Martin Van Buren Wamsley

WAMSLEY, GRIFFITH, CARR

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/27/2004 at 22:21:22

Martin Van Buren Wamsley, better known as “Van” Wamsley, was born in Adams county, Ohio, February 9, 1837. He first came to Butler county with William A. Wamsley, but did not remain but a short time. A few years afterward, however, he again came to the county and on September 4th, 1857, married Miss Frances J. Griffith, daughter of James and Elizabeth Griffith. In 1861 he enlisted in company G, 32d Iowa. He was wounded at Pleasant Hill, taken prisoner and died at Tyler prison, Texas, leaving a wife – now Mrs. Clark Carr – and four children, Richard P., S. B., Mary E., and Van Walter.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 604