Individual Details

William McINTIRE

(Abt 1847 - 24 Jun 1897)

In the 1870 Census of Washington Twp., Daviess Co., IN, William McIntire's occupation was giv en as "works in stave factory."

Below is the best possible transcription of William McIntire's discharge paper from the Civi l War:
To All Whom It May Concern: Know ye that William McIntire, a Private of Captain Ashbury H. A lexander's Company F, 10th Regiment of Indiana Cavalry Volunteers, who was enrolled on the se venth day of December one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, to serve three years or dur ing the war, is hereby discharged from the service of the United States this thirty-first da y of August, 1865, at Vicksburg (unreadable) by reason of (unreadable). No objection to hi s being re-enlisted is known to exist.* Said William McIntire was born in Davis (sic) Count y in the state of Indiana, is eighteen years of age, five feet six 1/4 inches high, dark comp lexion, dark eyes, dark hair, and by occupation, when enrolled, a farmer.

*This sentence will be erased should there be anything in the conduct or physical condition o f the soldier rendering him unfit for the Army. A.G.O. No. 99

/s/ James H. Landers (?), Capt. 8th NHV (?), Commanding the Reg't., Dept. of Miss.
/s/ Ashbury H. Alexander, Captain, Company F, 10th Ind. Cavalry.

William McIntire's widow, Louisa McIntire, received a pension, as follows:
No. 452,304, United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
It is hereby certified that in conformity with the laws of the United States, Louisa McIntire , widow of William McIntire, who was a private, Co. F., 10th Reg't., Indiana Volunteer Cavalr y, is entitled to a pension at the rate of eight dollars a month, to commence on the twenty-f ourth day of June 1897, and to continue during her widowhood, unless she shall forfeit her ri ght thereto. And she is also entitled to two dollars per month additional for each of the fo llowing named children while living and under the age of sixteen years: Lula - June 24, 1897 -August 26, 1907; Minta, June 24, 1897-February 6, 1909; Olive - June 24, 1897-May 18, 1912 . Given at the Department of Interior this twenty-eighth day of September, one thousand eigh t hundred and ninety-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one h undred and twenty-second.

/s/ Cornelius Newton Bliss, Secretary of the Interior
/s/ H. Clay Evans (?), Commissioner of Pensions

Events

BirthAbt 1847IN
Marriage13 Aug 1890Daviess Co., IN - Hethelda Louisa WILLIAMSON
Death24 Jun 1897Daviess Co., IN
BurialOak Grove Cemetery, Washington, Daviess Co., IN

Families

SpouseHethelda Louisa WILLIAMSON (1865 - 1932)
ChildLula Miranda McINTIRE (1891 - 1965)
ChildMinta Edith McINTIRE (1893 - 1978)
ChildOlive Myrtle McINTIRE (1896 - 1920)

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