Person:William Oungst (1)

William G. Oungst

d.11 Dec 1903 Elkhart, Iowa

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m. 23 Oct 1850

Facts and Events

Name^[1]	William G. Oungst
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	5 Apr 1828	Rockingham County, Virginia
Marriage	23 Oct 1850	Benton County, Indianato Mary Westfall Mills
Death^[1]	11 Dec 1903	Elkhart, Iowa
Cause of Death^[1]		Pneumonia.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Mills, Frank Moody. Something about the Mills family and its collateral branches: with autobiographical reminiscences. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota: [s.n.], 1911)
Page 193., 1911.

"...Wm. G. Oungst, son of Henry and Anna Oungst, natives of Germany, who was born April 5th, 1828 in Rockingham Co., Va., and died Dec. 11, 1903, at Elkhart, Iowa, of pneumonia. He entered the service in 1861 as 2nd Lieut. in 10th Iowa infantry, promoted to 1st Lieut. Was in battles of Ft. Pillow, Iuka and discharged for physical inability in 1863. Was raised on a farm, but had been a merchant in Indianola and in Jefferson, Iowa; returned to farm after the war." (pg 193)