Soldier: William C. Willson
Regiment: 3rd. OVI
Company: I
Age: 19
Date Entering Service: September 2, 1861
Period of Service: 3 years
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):
Discharged on a Surgeon’s Certificate of Disability, May 1862
Battles in which he fought:
Discharged prior to any battle in which his regiment was engaged.
Other interesting information discovered:
William Wilson lived in Mt. Gilead until the mid to late 1890’s, when he moved to Columbus. He remained there for the rest of his life. His wife’s name was Elizabeth. In 1889 he filed for an invalid’s pension. After his death his body was brought back to Mt. Gilead.
Date of Death: February 2, 1928 Place of burial: Rivercliff, Mt. Gilead, OH
Adopted By: Researcher: Patrick Drouhard