William Henry Amiss (1829 - 1903)

Born 12 Nov 1829 in Amissville, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States

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Died 8 Aug 1903 at age 73 in Woodville, Rappahannock, Virginia, United States

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Biography

William Henry Amiss was born on 12 November 1829 at Rappahannock County, Virginia.^[1] He was the son of Elijah Amiss and Ann Leavell.

He was educated at the University of Virginia, where he took his earlier course in medicine, graduating later at the University of Pennsylvania, April 9, 1853.^[1]

Wm H Amiss married Sarah Wade Bragg (daughter of Evans and Lucy Bragg) on 22 June 1854 at Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA.^[2]

Dr. William H Amiss of Sperryville served in the Confederate Army with Stonewall Jackson. His obituary states:

At the breaking out of the great war, Dr. Amiss went to Richmond, and offered his professional services to the Surgeon General, C. S. A. He was commissioned Assistant Surgeon, and assigned as such with the Nineteenth Mississippi Regiment, and served with it during the Peninsula Campaign and The Seven Days' fighting around Richmond, after which he was promoted to Surgeon, and transferred to the Sixtieth Georgia Regiment, Lawton's Brigade, then stationed at Mechanicsville, near Gordonsville, Va., in 1862, and remained with it until the close of the war, rendering distinguished service.^[1]

In conjunction with his brother, Dr. T.B. Amiss, Surgeon of the Thirty-First Georgia Regiment, Lawton's Brigade, he performed an almost miraculous operation upon Maj. Snowden Andrews, of Maryland, on the night after the Battle of Cedar Mountain. Maj. Andrews survived the war...^[1]

With the exception of the four years of the War between the States, the long, busy period of his professional life, amounting in all to fifty years, was passed in Springville, Va.^[1]

Dr William Henry Amiss passed away on 8 August 1903 at Woodville, Rappahannock County, Virginia.^[1]

Residences

1850 US Census, Warren County, Virginia, William H Amiss, 21, Teacher, in household of brother-in-law, William S Alsop and sister, Lavinia Alsop.^[3]

1860 US Census, Rappahannock, Virginia.^[4]

William H Amiss, Male, 30, Virginia, Physician, $3930 Real Estate, $6450 Personal Estate.

Sallie Amiss, Female, 25, Virginia

William H Amiss, Male, 4, Virginia

Lucie E Amiss, Female, 3, Virginia

Amanda Bragg, Female, 30, Virginia, $4500 Personal Estate

Eliza S Amiss, Female, 14. Virginia, $2500 Personal Estate

James L Pullin, Male, 31, Virginia, Farm hand.

Slaves

1860 US Slave Schedule, Rappahannock, Virginia, William H Amiss, p. 38, line 33.

Black female 30

Black male 20

Black female 14

Black female 12

Black female 10

Black male 10

Black male 6

Black female 4

Black male 2

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q53R-3GN1 : 18 July 2020), Dr William H Amiss, 1903.
2. ↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRH7-XJD : 29 January 2020), Wm. H. Amiss, 1854.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DT-664 : 23 December 2020), William H Amijs in household of William S Alsop, Warren, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHMS-RXZ : 18 February 2021), William H Amiss, 1860.

See also:

• FamilySearch Record: L6MC-M7F Dr. William Henry Amiss.