William Marion Barron

In 1860 he was a 16 year old living with his parents, 6 siblings, his maternal grandfather, and 5 slaves on the family farm at Auburn in Macon County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as 3rd Corporal of Company B, 13th Alabama Infantry. He was appointed First Corporal by the end of 1861.

He was with his company in action on South Mountain on 14 September and at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was promoted to 5th Sergeant on 1 January 1863 and 3rd Sergeant on 2 April 1864, and was with his company until captured in battle at the Wilderness, VA on 6 May 1864. He was held at Point Lookout, MD to 10 August, then sent to Elmira, NY. He took an oath of allegiance there and was released on 16 June 1865.

By 1870 he was a farm worker in Meriwether County, GA, but he went to Plano, TX in 1878 and was farming his own place there in 1880. He was elected Collin County (TX) District Clerk in 1886. He was proprietor of a boarding house at 1300 South 8th Street in Waco, McLennan County, TX in 1900 (now the location of Collins Residence Hall, Baylor University).

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and the Archives.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

04/27/1843; Upson County, GA

10/14/1902; Waco, TX; burial in Old Plano City Cemetery, Plano, TX