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Last NameTANNER
First NameWILLIAM M
Maiden 
RelationH/O PHEBE MATTESON; [S/O WILLIAM & SALLY (PARKER]
Cemetery NumberWG002
Cemetery NamePLAIN MEETING HOUSE
Birth Day0
Birth Month 
Birth Year1834c
Death Day21
Death MonthOCT
Death Year1861
AGE nth Year -
AGE Years 27
AGE Months -
AGE Days -
WarCIVIL
Gravestone Details
Section 
Lot 
Map00104
Stone Materialmarble
Conditiongood
Shapemonument
Carvingno carving
Legibilitygood
Number of Graves on Stone2
Stone Height (inches) 
Stone Width (inches) 
Exists?
Last Seen Date2019
Carver 
Notes/Misc Details
NotesMONUMENT INCLUDES: "CORP OF BATTERY BI REG.RI ARTILLERY" "SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT WHILE SWIMMING THE POTOMAC AT THE RETREAT OF BALL'S BLUFF VA OCT 21 1861" [b. 2 May 1834 Hopkinton; GS/O Stillman & Martha (Wilcox) Tanner] died: BALL'S BLUFF,VA
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