DOES ANYONE KNOW MORE ?
[1] WHO WERE HIS PARENTS?
[2] WHO WAS HIS WIFE?
[3] DID HE HAVE CHILDREN?
We need to honor him with more context/information about his life.
2023 May 20: All that is known at this time:
On August 13, 1864, he enlisted to serve with David Read's Company D, Russell County Reserves.
"Alabama Civil War Service Records Database"
Name: Smith, William H.
Enlistment Date: 1864/08/13
Enlistment Information: Age 53, Private
Branch: Home Guard
Regiment: 1st Class Militia
Company: D
Company Name: David Read's Russell County Reserves
Source: Muster Roll, Opelika, 1864/08/13
Lee County, Alabama Death Records:
Smith, W H 41 MW Married b Ala died: Jan 1870 occupation: farmer cause of death: typhoid fever.
Website:https://www.auburnalabama.org/parks/facilities/pine-hill-cemetery/
"Pine Hill Cemetery was established in 1837 and is the oldest cemetery in Auburn. Judge John J. Harper, Auburn's founder, donated almost 6 acres to the new town to be used as a community burying ground for white settlers and their slaves. The original part of the cemetery lies to the north and contains the oldest marked grave – 1838. Early cemetery records are non-existent, as the first survey was conducted in the 1950's when over 1,100 marked graves were cataloged. . ."
[1] WHO WERE HIS PARENTS?
[2] WHO WAS HIS WIFE?
[3] DID HE HAVE CHILDREN?
We need to honor him with more context/information about his life.
2023 May 20: All that is known at this time:
On August 13, 1864, he enlisted to serve with David Read's Company D, Russell County Reserves.
"Alabama Civil War Service Records Database"
Name: Smith, William H.
Enlistment Date: 1864/08/13
Enlistment Information: Age 53, Private
Branch: Home Guard
Regiment: 1st Class Militia
Company: D
Company Name: David Read's Russell County Reserves
Source: Muster Roll, Opelika, 1864/08/13
Lee County, Alabama Death Records:
Smith, W H 41 MW Married b Ala died: Jan 1870 occupation: farmer cause of death: typhoid fever.
Website:https://www.auburnalabama.org/parks/facilities/pine-hill-cemetery/
"Pine Hill Cemetery was established in 1837 and is the oldest cemetery in Auburn. Judge John J. Harper, Auburn's founder, donated almost 6 acres to the new town to be used as a community burying ground for white settlers and their slaves. The original part of the cemetery lies to the north and contains the oldest marked grave – 1838. Early cemetery records are non-existent, as the first survey was conducted in the 1950's when over 1,100 marked graves were cataloged. . ."
DOES ANYONE KNOW MORE ?
[1] WHO WERE HIS PARENTS?
[2] WHO WAS HIS WIFE?
[3] DID HE HAVE CHILDREN?
We need to honor him with more context/information about his life.
2023 May 20: All that is known at this time:
On August 13, 1864, he enlisted to serve with David Read's Company D, Russell County Reserves.
"Alabama Civil War Service Records Database"
Name: Smith, William H.
Enlistment Date: 1864/08/13
Enlistment Information: Age 53, Private
Branch: Home Guard
Regiment: 1st Class Militia
Company: D
Company Name: David Read's Russell County Reserves
Source: Muster Roll, Opelika, 1864/08/13
Lee County, Alabama Death Records:
Smith, W H 41 MW Married b Ala died: Jan 1870 occupation: farmer cause of death: typhoid fever.
Website:https://www.auburnalabama.org/parks/facilities/pine-hill-cemetery/
"Pine Hill Cemetery was established in 1837 and is the oldest cemetery in Auburn. Judge John J. Harper, Auburn's founder, donated almost 6 acres to the new town to be used as a community burying ground for white settlers and their slaves. The original part of the cemetery lies to the north and contains the oldest marked grave – 1838. Early cemetery records are non-existent, as the first survey was conducted in the 1950's when over 1,100 marked graves were cataloged. . ."
[1] WHO WERE HIS PARENTS?
[2] WHO WAS HIS WIFE?
[3] DID HE HAVE CHILDREN?
We need to honor him with more context/information about his life.
2023 May 20: All that is known at this time:
On August 13, 1864, he enlisted to serve with David Read's Company D, Russell County Reserves.
"Alabama Civil War Service Records Database"
Name: Smith, William H.
Enlistment Date: 1864/08/13
Enlistment Information: Age 53, Private
Branch: Home Guard
Regiment: 1st Class Militia
Company: D
Company Name: David Read's Russell County Reserves
Source: Muster Roll, Opelika, 1864/08/13
Lee County, Alabama Death Records:
Smith, W H 41 MW Married b Ala died: Jan 1870 occupation: farmer cause of death: typhoid fever.
Website:https://www.auburnalabama.org/parks/facilities/pine-hill-cemetery/
"Pine Hill Cemetery was established in 1837 and is the oldest cemetery in Auburn. Judge John J. Harper, Auburn's founder, donated almost 6 acres to the new town to be used as a community burying ground for white settlers and their slaves. The original part of the cemetery lies to the north and contains the oldest marked grave – 1838. Early cemetery records are non-existent, as the first survey was conducted in the 1950's when over 1,100 marked graves were cataloged. . ."
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