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William Taggert Strother

Birth	:	13 Jul 1839 Licking County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	7 Feb 1923 USA
Burial	:	Mount Shasta Memorial Park, Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.3182983, -122.3330994
Inscription	:	Civil War - Union - Company "D", 21st Ohio Infantry
Description	:	Son of John J. & Margaret (Moody) Strother. Married to Adeline E. Gerrard on 11-27-1867. During the Civil War, he joined the "boys in blue" of Company G, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for ninety days' service, enlisting April 22, 1861. He was discharged on the 13th of August following, after having participated in the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford. A year passed and he reenlisted on the 26th of August, 1861, joining Company D, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With his command he participated in thirty-nine engagements, including the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzards Roost, Resaca, Kingston,... Read More	Son of John J. & Margaret (Moody) Strother. Married to Adeline E. Gerrard on 11-27-1867. During the Civil War, he joined the "boys in blue" of Company G, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for ninety days' service, enlisting April 22, 1861. He was discharged on the 13th of August following, after having participated in the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill and Carrick's Ford. A year passed and he reenlisted on the 26th of August, 1861, joining Company D, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With his command he participated in thirty-nine engagements, including the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Buzzards Roost, Resaca, Kingston, Pickett's Mills, Vining Station, Peach Tree Creek, the Atlanta campaign, and was also with Sherman on the march to the sea. When the war was over he took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C., the most celebrated military pageant ever seen on the western hemisphere, and on the 26th of August, 1865, he was honorably discharged, returning home with a most creditable military record. -------------------------------------- From the web page; http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/OLLibrary/Platte/pages/bios/hpcn0172.htm William T. Strother, veteran printer and newspaper man of Columbus, was born July 13, 1839, in Licking County, Ohio. He was the son of John and Margaret Moody Strother. His father, a farmer, died in 1864, and his mother died in 1844. The father moved from Licking County to a farm in Hancock County, Ohio, where William lived until his seventeenth year. During this time, he attended public school and worked on the farm. In 1856, he left the farm and went to Van Buren, Ohio, where he was employed in a store as clerk for two years and then learned the printer's trade. On April 22, 1861, he enlisted in Company G. 14th Ohio Infantry for three months and then transferred to Company D., 21st Ohio Infantry, where he served to the end of the war. He fought in several battles including Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the Atlanta Campaign, and was with Sherman on his historic march to the sea. At the close of the Civil War, Mr. Strother marched in the grand review at Washington, D. C., May 17, 1865, and received his honorable discharge with the rating of sergeant, August 26, 1865. He then came west to Nebraska City, and walked from there to Omaha, and then to Columbus. In 1866, he took a homestead in Platte County, one mile west of Monroe. During this time, he worked on the Golden Age, one of the first newspapers published in Columbus. He moved to Columbus in 1870, then went to Fairmont and bought the Fairmont Bulletin, later the Fillmore Chronicle, which he conducted for five years. In 1878, he went into the grocery business in Fairmont. He remained there for ten years. In 1888, he came back to Platte County to farm near Oconee, having previously sold his homestead. In 1889, he went into the mercantile business in the village of Monroe, where he operated a store until 1904. On November 27, 1867, he was married to Adeline E. Gerrard, a member of the pioneer Platte County Gerrard Family. The Strothers had two sons and one daughter: Robert C., of Monroe, Nebraska; Frank K.; and Mrs. A. E. Matson, of Genoa, Nebraska. William T. Strother served for many years as a member of the Platte County Soldier and Sailor Relief Commission where he retained his membership. Adeline Gerrard Strother died July 4, 1912. William T. Strother died in July, 1923.

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William Taggert Strother's memorial is located at: Mount Shasta Memorial Park, Mount Shasta, Siskiyou County, USA.
When did William Taggert Strother death?
William Taggert Strother death on 7 Feb 1923 in USA
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Latitude: 41.3182983
Longitude: -122.3330994

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Spouse

Adeline E. Gerrard Strother

(1831 - 1912)

Children

Frank K. Strother

(1876 - 1935)

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