Smith, William J.

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Marriage & Children

Military Service

Residence: Knox, West Township
Enlistment Date: 27 August 1862
Enlistment Place: Albany, NY
Enlistment Rank: Private
State Served: New York
Regiment: 43rd Infantry
Company: Company H
Muster Out Date: 16 June 1865
Muster Out Place: Washington, DC
Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 37
Sources Used: 1890 Veterans Census; Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers

Death

Knox - Lee's Church Cemetery - William J. Smith Pvt Co B 43 US Inf 1825-1901

Buried in Lee's Church Cemetery - William J. Smith Pvt Co B 43 US Inf 1825-1901


Obituary

William J. Smith Obituary - Altamont Enterprise - May 8, 1901

William J. Smith died at his home Friday morning, April 25, after an Illness of several weeks, aged 76 years. The funeral services were held from his late residence Bnndsy morning, Rev. Isaac Vanderpoel officiating. Interment in Lees cemetery. He is survived by a wife and two daughters.

Additional Research Notes

William J. Smith was born and raised in Duanesburg. He came to Knox at about 1880. He was not a Hilltown soldier.

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Knox - William J. Smith - Muster Roll

New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about William J Smith
Name: William J Smith
Age: 37
Birth Year: abt 1825
Birth Place: Duanesburgh, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Albany, New York
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Transferred
Separation Date: 22 Sep 1864

Source Citation: New York State Archives, Cultural Education Center, Albany, New York; New York Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900;Archive Collection #:13775-83;Box #:161;Roll #:1024-1025.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Original data: Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts of New York State Volunteers, United States Sharpshooters, and United States Colored Troops [ca. 1861-1900]. (microfilm, 1185 rolls). Albany, New York: New York State Archives.


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