William Henry Beard
William Henry Beard was born in
Huron
County, Ohio in 1840. He was the son of Elijah and Lucy Horn
Beard. In
1849 he moved with his family to Steuben County, Indiana and settled in
Otsego Township. He later moved to Angola, Indiana where he enrolled on
10/08/1861 as a private in Company "A" of the 44th Regiment
Indiana
Volunteers. He was wounded in the face at Pittsburgh, Tennessee and was
in the first day's fight at Chickamauga, Georgia. He was mustered out
of
the 44th at Nashville, Tennessee on 09/14/1865. He married Almeda
Chandler on
12/30/1866 and to that union was born Lucinda M Beard on 12/18/1868.
William
Henry Beard is buried at Circle Hill Cemetery Angola , Indiana in
Section
#6, Lot #1, Grave #5
Submitted By: Jim Emerson E-mail: Ejande2009@comcast.net