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	William Fenner Pearce, born Feb. 1842 Granville Co., NC, died 28 Jan 1927 Arlington, Texas. Buried at State Cemetery, Austin, TX Confederate Field, Sec.3 (B) Row D Number 51. Jan. 12, 1911 W. Fenner married Marion Josephene Darwell (born 16 March 1841 in Georgia). Co.F 47th Infantry Regiment N.C. CSA (The Sons of Liberty). Per Fenner’s military record: Residence: Franklin Co. Enlist Date: 10 March 1862 Occupation: Farmer Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 March 1862 in Franklin Co., N.C. at the age of 18, assigned to Company F, 47th Regiment N.C. on 11 April 1862. Promoted to Full Corporal on 06 March 1864. POW on 05 April 1865 at Petersburg, VA Confined on 15 April 1865 at Point Lookout, MD (Estimated day). Took oath of Allegiance on 21 June 1865 at Point Lookout, MD. Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster, (NCRosterC) Published in 1993 47th NC, Pettigrew's Brigade, Heth's Division, was under the Army of Northern Virginia and took part in the Pickett/Trimble/Pettigrew charge on July 3, 1863 at Gettsburg, amongst many other battles. W. Fenner left NC not long after the war and went to Missouri and was in Texas by 1871 (according to TX records). In the 1900 census he is listed on the Midland Co., TX rolls as single and working as a day laborer. By 1906 Fenner applied to the state of TX for a confederate veteran pension as he was no longer able to work due to “suffering from wounds from explosion during war”. He was granted a pension and lived the rest of his days in the confederate veterans home in Austin, TX.
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