Ernest Benjamin Gillis Family History
William LEITH[1, 2, 3, 4]
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Name William LEITH [5, 6, 7] Born 19 Mar 1842 Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada
[5, 7] Christened 9 Apr 1842 Ireland, Megantic, Quebec, Canada, Meth Ch
Gender Male Alt. Death Shannandoah Valley
_UID 4B590046EF234DAAB608A9E579C841EBAC26 Died 22 Oct 1864 Winchester, Vermont, U.S.A.
[6, 7] - Y
Person ID I1008 tag1 Last Modified 25 May 2014
Father John LEITH, b. 1817, Enniskillen, Ireland
, d. 17 Jan 1872, Inverness, Megantic County, Quebec, Canada
(Age 55 years) Family ID F425 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - He was baptized Apr. 9, 1842, of John and Hannah, in the Methodist Church, Ireland Twsp.
1861 Census Megantic County, 19 years, Wesl. Meth., laborer, with parents.
He and cousin George Wilton enlisted in Vermont in the Civil War. He was a private in the
8th Regiment, Company C. of the Vermont Infantry, #000557, 0008, 00002420.
Died 1864 in the U.S. Civil War at the Battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley. [7]
- He was baptized Apr. 9, 1842, of John and Hannah, in the Methodist Church, Ireland Twsp.
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