William and the family lived in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama when he died. At this time his burial location is unknown, but probably on the place they lived near Fosters.
William, a farmer, served as a Private in Co. B, in the 11th Regiment Alabama Volunteers, Confederate States of America, along with his oldest son, John Wesley Skates. The war was too hard on William, he returned home and died soon afterwards. In the 1860 Census for Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, their Post Office is listed as Fosters.
William married Elizabeth Eveline Thomas, 12 October 1839, Russell Co., Alabama. They were the parents of John Wesley, Seally Ann Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, William Barney W., James Sylvester, Jacob J. Thomas, Elizear J.R., Newton J., Alexander Blakely, and Manasa Emma Lee Skates.
William, a farmer, served as a Private in Co. B, in the 11th Regiment Alabama Volunteers, Confederate States of America, along with his oldest son, John Wesley Skates. The war was too hard on William, he returned home and died soon afterwards. In the 1860 Census for Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, their Post Office is listed as Fosters.
William married Elizabeth Eveline Thomas, 12 October 1839, Russell Co., Alabama. They were the parents of John Wesley, Seally Ann Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, William Barney W., James Sylvester, Jacob J. Thomas, Elizear J.R., Newton J., Alexander Blakely, and Manasa Emma Lee Skates.
William and the family lived in Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama when he died. At this time his burial location is unknown, but probably on the place they lived near Fosters.
William, a farmer, served as a Private in Co. B, in the 11th Regiment Alabama Volunteers, Confederate States of America, along with his oldest son, John Wesley Skates. The war was too hard on William, he returned home and died soon afterwards. In the 1860 Census for Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, their Post Office is listed as Fosters.
William married Elizabeth Eveline Thomas, 12 October 1839, Russell Co., Alabama. They were the parents of John Wesley, Seally Ann Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, William Barney W., James Sylvester, Jacob J. Thomas, Elizear J.R., Newton J., Alexander Blakely, and Manasa Emma Lee Skates.
William, a farmer, served as a Private in Co. B, in the 11th Regiment Alabama Volunteers, Confederate States of America, along with his oldest son, John Wesley Skates. The war was too hard on William, he returned home and died soon afterwards. In the 1860 Census for Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama, their Post Office is listed as Fosters.
William married Elizabeth Eveline Thomas, 12 October 1839, Russell Co., Alabama. They were the parents of John Wesley, Seally Ann Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, William Barney W., James Sylvester, Jacob J. Thomas, Elizear J.R., Newton J., Alexander Blakely, and Manasa Emma Lee Skates.
