From Cemeteries of Western Greene County:
Anderson, William, no
dates: Co. F, 59th Ind. Inf.
Anderson, Nancy J. 10 Sep 1833 - 7 Jan 1890; w/o Wm. Anderson
There is, at least, no other Wm. Anderson buried at the Worthington
Cemetery. It is possible that the "F" Company was misread or mismarked.
I can try to find him the next time I'm over there (I live in Worthington).
From Cemeteries of Western Greene County Vol II:
In the German -
Memory Hill Cemetery...
Anderson, William, died 22 Jan 1892, 66Y
I could find no other William Andersons that were close to the age of
yours.
You may also be interested in this from "Early History of Greene County,
Indiana."
Elijah H. C. Cavins: He was born in Greene County in 1832. He was a
brother of Aden G. Cavins. Their parents were Samuel R. and Susan Cavins,
who had 13 children. Elizjah attended Indiana Asbury College and Indiana
University and graduated from the law department of the latter institution
in 1853. He practiced law in Bloomfield until the beginning of the Civil
War, when he organized a company of volunteers and elected captain of the
company. He participated in many of the battles and was made a colonel in
May, 1864. He married Ann *Downing*, daughter of Alexander *Downing*, in
1855. They had four children: Ida (Marshall); Carrie (Schell); Susan
(Drybread); Samuel R. After the end of the Civil War, Col. Cavins
continued his law practice in Bloomfield until his retirement in 1906. He
died in 1910.
Also of possible interest to you: Joanna Shaw was the first white female
child born within the present limits of Greene County. She married Joseph
W. Eveleigh, of Bloomfield, and their children were Robert E., Mrs. Marcus
Shryer and Mrs. Andrew *Downing*. Joanna was born in 1820 and died in
Bloomfield at an advanced age.
Ellie
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Surname: Anderson, Young, Turner, Bryant, Cravens, Cavins, Downing
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Looking for William ANDERSON, dob abt 1819 in KY, son of William and Mary
YOUNG. William has a brother, Samuel Y. whose dob is abt 1827, and both
brothers married TURNER girls in 1847 in Greene Co. Both brothers are on
the 1850 census. MY DILEMMA: There is a William Anderson who served in
the 59th Reg. Co. E IN Vols (I have the entire file) and he fits MY Wm
Anderson, almost. The differences: The Company E William is married in
Aug 1851 to Nancy Jane Bryant in Jefferson Co., TN, and they have a son
James S. who was born Dec. 18, 1874,attended by Dr. Samuel C. Cravens.
Perhaps Nancy Turner died and he married another Nancy? The ages of both
Williams work out the same for his birth: 1819.
Per the pension file, William suffered the usual bad health from
the Civil
War, most debilitating was his diahhrea which the Dr. prescribed
something
called "Aconite" which was supposed to help him, but died from
it instead.
There was a coroner's inquest and affidavits attesting to his
good character,
with one exception from Ira Jones who claimed Wm. was drunk when he took
a swallow of the Aconite, dying within 10 minutes, and Jones felt Wm. had
"killed himself"....and Jones' affidavit was signed "Yours for
Justice".
One significant affidavit was signed by John G. Anderson who lived next
door to EHL Cavins, (my William had an older brother John G. [dob 1815]
but nowhere does it say he is the brother of William).
1850 Census shows my Wm Anderson living in Richland Twp with wife Nancy
who was born in TN and children Cyress age 2 and William age 1.
The pension
file indicates that Wm lived in Worthington and/or Bloomfield and died
1 Feb. 1887. William Anderson and wife Nancy J. are buried in
the Worthington
Cemetery. My William also had a sister, Lycenia Downing who was
the mother-in-law
to EHL Cavins. Are there two Williams, or one? arenfro(a)worldaccessnet.com