Remains of Col. W. D. Wyatt, who died in the National Soldiers' Home at Quincy arrived in Lincoln Illinois November 3, 1904. He had been in extremely poor health for some time. Remains will be interred in Union Cemetery.
William D. Wyatt, son of William and Rachel Wyatt, was born in Morgan County on September 1, 1821. He was reared on a farm near Jacksonville, Illinois. From 1842-1844 he studied at Illinois College in Jacksonville and thereafter went to St. Louis, Missouri. He served as a steamship clerk and school teacher in Mississippi and Arkansas until the outbreak of the Mexican War, in which he enlisted with a Mississippi regiment. He saw service throughout the war and then returned to Mississippi and later to Pine Bluffs, Arkansas, where he began to practice law, having acquired his knowledge by studying at spare times. In 1853 he came to Illinois, settling in Carrollton, where he practiced law and edited the Greene County Democrat.
He was elected First Assistant Secretary of State Senate when that body convened in 1857 (1867?). At the end of that term he came to Lincoln where he lived out most of his time since. He took part in the war on rebellion and took the Lincoln guards into Camp Yates. The guards was the first company from Illinois to enter the camp. After the war he returned to Lincoln and practiced law until his retirement. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Edmunds of Lincoln, and Mrs. John C. Mathis of Chicago.
William D. Wyatt, son of William and Rachel Wyatt, was born in Morgan County on September 1, 1821. He was reared on a farm near Jacksonville, Illinois. From 1842-1844 he studied at Illinois College in Jacksonville and thereafter went to St. Louis, Missouri. He served as a steamship clerk and school teacher in Mississippi and Arkansas until the outbreak of the Mexican War, in which he enlisted with a Mississippi regiment. He saw service throughout the war and then returned to Mississippi and later to Pine Bluffs, Arkansas, where he began to practice law, having acquired his knowledge by studying at spare times. In 1853 he came to Illinois, settling in Carrollton, where he practiced law and edited the Greene County Democrat.
He was elected First Assistant Secretary of State Senate when that body convened in 1857 (1867?). At the end of that term he came to Lincoln where he lived out most of his time since. He took part in the war on rebellion and took the Lincoln guards into Camp Yates. The guards was the first company from Illinois to enter the camp. After the war he returned to Lincoln and practiced law until his retirement. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Edmunds of Lincoln, and Mrs. John C. Mathis of Chicago.
Remains of Col. W. D. Wyatt, who died in the National Soldiers' Home at Quincy arrived in Lincoln Illinois November 3, 1904. He had been in extremely poor health for some time. Remains will be interred in Union Cemetery.
William D. Wyatt, son of William and Rachel Wyatt, was born in Morgan County on September 1, 1821. He was reared on a farm near Jacksonville, Illinois. From 1842-1844 he studied at Illinois College in Jacksonville and thereafter went to St. Louis, Missouri. He served as a steamship clerk and school teacher in Mississippi and Arkansas until the outbreak of the Mexican War, in which he enlisted with a Mississippi regiment. He saw service throughout the war and then returned to Mississippi and later to Pine Bluffs, Arkansas, where he began to practice law, having acquired his knowledge by studying at spare times. In 1853 he came to Illinois, settling in Carrollton, where he practiced law and edited the Greene County Democrat.
He was elected First Assistant Secretary of State Senate when that body convened in 1857 (1867?). At the end of that term he came to Lincoln where he lived out most of his time since. He took part in the war on rebellion and took the Lincoln guards into Camp Yates. The guards was the first company from Illinois to enter the camp. After the war he returned to Lincoln and practiced law until his retirement. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Edmunds of Lincoln, and Mrs. John C. Mathis of Chicago.
William D. Wyatt, son of William and Rachel Wyatt, was born in Morgan County on September 1, 1821. He was reared on a farm near Jacksonville, Illinois. From 1842-1844 he studied at Illinois College in Jacksonville and thereafter went to St. Louis, Missouri. He served as a steamship clerk and school teacher in Mississippi and Arkansas until the outbreak of the Mexican War, in which he enlisted with a Mississippi regiment. He saw service throughout the war and then returned to Mississippi and later to Pine Bluffs, Arkansas, where he began to practice law, having acquired his knowledge by studying at spare times. In 1853 he came to Illinois, settling in Carrollton, where he practiced law and edited the Greene County Democrat.
He was elected First Assistant Secretary of State Senate when that body convened in 1857 (1867?). At the end of that term he came to Lincoln where he lived out most of his time since. He took part in the war on rebellion and took the Lincoln guards into Camp Yates. The guards was the first company from Illinois to enter the camp. After the war he returned to Lincoln and practiced law until his retirement. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. John Edmunds of Lincoln, and Mrs. John C. Mathis of Chicago.
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Soldier, Lawyer, Journalist, 1846-1848 Mexican War, Miss. Rifles, U.S. Artillary, Civil War 1861-1865
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