Allegan County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Fernald, William 
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Cemetery:           Taylor Cemetery, Ganges, Michigan
Name:               William Fernald

Date Of Photograph: June 12, 2010
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William Fernald was born in Canada on January 4, 1833.  He had at least one 
child in Pennsylvania; Willie Fernald on November 7, 1857. He served in the 
Civil War. 

Source: Pennsylvania State Archive.

William Fernald, "United States, Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917"

Name:	William Fernald 

Military Rank:	[Blank] 

Military Company:	Unas. 

Military Regiment:	3 

State:	Pennsylvania 

Military Unit:	Heavy Artillery 

Event Date:	27 Aug 1890 

Military Company/Regiment:	

Affiliate Name:	National Archives and Records Administration 

Affiliate Publication Number:	T289 

Affiliate Publication Title:	Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans 
Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 

Affiliate Record Type:	Civil War Pensions 





His second marriage was to Louisa Caroline Garlock-Orr (she was widowed by 
James Orr).  They had four children: Frances M. Fernald born Dec. 28, 1876, 
Mary B. Fernald born in 1870 in Allegan County, Mi and died on Dec. 24, 1876 in 
Casco, Michigan, May Frances Fernald born in 1877 in Casco, Allegan County, 
Michigan and died May Hollett (George) on November 11, 1902 in Michigan City, 
Indiana, and Nora Hazel Fernald {Herman Repp} 2nd {Albert F. Miller} born March 
23, 1884 in Clyde, Michigan and died on March 13, 1963 in Niles, Michigan.

William Fernald's obituary; source : Allegan Gazett: April 4, 1884

CASCO- Drank Stronger Poison than Whisky

Wm. Fernald was buried last Sunday.  He resided at Sherman and had been for a 
number of years addicted to intermperance.  On Friday a boy by the name of 
Kidder stole a bottle of horse medicine, containing a mixture of aconite and 
alcohol, and gave Fernald some to drink, tell him it was liquor that he got at 
Hoppertown.  He died before medical aid could be procured...  Elder Johnson has 
been called upon to preach three funeral sermons within a short time, those of 
John Flint, Noble Scott, and Harry Hamily, all old residents of Casco and 
Ganges.

He died in Casco Township of an accidental alcohol poisoning.



When he died my grandmother Nora Hazel Fernald was 3 weeks old and he left his 
wife a widow for the 2nd time in her life.



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