Bays, William Linsey - Company K - PC#298111, WC#454454 - enlisted 1
Feb 1864 - 6’0”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair - born about 1842
Patrick NC - died 25 May 1894 - married #1 Sarah Parsons 7 Apr 1864 Kanawha Co
- married #2 _________, - married #3 Frances Mounts 14 Nov 1872 Kanawha Co. -
Children : Perlina born 23 Sep 1879 and Mary C. 29 Aug 1884
Bays, William T. - Company D -
WPC336595 - enlisted 20 Sep 1861 - 5’9”tall, light complexion, blue eyes, dark
hair - born about 1834 Putnam Co. VA - died 10 Aug 1888 Gallipolis OH - married
Ann Cook 21 Jun 1860 WV - children in pension: Virgie Lee 3 Jul 1876, Harry
Clayton 1 Sep 1878, Minnie Mae 23 Oct 1881, Lura B. 23 Mar 1883
Beasley, Robert C. - Company K -
PC#552409, WC#636384 - enlisted 25 Aug 1864 Charleston - 5’10”tall, fair
complexion, grey eyes, dark hair - born about 1832 Carroll Co. VA -
children:Lydia, Pheobe, Robert, Thomas, James and Mina
Beckner, William H. - Company
E - PC#660118, WA#548793, contesting WA#563374 - promoted to 2nd Lt. 1 Apr 1864
- married Sarah A. Steagall, she later married Daniel H. Abbott
Belcher, William - Company E - PC#562489 - drafted 26 Sep 1864
Charleston - 5’5”tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair - born about 1826
Pike Co. KY - died 7 Aug 1913 Putney WV
Belcher, William - Company G -
PC#737258 - 5’10”tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair - born about 1840
Bender, George W. - Company I -
PA#487657, WC#309298 - enlisted 9 Dec 1864 Charleston - 5’7”tall, fair
complexion, brown eyes, dark hair - born about 1842 Braxton Co. VA
Bennett, Richard - Company D -
PC#795497, WC#969816 - enlisted 20 Sep 1861 Buffalo - 6’2”tall, light
complexion, blue eyes, light hair - born about 1840 Putnam Co. VA - died 1 Jul
1925 Gallipolis OH
Bernard, Gustavus A. - Company C
- PC#577685 - enlisted 7 Jan 1865 Point Pleasant WV - 5’7”tall, fair
complexion, blue eyes, dark hair - born about 1845 Franklin County VA - died 13
Dec 1925 Mooresville, Missouri - residence Jackson Co. WV
Berry, Wiley A. - Company F -
PC#277978 - 5’5”tall, dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair - born about 1830
Lawrence Co. KY
Bess, William D. - Company ?
- PA#426461, WC#350211 - enlisted 17 Mar
1864 Charleston - 5’9”tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair - born about
1843 Putnam Co. WV
Bias, Evermont - Company C , and
Company A 1st WV Inf. - son of James and Mary Brooks Bias - married Elizabeth
Ann Hager daughter of Robert and Ruth Adkins Hager - children: Levina, Chloe,
Angeline, Van, Enoch, Cora, T.M.
Bias, James K.P. - Company B -
PC#839481, WC#933943 - enlisted 15 Jun 1863 - 5’9”tall, fair complexion, blue
eyes, chestnut hair - born 21 Aug 1845 Logan County VA son of James and Mary
Brooks Bias - died 5 Feb 1923 Huntington WV - married Mary Angeline Barker 9
Aug 1865 or 9 Aug 1868 in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lick Creek, Boone
Co. WV - children: Linnie E, born 24 May 1868, Joel W. 27 Apr 1870, James M. 20
May 1872, , Lillie L. 23 Jul 1874, Avery A. 25 Jan 1875, Joseph H. 7 Feb 1881,
Andrew F. 24 Aug 1883, Mary M. 4 Jan 1880 and Marshall A. 19 Jul 1886 - lived
1865 to 1880 Boone Co. then Kanawha and Cabell Counties - James K. Bias also
served in Confederate Army
Bias, John Bernard Cassett - Company G - PC#804495, WC#630377 - enlisted 7 Nov 1861 -
5’8”tall, light complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair - born about 1840 Boone Co.
VA son of Obediah and Eleanor - died 26 Sep 1906 Boone Co. - married Mary Jane
Lilly 2 Apr 1865 at Coal Dale OH - children: Robert B. 22 Nov 1871, Margaret A.
2 May 1874, George W. 7 Feb 1877, Avie E. 4 May 1879, John B.C. also served in
Confederate Army
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