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William Robert Wilbourn

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Birth	:	11 Apr 1831 North Carolina, USA
Death	:	25 Aug 1905 Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.7808300, -79.4450600
Description	:	Parents: Phoebe Moore Thomas Wingfield Wilbourn CSA Enlisted in Company I, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia, Stonewall Bridage on 23 October 1864. POW on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA Confined on 28 March 1865 at Point Lookout, MD Paroled on 19 June 1865 at Point Lookout, MD Inventor of the "Wilbourn Saddle" Death of Mr. W. R. Wilbourn on Friday Night Mr. William Robert Wilbourn died, at his home in Lexington Friday night, after a long and painful illness, from a complication of diseases which baffled the skill of the best physicians. For twenty years he had been in failing health, and for the past nine years... Read More	Parents: Phoebe Moore Thomas Wingfield Wilbourn CSA Enlisted in Company I, 4th Infantry Regiment Virginia, Stonewall Bridage on 23 October 1864. POW on 25 March 1865 at Fort Stedman, VA Confined on 28 March 1865 at Point Lookout, MD Paroled on 19 June 1865 at Point Lookout, MD Inventor of the "Wilbourn Saddle" Death of Mr. W. R. Wilbourn on Friday Night Mr. William Robert Wilbourn died, at his home in Lexington Friday night, after a long and painful illness, from a complication of diseases which baffled the skill of the best physicians. For twenty years he had been in failing health, and for the past nine years was confined to an invalid's chair, at times suffering intensely. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Sprunt of Charleston, S. C., who is supplying the pulpit of the Lexington church during August. He was assisted by Rev. J. Olin Knott, pastor of Trinity Methodist church. The interment was made in the Lexington cemetery. Mr. Wilbourn was a veteran of two wars. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Mexican War, but never saw active duty, being detained with other soldiers at Old Point, Va. For many years previous to his death he had received a Federal pension because of his enlistment in that war. He also served in the Civil War as a member of Company I, 4th Virginia Infantry (College Company), Stonewall Brigade. He was captured at Petersburg March 25, 1865, and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Md., where he remained until the close of the war. He was a brave and gallant soldier. Mr. Wilbourn was born in Granville County, N. C., April 11, 1831, and came to Virginia as a youth in 1848. He located in Lexington where he learned the saddle and harness business, which he followed until about twenty years ago, when he was incapacitated from work on account of failing health. He was an expert workman, and was the Inventor of the "Wilbourn Saddle," which has enjoyed a large sale. From 1851 to 1878 he made his home in Brownsburg, since which time to his death he lived in Lexington. Mr. Wilbourn was a man of unusual intelligence, was a kind and sympathetic neighbor, and a patriotic citizen. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1851 Mr. Wilbourn married Miss Edna Jane Chittum, a daughter of the late Frances Sarah Turner and Thomas G. Chittum of Lexington. She survives, with the following children: Messrs. Henry Wilbourn of Johnson City, Tenn., Samuel M. Wilbourn of Buena Vista, and E. R. and A. W. Wilbourn of Lexington, Mrs. C. S. Miller of Shepherdstown, W. Va., Mrs. G. W. Bare of Lexington and Mrs. C. K. Newman of Bridgewater. Va. Lexington Gazette, Wednesday, August 30, 1905

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William Robert Wilbourn's memorial is located at: Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, USA.
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William Robert Wilbourn death on 25 Aug 1905 in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 37.7808300
Longitude: -79.4450600

Family Members:

Spouse

Edna Jane Chittum Wilbourn

(1835 - 1913)

Children

Samuel Morris Wilbourn

(1856 - 1940)

Cornelia “Nellie” Wilbourn Weaver

(1860 - 1886)

Dora Wilbourn Bare

(1869 - 1953)

Lydia Wilbourn Newman

(1871 - 1955)

James A. Wilbourn

(1873 - 1893)

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