William L Sumner
1847 - 1862 (15 years)-
Name William L Sumner [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth 1847 Trigg County, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Census 1860 Trigg County, Kentucky, USA [3] Son of EA and J Sumner Military POW 1862 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [4] Captured and transferred to Camp Douglas _MILT 1862 Tennessee, USA [4] Confederate Army - War between the States; 50th Tennessee Infantry Death 5 Mar 1862 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA [1, 2, 3, 4] Cause: Killed in Action - Died as a Prisoner of War - Died at Camp Douglas
Burial Oak Hill Cemetery, Blue Island, Cook, Illinois, USA [1] - Confederate Mound
Person ID I19201 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father James 'Jim' Sumner, b. 1824, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 1888, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 64 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Ann Bell, b. 1825, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 10 Apr 1863, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA (Age 38 years) Relationship natural Marriage 25 Oct 1843 Trigg County, Kentucky, USA [2, 5, 6] Family ID F10158 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Arms and Icons Grave Marker - Southern Cross of Honor
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Sources - [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
William was a Confererate soldier that had been taken prisoner and transfered to Camp Douglas where he died.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25949715/william-l.-sumner - [S61] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), WFT - Vol 18, Ed 1, Tree #2096.
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1860 United States Federal Census - [S1283] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;).
U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 - [S225] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
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Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965
- [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).