William Poulton

1842 - 1920  (78 years)

• Name	William Poulton
  Born	21 Feb 1842	Belmont County, Ohio, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 Apr 1920	Temperanceville, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA   [1]
  Buried	Beaver Cemetery, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
  Person ID	I49605	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2014

  
  

  Father	John Poulton,   b. 9 Nov 1811, Virginia, USA ,   d. 29 Jan 1879, Temperanceville, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Dillon,   b. 18 Nov 1817, Maryland, USA ,   d. 31 May 1895, Temperanceville, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	26 Jun 1832	Belmont County, Ohio, USA
  Family ID	F22774	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helena Burkhart,   b. 9 Apr 1841, Bruchweiler-Bärenbach, Pfalz, Bayern ,   d. 12 Aug 1930, Temperanceville, Somerset Township, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	17 Apr 1866	Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Ottilia Poulton,   b. 6 Mar 1867, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 10 Jun 1931, Ohio, USA  (Age 64 years)   2. Mary Helen Poulton,   b. 6 Jun 1868, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 3 Jan 1958, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 89 years)   3. Philip Poulton,   b. 18 Jan 1870, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 16 Nov 1900, Ohio, USA  (Age 30 years)   4. Charlotte E. Poulton,   b. 21 Dec 1872, Ohio, USA ,   d. 12 Aug 1938, Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, USA  (Age 65 years)   5. Sylvester Poulton,   b. 5 May 1877, Belmont County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 18 May 1965, Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 88 years)   6. George William Poulton,   b. 26 Sep 1879, Monroe County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 10 Oct 1935, Noble County, Ohio, USA  (Age 56 years)   7. Charles Jerome Poulton,   b. 11 Apr 1881, Belmont County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 25 Oct 1939, Temperanceville, Belmont County, Ohio, USA  (Age 58 years)   8. Gertrude Poulton,   b. 4 Mar 1883, Belmont County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 27 Jan 1904, Haskin Hospital, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, USA  (Age 20 years)   9. Dr. James Herman Poulton,   b. 4 May 1887, Belmont County, Ohio, USA ,   d. 16 Oct 1934, Ohio, USA  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F22773	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clark42/ps01/ps01_069.html Civil War: Mustered into Captain Cornyn?s Company K, 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Case, Monroe County, Atlas, Ohio. William was a mere 19 years old, and agreed to three years of service (Cornyn?s Company later became Company K, 78th O.V.I. William saw service at Fort Donelson, Purdy and Crumps? Landing. In April of 1862, the Company Rolls show William as a Corporal. As a Corporal, he participated in the Battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, and the capture of Jackson, Mississippi. Pension records and the Company Rolls show Corporal Poulton as furloughed in June. Medical records indicate he was suffering from ?Anasasia caused by fever and diarrhera, contracted in U.S. service.? He was placed on furlough for six months. William was declared disabled in September, and finally discharged in November of 1862. Corporal Poulton returned to his life as a farmer in Temperanceville. He married Helena Burkhart and together they had nine children. Family records indicate ?William Poulton, Esq.? may have served briefly as a Justice of the Peace about 27 April 1880.

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Civil War: Mustered into Captain Cornyn?s Company, 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Case, Monroe County, Atlas, Ohio. William was a mere 19 years old, and agreed to three years of service (Cornyn?s Company later became Company K, 78th O.V.I. William saw service at Fort Donelson, Purdy and Crumps? Landing. In April of 1862, the Company Rolls show William as a Corporal. As a Corporal, he participated in the Battle of Shiloh, the siege of Corinth, and the capture of Jackson, Mississippi. Pension records and the Company Rolls show Corporal Poulton as furloughed in June. Medical records indicate he was suffering from ?Anasasia caused by fever and diarrhera, contracted in U.S. service.? He was placed on furlough for six months. William was declared disabled in September, and finally discharged in November of 1862. Corporal Poulton returned to his life as a farmer in Temperanceville. He married Helena Burkhart and together they had nine children. Family records indicate ?William Poulton, Esq.? may have served briefly as a Justice of the Peace about 27 April 1880.