Soldier:  William C. Willson

Regiment:  3^rd. 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