William Henry Knowles

Representing: Union

G.A.R Post

Maj. Johnson Post 114, Prosser, Benton County, WA.

Unit History

1st Minnesota Infantry B

Veteran's Administration pension payment cards

The Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington · Friday, March 10, 1911

Family History

Created by Brian

Pvt William Henry Knowles

Birth: 28 Oct 1840
New York, USA
Death: 1 Mar 1911 (aged 70)
Prosser, Benton County, Washington, USA
Burial: Prosser Pioneer Cemetery

Prosser, Benton County, Washington, USA

Memorial ID

KNOWLES, William B.

Co. B. Minn Infantry

Residence was not listed; 23 years old.

Enlisted on 3/8/1865 as a Private.

On 3/8/1865 he mustered into "B" Co. MN 1st Battn Infantry

He was Mustered Out on 7/14/1865

Son of Hayden Knowles and Sarah Laning

Siblings:

Mary Elizabeth Knowles Hall

First wife:

Lovina Hulbert

1842 – 1 December 1876

Second wife:

Miriam Sires

1855 – 27 October 1925

Minnesota, County Marriages

Name Miriam Sires

Sex Female

Event Type Marriage

Event Date January 1877

Event Place Sibley Township, Sibley, Minnesota, United States

Event Place (Original) Sibley, Minnesota, United States

Born at New York. He enlisted 3 Mar 1865 in the 1st Minnesota Infantry Battalion at Rosemount, Dakota County, Minnesota. Mustered in at Fort Snelling, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 8 Mar 1865. Mustered out with the battalion at Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana. After his service he returned to Rosemount, Minnesota where he farmed. By 1900 he was a resident of Lone Tree, Yakima County, Washington. He relocated to Prosser, Benton County, Washington by 1908 where he was a member of Maj. Johnson Post No. 114. He was elected by the post as a delegate to the 1909 Washington and Alaska Department Encampment. He died at Prosser Washington.

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