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William
Wilfong was born on 28 June 1830 at Top of Allegheny, the son of Michael
and Catherine Simmons Wilfong. He was married first to Lucy Jane
Shipman, who died in childbirth in September 1861. He was Quartermaster
Sergeant in Company M, 3rd W.Va. Cavalry, with total Civil War service from
10
July 1863
to 30 June 1865.
On 6 March 1866 he married Cyrena Hanks Yeager, widow of John Letcher
Clayborne. She was born on 2 December 1831 at Top of Allegheny, the
daughter of Jacob and Sarah Ann Hidy Yeager, who owned "Traveler's
Repose" in Bartow. They had three boys: Frank, William, and Ota
(grandfather of Mary Ellen Wilfong Latimer).
William and Cyrena moved to Gilmer County, W.Va. in November 1866, where
they settled and raised their family. He died on 17 March 1904, and
she on 16 May 1911. They are buried in Wright Cemetery on Duck Run,
just south of Glenville.
(Photograph
courtesy of Ira S. Latimer, Jr.)
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