Biography of William C. Faris - Pulaski Co. VA

Source: The Index to Pulaski County History in Hardesty's 1884

WILLIAM C. FARIS - was born May 21, 1834, in Pulaski County, about four years after his parents, 
James and Martha (ALLISON) FARIS, made their home in this county. August 9, 1859 he was united 
in marriage with Nancy E., daughter of Francis and Martha (HOWARD) ALLISON, who was born in this 
county, September 16, 1835. Her parents were born in this county and spent their lives here. Mr. 
And Mrs. FARIS are the parents of: J. A., born June 28, 1860; Martha J., August 15, 1861; 
Joanna E., September 11, 1864; Susan E., August 16, 1868; W.H.H., January 19, 1870; Cynthia H., 
January 26, 1872; Lucy H., September 6, 1874; J.G., September 13, 1877. At the outbreak of the 
Civil War, William C. Faris was holding a commission of third lieutenant in the One Hundred and 
Fiftieth Virginia Militia. The entire regiment went at once into the Confederate service, 
mustering in at Newbern, Pulaski County. The regiment went to Camp Jackson, Wytheville, then to 
Black Water, below Lynchburg, where the Confederates were defeated in a severe engagement, and 
marched to Dalton, Georgia, only to sustain another defeat and loss of men. Their next halting 
place was Atlanta, Georgia, where for several weeks they were constantly in skirmishes, and 
then they went to Bridgeport and to Nashville, in Tennessee, fighting all the way, and about 
all the time. After engagement at Morrisburg, Tennessee, the regiment went into North Carolina,
where Mr. Faris was shot, and went into hospital, thence returning home. He resumed the life of
a farmer and still continues in it, trusting Virginia's soil may never again be given up to the
ravages of war. His address is Allisonia, Pulaski county, Virginia.



Submitted by Janet Randell w/permission from Pulaski Co. VAGenWeb Site 
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