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Person Details
 
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
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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