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Waldo,
Chauncy F.
Walthall, Lawson Burfoot
Watson, Benjamin J.
Watson, Samuel D.
Watts, Thomas |
Welch, Ira L.
Weldy, William Jasper
West, William Wallace
Wheeler, William Jasper
White, Harlan T. |
Wiley, William Francis
Williams, Ebenezer
Wilson, Benjamin B.
Wilson, George H.
Wood, Amos Addison |
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Chauncy F. Waldo
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1831-1897; Pvt., Co. A, 13 IA Infantry; Modesto Citizens Cemetery GAR plot;
born in New York; enlisted 09/18/1861, residing at Mt. Vernon, Iowa;
discharged due to disability 10/22/1862 at Corinth, Mississippi; member of
GAR; came to Empire, California by 1880; pension application #618649 filed
on 08/08/1887 in California. |
Lawson Burfoot Walthall
1844-1913; Sgt., Co. H, 3 or 13 NC Infantry, CSA (family information says
3rd, records indicate 13); Modesto Citizens Cemetery; born in Columbus,
Lowndes County, Mississippi; enlisted at Madison, North Carolina 04/1861;
mustered out 07/1862; widow Augusta W. Vass; first came to California 1851
at age 7 years; returned to California 03/1864; came to Stanislaus County,
California 12/1866; elected Clerk Recorder and Auditor for Stanislaus County
1870; involved in forming Farmers Savings Bank of Stanislaus County and the
Grange Company; elected to Board of Supervisors 1876. |
Benjamin J. Watson
1837-?;
Pvt., Co. H, 21 MA Infantry; Co. H, 36 MA Infantry; Co. A, 56 MA Infantry;
Modesto Citizens Cemetery GAR plot; enlisted 08/22/1861 at age 18;
re-enlisted 01/01/1864; wounded 07/30/1864 at Petersburg, Virginia; enlisted
06/08/1865 Co. A, 56 MA Infantry; mustered out 07/20/1865; came to
California by 1880. |
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Samuel Watson
1850-1903; Pvt., Co. I, 28 MI Infantry; Acacia Memorial Park in plot of Lora
DeYoe Brown; enlisted 1864 at 14 years of age; widow Alice L. Sherwood; came
to Modesto, California by 1900; widow's pension application #795926 filed on
12/03/1903 in California. |
Thomas Watts
1845-1932; Pvt., Co. E, 1 TN Cavalry; Co. E, 4 TN Infantry; Modesto Citizens
Cemetery GAR plot; born in Russellville, Tennessee; widow Frances; residing
in Omaha, Nebraska 06/01/1891; came to California by 1930; member of GAR;
pension application #712314 filed in 1889 in Nebraska; widow's pension
application filed in 1933 in California; died in San Francisco, California. |
Ira L. Welch
1833-1919; Pvt., Co. F, 7 VT Infantry; Turlock Memorial Park; born in
Vermont; enlisted 03/08/1865; mustered out 03/08/1866; wife Agnes; pension
application #797654 filed on 08/11/1890 in Vermont; died in Los Angeles,
California. |
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William Jasper Weldy
1837-1906; Pvt., Co. F, 2 WI Cavalry; Acacia Memorial Park; born in Indiana;
enlisted 01/20/1862, residing at Orion, Wisconsin; discharged due to
disability 09/25/1862; widow Nancy E.; came to Madera, California 1877; came
to Stanislaus County, California by 1880; member of GAR; widow's pension
application #991154 filed in California; drowned in Dry Creek near Modesto,
California. |
William Wallace West
1923-1913; Major, Co. F, 182 OH Inf.; Modesto Citizens Cemetery; born in
Ohio; wife Elizabeth; pension application filed 1893 in Nebraska; died in
Capitol Heights. |
William Jasper Wheeler
1837-1914; Sgt., Co. E, 7 IN Infantry; Ceres Memorial Park; born in Decatur
County, Indiana; enlisted 09/13/1861; discharged due to disability
06/02/1862; in Battle of Bull Run, Cedar Mountain and others; widow Harriet
T.; residing in Iowa 1900; came to California by 1902 and Turlock,
California 1910; member of GAR; died in San Jose, California. |
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Harlan T. White
1846-1896; Pvt., Co. G, 3 MI Infantry; Modesto Citizens Cemetery GAR plot;
born in Michigan; enlisted at 17 on 08/22/1864 at Pontiac, Michigan;
discharged 11/10/1865 at Detroit, Michigan; widow Catherine; came to
California by 1880; member of GAR; pension application #1088480 filed in
California; no widow's pension; kicked in stomach by a colt at Wesley,
California at the Purvis and Hammond Ranch. |
William Francis Wiley
1843-1929; Pvt., Co. D, Benton Cadets, MO Infantry; Co. H, 50 OH Infantry;
Acacia Memorial Park; born in Ohio; enlisted 09/12/1861 at Hamilton, Ohio;
Gen. Fremont's bodyguard; wife Marietta; came to California before 1910;
member of GAR; pension application #960035 filed on 12/10/1890 in Ohio; died
at home of daughter Grace Teeter. |
Ebenezer Williams
1834-1921; Pvt., Co. F, 129 IL Infantry; Oakdale Citizens Cemetery; born in
Illinois; enlisted 08/13/1862; mustered out 05/30/1865; wife Matia Anna
Little; came to California about 1882; pension application #457978 filed in
1882 in California; died in Oakdale, California. |
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Benjamin B. Wilson
1839-1909; Pvt., Co. I, 96 IL Infantry; Ceres Memorial Park; born in
Illinois; widow Amelia; came to Turlock, California by 1900; pension
application #82714 filed on 08/1865; widow's pension application filed in
1909, minor's pension filed in 1913; died near Ceres, California.
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George H. Wilson
1841-1919; Pvt., Co. K, 1 AR Cavalry; Modesto Citizens Cemetery; born in
Tennessee; wife Elizabeth A.; came to California circa 1880 and to Modesto
in 1905; member of GAR; pension application filed in California; died t
son's home in Woodford near Bakersfield, California.
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Amos Addison Wood
1839-1936; 2nd Lt., Co. H, 19 IA Infantry; Modesto Citizens Cemetery; born
in Pike County, Indiana; enlisted 08/14/1862, residing at Keosauqua, Iowa;
mustered out 07/10/1865 at Mobile, Alabama; came to Modesto, California
1885; charter member of Grant Post #9 GAR, Modesto, California; cast first
vote for Lincoln at New Orleans while in the army; retired dentist 1910.
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Compiled by the Stanislaus Civil War
Association Cemetery Project Committee
February 27, 2006
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22 Jan 2019 |
