Johannes Wahl
(1791-1846)
Susanna Dreimel
(1794-1879)
William Wall
(1825-1862)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Catharine Beecher

William Wall 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 25 Mar 1825, , Berks, PA 1 2 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Catharine Beecher
  • Died: 27 May 1862, Contee Station, Prince George's, MD at age 37 2 3 4 5 6 7
  • Buried: 29 May 1862, Philadelphia: Mutual Kensington Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA 4

   Another name for William was William Wahl.3 8

   FamilySearch ID: L65J-YSV.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Military in , , Pennylvania, USA: This William Wall is not the one in Co. H 50th Regt. PA Volunteers. The PA Archives roster for Co. H. Shows that soldier was 24 years old when he enlisted in Feb 1864, whereas our William died in Feb 1862 and was older. 5

2. He has conflicting burial information of While William was actually buried in Philadelphia in 1862, a memorial tombstone for William Walls was later erected in Charles Evans Cemetery, likely in 1914 when his wife died, since their stones are identical. And Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA. 2

3. Census in 1850 in Reading, Berks, PA. 1 The 1850 census recorded William Wall, shoemaker, 25, living with wife Catharine, 20. They are in the same building with Henry Riegle, shoemaker, 30, and his wife Sarah, 36, and their children. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

4. Cause of Death: 27 May 1862, Contee Station, Prince George's, MD. 6 9 Soldier William Wall died at Contee Station on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to a handwritten note written by S. Gray M.D. that is recorded in the "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915" and can be viewed at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67DW-3TF?cc=1320976&wc=9F51-N38%3A1073280001. The note reads:

Contees Station
Baltimore and Washington Railroad
Capt. James Fletcher's Command
This will certify that William Wall died from inflamation of the stomach and bowels
May 27 1862
S Gray M D

In "Death registers, 1860-1903" by Philadelphia Board of Health is his burial record is found in this image:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-696D-G4?i=221&cc=1320976

He was buried on the 29th May in the Mutual Burial Ground of Kensington.

The death register states:
William Wall
Cause of death: Inflammation S. & Bowels
Attending physician: S. Gray
Occupation: soldier
Where born: Philadelphia
Ward: 12
Street: 630 Hermitage Street
Date of burial: May 29th
Place of burial: Mutual Ground Kn

Years later, likely in 1914 when his wife Catharine Beecher died and was buried in Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, a memorial tombstone for William Wall was erected there and can be viewed at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68317289.


William married Catharine Beecher, daughter of George Beecher and Maria Barbara Graef. (Catharine Beecher was born on 10 Jun 1830 in , Berks, PA 3 10 11 12 13, christened on 25 Jul 1830 in Wernersville: St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Berks, PA,10 13 died on 4 Jan 1914 in Lower Heidelberg Twp., Berks, PA 3 11 14 and was buried on 7 Jan 1914 in Reading: Charles Evans Cemetery, Berks, PA 11 12.)

Sources

1 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M44V-3K2 Catharine Wall in household of William Wall, Reading, northwest ward, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 236, NARA microfilm publication M432.

2 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68317289.

3 Research of John Franklin Beecher (1877-1971) (File GA-B-414 at Berks History Center library, amily tree dated 1961 of the descendants of George Beecher (1791-1842) created by John Franklin Beecher.).

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190352611.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 (Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), William Wall d. 18 Feb 1862.

6 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6PF-JM William Wall, 27 May 1862; citing , Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,977,74.

7 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKDM-VK6 William Wall, 27 May 1862; citing 67, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,003,691.

8 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 14 Nov 1910, page 5. Obituary of George Marion Wahl.

9 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), Death Registers, 1860-1903. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VKDM-VK6 William Wall 27 May 1862.

10 St. John's (Hains) Reformed Church, Wernersville, Berks County, PA (Lower Heidelberg Township).

11 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1971 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 5663, Catharine Wahl, father George Beecher, mother Barbara Graeff.

12 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68317301.

13 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2VW-N9Q Catharine Beecher, 25 Jul 1830; Christening St. Johns Hains Reformed Church.

14 Reading Times (Reading, PA) (Reading, Berks, Pernnsylvania.), 6 Jan 1914, page 5. Obituary of Mrs. Catherine Wahl.


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