Sgt. Willis M. Vest – [Plot D-63; Unreadable] ADOPTED

Vest, Willis M. Born in Franklin County VA, age 20 when enlisted 6/21/61 Present thru 6/63. Died August 17, 1863 from wounds recieved at Gettysburg. (from 57th Virginia Infantry by Sublett)

Vest, Willis M. (4th Sgt.): (21 in 1863); born in Franklin County; wife Mrs. M. J. Vest; shot in both shoulders injuring the lungs and captured; died at West's Buildings Hospital [Baltimore, MD] August 18, 1863. (from Nothing but Glory by Harrison and Busey)

57) Courtesy of Karen Christensen Kchriste@syr.edu

Buried 8/19/1863, aged 21.

6) Records of Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

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Pvt. Hezekiah William Veirs – [Plot I-04; Unreadable] ADOPTED

Born in Montgomery County, MD, March 21, 1824….Prisoner about two months in Old Capital Prison, Washington, DC. Never paroled.

1) Toomey, Page 83

MARY ANN3 “POLLY” BURKE (JOHN2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1840 in Rappahannock Co., VA. She married (1) UNNAMED. She married (2) HEZEKIAH WILLIAM VEIRS 18 December 1882 in Rappahannock Co., VA, son of WILLIAM VEIRS and ELIZABETH BEALMEAR. He was born 2 March 1824 in Montgomery Co., Maryland, and died 16 August 1905 in Pikesville, Baltimore Co., Maryland.

Notes for HEZEKIAH WILLIAM VEIRS:

Hezekiah was a 52-years old widower from Montgomery County, MD when he married Polly Ann.

More About HEZEKIAH WILLIAM VEIRS:

Burial: Confederate Hill at Loudoun Park Cemetery, Baltimore, MD

More About HEZEKIAH VEIRS and MARY BURKE:

Marriage: 18 December 1882, Rappahannock Co., VA

24) Courtesy Pat Trotter

Died 8/16/1905.

6) Records of Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland

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