William P. Terwilliger (1838 - 1912)

Born 18 Feb 1838 in Clarion Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1912 at age 74 in Fisher, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States

Corporal William Terwilliger served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Aug 13, 1862
Mustered out: Jun 27, 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 149th Pennsylvania Infantry

Biography

William was enrolled 13 Aug 1862 in Co. H, 149 PA Vols. He was captured 5 May 1864 and sent to Andersonville. He was paroled at N.E. Ferry, North Carolina 27 Feb 1865 and sent to Camp Distribution, Virginia 3 May 1865. He was discharged 27 June 1865 in Elmira, New York. He was a member of the National Association of Ex-Union Prisoners of War and the Andersonville Survivors' Association. He attended the dedication of the Pennsylvania Memorial at Andersonville on December 7, 1905.

He was a farmer, and lived in Strattonville, Clarion County, Pennsylvania. He and Mary had these children: Lawrence Grant, Orin Burton, William Taylor, Harry Willis, Kathryn Mae, Eva Belle, Bessie Irene.

Birth

Date: 18 Feb 1838

Place: Fisher, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Military Service

Date: 30 Aug 1862

Place: Pennsylvania, USA^[1]

Company H, 149th Pennsylvania Infantry

Residence

Date: 1850

Place: Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Date: 1860

Place: Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[2]

Date: 1870

Place: Fisher, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA

Date: 1880

Place: Millcreek, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[3]

Date: 1890

Place: Fisher, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[4]

Date: 1900

Place: Millcreek, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[5]

Date: 1910

Place: Millcreek, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[6]

Death

Date: 13 Jun 1912

Place: Fisher, Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS39-9P2 : 4 December 2014), William Terwilliger, Private, Company , 103rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M554 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 121; FHL microfilm 882,456.
2. ↑ United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXPK-782 : 4 October 2017), William Terwhilager in entry for Solomon Terwhilager, 1860.
3. ↑ United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWX5-T3D : 15 July 2017), William Terwilliger, Mill Creek, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 419A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1118; FHL microfilm 1,255,118.
4. ↑ United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8SD-9BJ : 14 November 2014), William Terwilliger, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,246.
5. ↑ United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M39L-CC3 : accessed 20 November 2017), William P Terwilliger, Millcreek Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16, sheet 7B, family 125, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,395.
6. ↑ United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGZW-GGJ : accessed 20 November 2017), William Terwilliger, Mill Creek, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 5B, family 80, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1329; FHL microfilm 1,375,342.
7. ↑ Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=PADeathCollection&h=4 11952&indiv=try
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #47449742