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William Fessenden Beasley (born February 10, 1845) lived with his brother and widowed mother in the town of Plymouth, Washington County. In 1861 he was a cadet at a military academy, although which one is unknown. The creation of so many new…

William Hamilton Overman resided in the town of Salisbury with his parents and four siblings. His father was a wealthy merchant and owned sixteen slaves. William was “seventeen years, 7 mos. and 0 days” old, and by occupation a student, when he was…