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William F DeShay

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William F DeShay

Birth
Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Dec 1876 (aged 35–36)
Burial
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec N Lot 22427
Memorial ID
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Killed in the 1876 Brooklyn Theater Fire

Civil War Veteran

Lived at 771 Frost Street?


Kings County Estate Files

Father Anthony DeShay and brother John L. DeShay from Pennslyvania


1870 Census - BK

Wm Deshary 30

Eliza Deshary 29

Annie Deshary 4

Wm Deshary


1865 Census - BK

Jamima Westaway 44 Head

William Deshay 24 Son-in-law

Elizabeth Deshay 23 Daughter


Name: William F De Shay

Event Type: Probate

Event Date: 1876

Event Place: Kings, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Surrogate's Court, Kings County, New York

Court: Surrogate's Court

Residence Place: Kings County, New York

First Image Number: 274

Last Image Number: 279

Number of Images: 6


Record Type: Administration of the Goods, Chattels and Credits

Source Reference: Kings County Probate Estate Files

Digital Folder Number: 004162787

Image Number: 274


Name: William F Deshay

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 13 Aug 1861

Event Place: Danville, , , United States

Age: 21

Military Service Branch: Army

Birth Year (Estimated): 1840

Volume Date Range: 1859-1862

Volume Number: 141

Page: 204

Line Number: 725


Name William Desahy

Enlistment Date 26 Apr 1861

Enlistment Rank Private

Muster Date 26 Apr 1861

Muster Place Pennsylvania

Muster Company H

Muster Regiment 11th Infantry

Muster Regiment Type Infantry

Muster Information Enlisted

Muster Out Date 31 Jul 1861

Muster Out Place Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Muster Out Information Mustered Out

Side of War Union

Survived War? Yes

Residence Place Danville, Pennsylvania

Title History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865


Buried in the common grave with about 103 others.

Within days, the mass burial of the victims was arranged at Green-Wood for those whose bodies could not be identified, had not been claimed, or whose family could not afford burial. The coffins buried in the plot are arranged in a radiating double circle around the base of the monument which was erected by The City of Brooklyn.

Killed in the 1876 Brooklyn Theater Fire

Civil War Veteran

Lived at 771 Frost Street?


Kings County Estate Files

Father Anthony DeShay and brother John L. DeShay from Pennslyvania


1870 Census - BK

Wm Deshary 30

Eliza Deshary 29

Annie Deshary 4

Wm Deshary


1865 Census - BK

Jamima Westaway 44 Head

William Deshay 24 Son-in-law

Elizabeth Deshay 23 Daughter


Name: William F De Shay

Event Type: Probate

Event Date: 1876

Event Place: Kings, New York, United States

Event Place (Original): Surrogate's Court, Kings County, New York

Court: Surrogate's Court

Residence Place: Kings County, New York

First Image Number: 274

Last Image Number: 279

Number of Images: 6


Record Type: Administration of the Goods, Chattels and Credits

Source Reference: Kings County Probate Estate Files

Digital Folder Number: 004162787

Image Number: 274


Name: William F Deshay

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 13 Aug 1861

Event Place: Danville, , , United States

Age: 21

Military Service Branch: Army

Birth Year (Estimated): 1840

Volume Date Range: 1859-1862

Volume Number: 141

Page: 204

Line Number: 725


Name William Desahy

Enlistment Date 26 Apr 1861

Enlistment Rank Private

Muster Date 26 Apr 1861

Muster Place Pennsylvania

Muster Company H

Muster Regiment 11th Infantry

Muster Regiment Type Infantry

Muster Information Enlisted

Muster Out Date 31 Jul 1861

Muster Out Place Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Muster Out Information Mustered Out

Side of War Union

Survived War? Yes

Residence Place Danville, Pennsylvania

Title History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1865


Buried in the common grave with about 103 others.

Within days, the mass burial of the victims was arranged at Green-Wood for those whose bodies could not be identified, had not been claimed, or whose family could not afford burial. The coffins buried in the plot are arranged in a radiating double circle around the base of the monument which was erected by The City of Brooklyn.



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