US Infantry, War Between the States∼Son of Isham Eads/Edds & Elizabeth "Betsy" Sowder Eads. Married ca 1816, Kentucky.
They are buried in Kinser Cemetery, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
Husband of Nancy J. Miller, married May 28, 1839, Monroe County, Indiana.
She's buried at Old Allen's Creek Cemetery, Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
Father of Melissa, Louisa, Henry, Margaret, David, Peter, Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Eli (Elija) Eads. All born Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
William's military records report him to have been forty-four years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and by occupation a farmer.
He is interred in the 'Chattanooga National Cemetery', Section A, Grave 141.
They are buried in Kinser Cemetery, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
Husband of Nancy J. Miller, married May 28, 1839, Monroe County, Indiana.
She's buried at Old Allen's Creek Cemetery, Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
Father of Melissa, Louisa, Henry, Margaret, David, Peter, Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Eli (Elija) Eads. All born Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
William's military records report him to have been forty-four years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and by occupation a farmer.
He is interred in the 'Chattanooga National Cemetery', Section A, Grave 141.
US Infantry, War Between the States∼Son of Isham Eads/Edds & Elizabeth "Betsy" Sowder Eads. Married ca 1816, Kentucky.
They are buried in Kinser Cemetery, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
Husband of Nancy J. Miller, married May 28, 1839, Monroe County, Indiana.
She's buried at Old Allen's Creek Cemetery, Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
Father of Melissa, Louisa, Henry, Margaret, David, Peter, Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Eli (Elija) Eads. All born Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
William's military records report him to have been forty-four years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and by occupation a farmer.
He is interred in the 'Chattanooga National Cemetery', Section A, Grave 141.
They are buried in Kinser Cemetery, Lawrence Co., Indiana.
Husband of Nancy J. Miller, married May 28, 1839, Monroe County, Indiana.
She's buried at Old Allen's Creek Cemetery, Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
Father of Melissa, Louisa, Henry, Margaret, David, Peter, Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Eli (Elija) Eads. All born Polk Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana.
On Feb. 24, 1864 William Edds--spelling from the document--was enrolled at Columbus, Indiana in Company H, 120th Regiment of Indiana Volunteers to serve three years or for the length of the Civil War. On the records of that regiment he is reported to have died in the U.S.A. General Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee on April 26, 1864 of congestion of the lungs, as a prisoner of war at Andersonville. His son, Henry enrolled with him and was in same unit. (Henry suffered an injury of the arm that crippled it for the rest of his life).
William's military records report him to have been forty-four years of age, 5 feet 9 inches tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and by occupation a farmer.
He is interred in the 'Chattanooga National Cemetery', Section A, Grave 141.
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