Soldier:  William Willets

Regiment:         3^rd. OVI            

Company:         I

Age:  30                                  

Date Entering Service:  4/23/1861

Period of Service:  5 months

Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed):

Discharged September 1861

Battles in which he fought:

Battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia                            7/6/1861

Battle of Elkwater, West Virginia                                     7/11/1861

Other interesting information discovered:

William Willets was born in Morrow County on 1/9/1831. William’s younger brother, Wendall was killed in the Battle of Stones River in 1862.  William married Lucinda Grandy on 12/4/1858 in Morrow County, Ohio, three children were born of this union.  William lived and farmed in the Cardington, Ohio area all of his life.  At one time he lived on Nicholas Street in Cardington. Lucinda collected a widow’s pension on 6/24/1904.

Date of Death:   6/18/1904                     Place of burial:  Glendale Cemetery, Cardington, Ohio

Adopted By:  Morrow County Veteran Services               Researcher: Velda L Montgomery