Union Civil War Veteran. He served with the 93rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company F. He was mustered in and out as a Private. His regiment served in the XVII Corps during the Vicksburg and Atlanta Campaigns and in the XV Corps during Sherman's March to the Sea.
His Find a Grave memorial has the wrong birth year of 24 should read 34. His headstone also has the erroneous date.
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Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDDN-HQH : 10 February 2018), William W Wilder and Carrie Wallace, 27 May 1872; citing , Montgomery, Oh, reference 2:3Q19JZP; FHL microfilm 1,030,838.
↑ Florida Deaths, 1877-1939," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPHV-TFC : 9 March 2018), William W. Wilden in entry for William Wallace Wilden, 05 May 1934; citing Daytona Beach, Volucia, Florida, reference 9074; FHL microfilm 2,135,594.
United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXQQ-87W : accessed 15 March 2015), William W Wilder in household of Stephen Wilder, Storrs, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing family 1130, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M62J-XYR : accessed 19 March 2015), William Wilder in household of Elizabeth Wilder, Ohio, United States; citing p. 96, family 772, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,716.
United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S3-V8G : 26 August 2017), William W Wilder, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 161, sheet 374C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1051; FHL microfilm 1,255,051.
Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6DQ-82R : 11 February 2018), William W. Wilder, ; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 182,790
Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVL-NBBF : 13 December 2015), William Wilkinson Wilder, 1909; Burial, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America, Spring Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 21911850, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.