant Peter Somers and Elizabeth Johnson. Simon Peter Hagadorn was a wagoneer in the War of 1812 and died about 1834 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His wife Mary died 1 Dec 1858. (This family name is spelled Hagadore, Hagedorn, Hacader, Hagadom, etc. in various records.)
William and Ellen were the parents of 4 children.
Phoebe W. Nesmith, born February 17, 1854;
Mary E. Nesmith, born April 14, 1856;
William Nesmith, born January 20, 1858; and
Franklin H. Nesmith, born October 22, 1860.
William D. Nesmith, Civil War Corporal, died of illness, in 1862, near Alexandria, Virginia, at the Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Records indicate that this is where he was initially buried. However, all of the Fairfax interments were relocated at the end of the war, either to home, or to Alexandria National Cemetery.
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His Burial Location
A photo of a grave marker exists, believed to have been taken in Hopwood Cemetery, which seems to read as follows--
W. D. Nesmith,
June 29 1817,
Oct 15 1862.
"Died in the Rebellion
Burial Arlington ______? D. C.
(Problem is that there is no record of him as buried in Arlington. In nearby Alexandria National Cemetery, there is a burial of a similiar name, William V. Nebshsmith, but positive identity has not been found.)
His wife Eleanor and several other family members are also buried at Hopwood Cemetery.
Research ongoing.
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/vacwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=5925
Fairfax Seminary Hospital
"The Seminary is still there and looks pretty much the same as it did in the Mathew Brady (Civil War era) photographs. There were two graveyards, one about a hundred yards to the northeast of Aspinwall Hall, the other at the intersection of Quaker Lane and Seminary Road, where the rectory of Immanuel Church is today; all bodies were disinterred toward the end of the war and either sent home or moved to the Alexandria National Cemetery, still maintained."
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Military Service--
William D Nesmith
Enlistment Date: 24 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Pennsylvania
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Pennsylvania 37th Infantry Regiment on 24 Apr 1861.
Mustered out on 15 Oct 1862.
Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
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The father and family of William D. Nesmith----
THOMAS J. NESMITH, the father of James H. Nesmith, (and also the father of the above William D. Nesmith), was born in
"Washington, D. C, during the first administration of Presi-
dent Washington. He received a practical education and in
early life was a comb-maker by trade. He took a great in-
terest in religious matters, and during the greater part of
his life was an exhorter and local preacher in the Methodist
Protestant church of Pennsylvania. He lived to see his large
family grown to manhood and womanhood. His wife was
Nancy Hibbins, born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, their
marriage taking place at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. This
venerable couple removed to Illinois, and both are buried in
Putnam county, having left the heritage of a well-spent and
useful life. Father Nesmith lived to the age of ninety, his
mental faculties being clear to the last. An estimate of the
esteem in which he was held by his neighbors is shown by the
fact that he was justice of the peace of South Union township,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, for forty years consecutively.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when the Civil War
laid claim upon the patriotism of the North, three of his sons
enlisted to fight for the preservation of the Union. These
were : -----William D. Nesmith-----, of the Eighth Pennsylvania, who
died in the service at Alexandria, Virginia ; John H. Nesmith,
formerly with the Pennsylvania Reserves 1861-62, and after
discharge reenlisted in the Fourteenth Cavalry, serving with
his brother, our subject, until severely wounded at Mt. Carmel
church, Ashby Gap, February 17, 1865; James H. Nesmith,
whose war record has been already given. Mary E. Nesmith,
a daughter, was the wife of a Civil War veteran, and she herself did service at Camp Douglas. ---Source: Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912)
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(This is a tentative memorial in Hopwood Cemetery for William D. Nesmith, based on a known gravestone photo which needs to be confirmed.)
William Dorsey Nesmith was the son of Thomas J. Nesmith and his wife, Nancy Hibbins Dorsey. The children in this family were as follows--
William Dorsey Nesmith
1817 – 1862
Ann Nesmith
1820 – 1893
Drusilla Hood Nesmith
1822 – 1905
John Hibben Nesmith
1826 – 1899
Dorcas Rebecca Nesmith
1829 – 1925
Pheobe Woods Nesmith
1833 – 1888
James Hopwood Nesmith
1835 – 1925
Mary Dorsey Nesmith
1839 – 1933
William D. Nesmith was first married in March of 1839 and was the father of 4 sons by his first wife, as mentioned in the pension documents of his second wife. However 2 sons died young.
Sophronia Nancy Haney--first wife
1821 – 1849
Jordan Morris Nesmith
1839 – 1869
Thomas Fuller Nesmith
1842 – 1846
James Brownfield Nesmith
1844 – 1846
John Nesmith
1846 – 1903
The elder son was Jordan M. Nesmith, who was born about 1840, and was mentioned in the Pension records of his father's second wife Ellen M. He was a Civil War 1st Sergeant in Co. F, 14th Pa. Cav. and served along with his father's 2 brothers, James H. and John H., who were both also officers of the same organization. Jordan survived at least until 1867 at which time he signed pension papers for Elizabeth Whoolery in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
The younger son was John Nesmith who was born about 1845 and was living with his father and his father's second wife, Eleanor "Ellen" M. Nesmith in 1860.
William D. Nesmith was married to his second wife, Eleanor M. Hagedorn, in 1853. Eleanor M. was the daughter of Simon Peter Hagadorn and Mary Somers. Mary Somers was the daughter of German emigrant Peter Somers and Elizabeth Johnson. Simon Peter Hagadorn was a wagoneer in the War of 1812 and died about 1834 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His wife Mary died 1 Dec 1858. (This family name is spelled Hagadore, Hagedorn, Hacader, Hagadom, etc. in various records.)
William and Ellen were the parents of 4 children.
Phoebe W. Nesmith, born February 17, 1854;
Mary E. Nesmith, born April 14, 1856;
William Nesmith, born January 20, 1858; and
Franklin H. Nesmith, born October 22, 1860.
William D. Nesmith, Civil War Corporal, died of illness, in 1862, near Alexandria, Virginia, at the Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Records indicate that this is where he was initially buried. However, all of the Fairfax interments were relocated at the end of the war, either to home, or to Alexandria National Cemetery.
***********************************************************
His Burial Location
A photo of a grave marker exists, believed to have been taken in Hopwood Cemetery, which seems to read as follows--
W. D. Nesmith,
June 29 1817,
Oct 15 1862.
"Died in the Rebellion
Burial Arlington ______? D. C.
(Problem is that there is no record of him as buried in Arlington. In nearby Alexandria National Cemetery, there is a burial of a similiar name, William V. Nebshsmith, but positive identity has not been found.)
His wife Eleanor and several other family members are also buried at Hopwood Cemetery.
Research ongoing.
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/vacwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=5925
Fairfax Seminary Hospital
"The Seminary is still there and looks pretty much the same as it did in the Mathew Brady (Civil War era) photographs. There were two graveyards, one about a hundred yards to the northeast of Aspinwall Hall, the other at the intersection of Quaker Lane and Seminary Road, where the rectory of Immanuel Church is today; all bodies were disinterred toward the end of the war and either sent home or moved to the Alexandria National Cemetery, still maintained."
************************************************************
Military Service--
William D Nesmith
Enlistment Date: 24 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Pennsylvania
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Pennsylvania 37th Infantry Regiment on 24 Apr 1861.
Mustered out on 15 Oct 1862.
Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
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The father and family of William D. Nesmith----
THOMAS J. NESMITH, the father of James H. Nesmith, (and also the father of the above William D. Nesmith), was born in
"Washington, D. C, during the first administration of Presi-
dent Washington. He received a practical education and in
early life was a comb-maker by trade. He took a great in-
terest in religious matters, and during the greater part of
his life was an exhorter and local preacher in the Methodist
Protestant church of Pennsylvania. He lived to see his large
family grown to manhood and womanhood. His wife was
Nancy Hibbins, born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, their
marriage taking place at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. This
venerable couple removed to Illinois, and both are buried in
Putnam county, having left the heritage of a well-spent and
useful life. Father Nesmith lived to the age of ninety, his
mental faculties being clear to the last. An estimate of the
esteem in which he was held by his neighbors is shown by the
fact that he was justice of the peace of South Union township,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, for forty years consecutively.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when the Civil War
laid claim upon the patriotism of the North, three of his sons
enlisted to fight for the preservation of the Union. These
were : -----William D. Nesmith-----, of the Eighth Pennsylvania, who
died in the service at Alexandria, Virginia ; John H. Nesmith,
formerly with the Pennsylvania Reserves 1861-62, and after
discharge reenlisted in the Fourteenth Cavalry, serving with
his brother, our subject, until severely wounded at Mt. Carmel
church, Ashby Gap, February 17, 1865; James H. Nesmith,
whose war record has been already given. Mary E. Nesmith,
a daughter, was the wife of a Civil War veteran, and she herself did service at Camp Douglas. ---Source: Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912)
***********************************************************
(This is a tentative memorial in Hopwood Cemetery for William D. Nesmith, based on a known gravestone photo which needs to be confirmed.)
William Dorsey Nesmith was the son of Thomas J. Nesmith and his wife, Nancy Hibbins Dorsey. The children in this family were as follows--
William Dorsey Nesmith
1817 – 1862
Ann Nesmith
1820 – 1893
Drusilla Hood Nesmith
1822 – 1905
John Hibben Nesmith
1826 – 1899
Dorcas Rebecca Nesmith
1829 – 1925
Pheobe Woods Nesmith
1833 – 1888
James Hopwood Nesmith
1835 – 1925
Mary Dorsey Nesmith
1839 – 1933
William D. Nesmith was first married in March of 1839 and was the father of 4 sons by his first wife, as mentioned in the pension documents of his second wife. However 2 sons died young.
Sophronia Nancy Haney--first wife
1821 – 1849
Jordan Morris Nesmith
1839 – 1869
Thomas Fuller Nesmith
1842 – 1846
James Brownfield Nesmith
1844 – 1846
John Nesmith
1846 – 1903
The elder son was Jordan M. Nesmith, who was born about 1840, and was mentioned in the Pension records of his father's second wife Ellen M. He was a Civil War 1st Sergeant in Co. F, 14th Pa. Cav. and served along with his father's 2 brothers, James H. and John H., who were both also officers of the same organization. Jordan survived at least until 1867 at which time he signed pension papers for Elizabeth Whoolery in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
The younger son was John Nesmith who was born about 1845 and was living with his father and his father's second wife, Eleanor "Ellen" M. Nesmith in 1860.
William D. Nesmith was married to his second wife, Eleanor M. Hagedorn, in 1853. Eleanor M. was the daughter of Simon Peter Hagadorn and Mary Somers. Mary Somers was the daughter of German emigrant Peter Somers and Elizabeth Johnson. Simon Peter Hagadorn was a wagoneer in the War of 1812 and died about 1834 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. His wife Mary died 1 Dec 1858. (This family name is spelled Hagadore, Hagedorn, Hacader, Hagadom, etc. in various records.)
William and Ellen were the parents of 4 children.
Phoebe W. Nesmith, born February 17, 1854;
Mary E. Nesmith, born April 14, 1856;
William Nesmith, born January 20, 1858; and
Franklin H. Nesmith, born October 22, 1860.
William D. Nesmith, Civil War Corporal, died of illness, in 1862, near Alexandria, Virginia, at the Fairfax Seminary Hospital. Records indicate that this is where he was initially buried. However, all of the Fairfax interments were relocated at the end of the war, either to home, or to Alexandria National Cemetery.
***********************************************************
His Burial Location
A photo of a grave marker exists, believed to have been taken in Hopwood Cemetery, which seems to read as follows--
W. D. Nesmith,
June 29 1817,
Oct 15 1862.
"Died in the Rebellion
Burial Arlington ______? D. C.
(Problem is that there is no record of him as buried in Arlington. In nearby Alexandria National Cemetery, there is a burial of a similiar name, William V. Nebshsmith, but positive identity has not been found.)
His wife Eleanor and several other family members are also buried at Hopwood Cemetery.
Research ongoing.
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/vacwmb/webbbs_config.pl?noframes;read=5925
Fairfax Seminary Hospital
"The Seminary is still there and looks pretty much the same as it did in the Mathew Brady (Civil War era) photographs. There were two graveyards, one about a hundred yards to the northeast of Aspinwall Hall, the other at the intersection of Quaker Lane and Seminary Road, where the rectory of Immanuel Church is today; all bodies were disinterred toward the end of the war and either sent home or moved to the Alexandria National Cemetery, still maintained."
************************************************************
Military Service--
William D Nesmith
Enlistment Date: 24 Apr 1861
Rank at enlistment: Corporal
State Served: Pennsylvania
Survived the War?: No
Service Record: Enlisted in Company G, Pennsylvania 37th Infantry Regiment on 24 Apr 1861.
Mustered out on 15 Oct 1862.
Sources: History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865
***********************************************************
The father and family of William D. Nesmith----
THOMAS J. NESMITH, the father of James H. Nesmith, (and also the father of the above William D. Nesmith), was born in
"Washington, D. C, during the first administration of Presi-
dent Washington. He received a practical education and in
early life was a comb-maker by trade. He took a great in-
terest in religious matters, and during the greater part of
his life was an exhorter and local preacher in the Methodist
Protestant church of Pennsylvania. He lived to see his large
family grown to manhood and womanhood. His wife was
Nancy Hibbins, born near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, their
marriage taking place at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. This
venerable couple removed to Illinois, and both are buried in
Putnam county, having left the heritage of a well-spent and
useful life. Father Nesmith lived to the age of ninety, his
mental faculties being clear to the last. An estimate of the
esteem in which he was held by his neighbors is shown by the
fact that he was justice of the peace of South Union township,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania, for forty years consecutively.
He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and when the Civil War
laid claim upon the patriotism of the North, three of his sons
enlisted to fight for the preservation of the Union. These
were : -----William D. Nesmith-----, of the Eighth Pennsylvania, who
died in the service at Alexandria, Virginia ; John H. Nesmith,
formerly with the Pennsylvania Reserves 1861-62, and after
discharge reenlisted in the Fourteenth Cavalry, serving with
his brother, our subject, until severely wounded at Mt. Carmel
church, Ashby Gap, February 17, 1865; James H. Nesmith,
whose war record has been already given. Mary E. Nesmith,
a daughter, was the wife of a Civil War veteran, and she herself did service at Camp Douglas. ---Source: Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912)
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