Person:William Taliaferro (6)
William James Taliaferro
b.1847 Louisiana, United States
d.20 Sep 1867
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  1. William James Taliaferro1847 - 1867
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Name[3] William James Taliaferro
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3] 1847 Louisiana, United States
Military[4][5] 1865 Louisiana, United StatesPvt. Company E, Madison's Regiment, Third Texas Cavalry
Death[3] 20 Sep 1867
Burial[3] Sep 1867 Alexander Cemetery, Catahoula, Louisiana, United States

In March 1851 letter home, William's 15 year old cousin, Joseph H. Peckham, gives a brief account of taking 3 year old William to New Orleans :

"Your's of the 18th February, received by me on Wednesday, just as I was about leaving for New Orleans. I told you in my last which was written on Friday that I was about leaving for New Orleans in order to take Willy to his Mother. I had brought him and his nurse from Jackson but when we got on board by some accident too long to explain his nurse was left behind and I took him (he is only three years old) to New Orleans alone. He cried two or three times but I sang him to sleep again, and we got along admirably."

-- Letter of Joseph Henry Peckham to his Father, March 8, 1851; The Wheeler H. Peckham Papers, 1838-1894, Library of Congress, ID No. MSS35744.

References
  1. ↑ 1850 Census, East Feliciana Parish, Louisana
    154.

    William J. Tolear (sic), 3 years old, born Louisiana, residing with his mother and grandparents in Jackson, Louisiana.

  2. ↑ 1860 Census, Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Division No. 1
    61/61, June 12, 1860.

    William Taliaferro, 13 years old, born Louisiana, residing with his mother and grandparents in Okolona, Mississippi.

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Grave Marker.

    "Sacred to the memory of Wm. James Taliaferro, died Sept. 20, 1867, in the 21st year of his age.
    ---
    Simply to thy cross I cling."

  4. ↑ Records of Louisiana Confederate soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands Compiled by Andrew B. Booth, Commissioner Louisiana Military Records
    Volume 3, Book 2, page 763, New Orleans, 1920.

    "Taliaferro, Wm. James, Pvt. Company E, Madison's Regiment, Rolls of Prisoners of War, CSA. Paroled Alexandria, LA July 1, 1865. Res. New Orleans, LA"

  5. ↑ Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865
    M598, Reel 74, Pages 210-11, 1965.

    Wm. James Taliaferro, Pvt. Co. E, Madison's Regt.; Surrender May 26, 1865 at New Orleans; Paroled July 11, 1865 Alexandria; Residence: New Orleans.

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