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Submitted: 10/20/19 • Approved: 10/20/19 • Last Updated: 10/23/19 • R216728-G0-S3
He gave the land for the cemetery and his burial was the first in this cemetery.
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Ancestry.com
PRIVATE CSA
34 Infantry 4 Confederate Regiment Infantry
Civil War Confederate
April 19, 1837 - January 30, 1916
Enlistment Date: 5 Aug 1861
Enlistment Place: Knoxville
Spouse: May S. Ditmore
Father: Laxton Rash
Mother: Elmira Rash
When William Rash was born in 1837 in Alabama, his father, Laxton, was 33 and his mother, Elmira, was 25. He married May S. Ditmore on October 24, 1868, in Jackson, Alabama. They had eight children in 27 years. He died on January 30, 1916, having lived a long life of 79 years, and was buried in Peacock, Texas.
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Annette Shaw
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