Person:William Adney (4)

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Source: John R. Adney records at FHL Microfiche 6010571

William Perry Adney, born June 27, 1834; died July 3, 1873. He served in the War of the Rebellion in Company K, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He married in 1858* Rebecca Slater and had children:

(*Marriage Record Book A, pg. 103, Richland Co. WI, Date Nov. 4, 1858)

1) Oliver Perry Samuel Adney Address in 1902 Muskoda, Wisconsin

2) Francis Lincoln Adney born July 12, 1865 died Jan. 9, 1904

3) Leonard Lincoln Adney born 29 Jul 1893 "Address Big Sandy, Mont."

4) Richard Grant Adney Address in 1902 Orion, Richland County, Wisconsin

1850 US CENSUS, Ohio, Gallia, Huntington Township:

William P. Adney is age 16, living with parents.

Marriage to Rebecca Slater on 4 Nov 1858. Here is Rebecca on the 1850 US Census:

1850 US Census, District 26, Richland Co., WI

SLATER, REBECCA Age 13 (F) born MD (with parents Richard & Anna Slater)

1860 US Census: William and Rebecca Adney are NOT found. William enlisted in the Civil War from Wisconsin in 1861:

American Civil War Soldiers: Name: Perry Adney Res: Eagle, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 8 Oct 1861 Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 8 October 1861. Enlisted in Company D, 11th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 8 Oct 1861. Mustered Out Company D, 11th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 18 Nov 1864.

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Perry Adney Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin Regiment Name: 11th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Company: D Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M559 roll 1

1870 US CENSUS, Wisc., Richland, Eagle Township: Perry Adney, age 36, Farmer, born in OH. Rebecca Adney, Age 33, born in MD. Oliver Adney, Age 10, born in Wisc. Francis, Age 5, born in Wisc. Edward, Age 3, born in Wisc.

Civil War Pension Index: Name: Perry Adney Service: 11th Wisc. Inf. / 23rd Wisc. Inf. State Filed: Kansas Widow: Rebecca Adney Filed: 21 June 1880 Minor: Solomon Coon Filed: 3 Aug 1888 (who is this?)

Rebecca is widowed in the 1880 census, still living in Eagle Township:

1880 US CENSUS - Census Place: Eagle, Richland, Wisconsin

Rebecca ADNEY Self W Female age 42 MD Keeping House MD MD

Oliver S. ADNEY Son S Male age 20 WI Work On Farm MD MD

Frank L. ADNEY Son S Male age 14 WI At Home MD MD

Edward C. ADNEY Son S Male age 13 WI At Home MD MD

Richard G. ADNEY Son S Male age 6 WI MD MD

Slater Plot Cemetery Records - Eagle Township, Richland County, WI

ADNEY, Rebecca SLATER Married William Perry Adney on November 4, 1858. No dates listed!

SLATER, Anna Born: 02-29-1796 Died: 02-03-1872 Wife of Richard Slater. Aged 75Ys 11Ms 5Ds

SLATER, Richard Born: 08-13-1796 Died: 02-17-1863 Aged 66Ys 6Ms 4Ds

ADNEY, Rebecca SLATER No dates listed!

ADNEY, William Perry Born: 06-27-1836 (wrong) Died: 07-02-1873

    Private Co D, 11th Wis Inf - Civil War
    Married Rebecca Slater on November 4, 1858.
    Marker laying under large spruce tree.

The Slater family plot is on private property. My sister and I visited the site in 2009 and found it by pure serendipity. We could not find it on the road as listed in library records, so we stopped to ask a young man on a tractor. He graciously offered to help us, saying he thought it was at the farm next to him and would take us there. We followed his tractor to a house and a young girl came out. Her name was Julie and she told us that the family plot was in poor shape and surrounded by barbed wire, but she would take us there if we wanted. So we hopped a tall fence into a horse pasture and tromped to the back of her property. Here was a small area under trees surrounded by barbed wire fence and only one monument. My sister held the wire fence down and I climbed over to take pictures. The only tombstone was for Rebecca's parents, Richard and Anna Slater. This plot was full of long grass, bushes, and mosquitoes. (Oh yes, I needed insect bite cream next.) I also found an old stone in the ground which could have been a tombstone a long time ago, but no carving found on it. I think I identified the two spruce trees where William Perry Adney was supposedly buried, but no tombstone found. A plaque was supposedly ordered by someone for his grave because he was a Civil War veteran, but there was no plaque there. Sad to say it could have been was stolen.