William Wallace Foreman, 12th West Virginia Infantry, Civil War

WILLIAM WALLACE FOREMAN, Company "D"

From records of the Adjutant General's Office, compiled by the West Virginia State Archives:

12th Infantry, Co. D:
William W. Foreman - resident or enrolled at West Liberty, W.Va.; 19; mustered in 19 Feb 1864 at Wheeling, W.Va. Farmer born Ohio County, W.Va. Recruit discharged from U. S. General Hospital Fortress Monroe, Va., 02 Jun 1865, by order War Dep't dated 03 May 1865. (See Co. "C" 10th W.Va. Infantry.)

10th Infantry, Co. C:
W. W. Foreman - resident or enrolled at West Liberty, W.Va.; 19; mustered in 19 Feb 1864 at Wheeling, W.Va. Mustered out 09 Aug 1865. Farmer born Ohio County, W.Va. Recruit transferred from Co. D, 12th W.Va. Inf. at Richmond, Va., per Special Order #146 dated Headquarters 24th Army Corps 14 Jun 1865. (See Co. "D" 12th W.Va. Inf.)

Submitted by John D. Foreman

William Wallace Foreman was born January, 1845 in Ohio County, Va.
Parents: Reuben & Jane - Per 1850 Census, Ohio County, Va.
Address: Clinton, Liberty District, Ohio County, W.Va.
Buried in West Alexander (PA) Cemetery. Gravestone: “Soldier, Farmer, Teacher”
Married: Susanna Virginia (Jennie S.) Faris, 13 Jun 1869, Ohio County W.Va.

Children:
John Charles Foreman born in MO, March 1873
Mildred Foreman born in Boone County MO, 1870 (apparently died before 1880 census)
Zella Bell Foreman born Oct 1877 in Ohio County WV
Mervin Taylor Foreman born July 1875 in MO
Bertha Foreman born 1880
William True Foreman born March 1884

W. W. Foreman After the Civil War