William Robert Wann

1824 - 1872  (47 years)

• Name	William Robert Wann
  Birth	13 Mar 1824	Jackson, Alabama, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	30 Oct 1850	Jackson, Alabama, United States   [2]
  	Address: Division Number 19
  Census	5 Jun 1860	Jackson, Alabama, United States   [3]
  	Address: Township 3 Range 8 East
  Census	17 Aug 1870	Jackson, Alabama, United States   [4]
  	Address: Fackler
  	The 1870 census reports that he was a preacher.
  _AMTID	262685055691:1030:205069078
  _UID	24744CD7380948D5B6B80C4E81CFFF4676AA
  Death	1872	Wannville, Jackson, Alabama, United States   [1]
  Burial	1872	Hollywood, Jackson, Alabama, United States   [1]
  	Address: Price Cemetery
  	Son of Robert Wann and Rachel Poe, original settlers in the area north of Fackler, Alabama William entered service as a Private in the 50th Alabama Infantry on April 1, 1862. At some point in the war he was wounded and also captured as a POW. He is listed as one of several POW released from Union Prison at Nashville on Jan 6, 1865. When wife Cathrine filed for a Pension in 1893, she stated that he died from complication of his war wound and disease and that he only lived about 6 years after the war. The family was living on the Ledbetter farm at Wannville in the 1870 census. His death date of 1872 is based on the application by Cathrine, and it is believed he is one of the first graves at Price that is marked only with a field stone. Possible near other of the Wann family that are buried here at Price, another source suggest he died in Magazine, Arkansas in 1872Gravesite Details Marked only with a square stone on the south side of wife Catherine Wann's Grave
  Person ID	I2292	John Reglin's Tree - 2025-06-30
  Last Modified	20 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Catherine Ledbetter,   b. 26 Jun 1832, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States d. 22 Sep 1900, Wannville, Jackson, Alabama, United States (Age 68 years)
  Children	1. Martha Alabama Wann,   b. 8 Nov 1860, Wannville, Jackson, Alabama, United States d. 14 May 1934, Red Oak, Ellis, Texas, United States (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

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  Birth - 13 Mar 1824 - Jackson, Alabama, United States Census - Address: Division Number 19 - 30 Oct 1850 - Jackson, Alabama, United States Census - Address: Township 3 Range 8 East - 5 Jun 1860 - Jackson, Alabama, United States Census - Address: Fackler - 17 Aug 1870 - Jackson, Alabama, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Without a source, Ancestry trees say that he and Catherine married 21 Jun 1848 in Jackson County.

  
  

• Sources

  [S177] Find A Grave, 25 July 2025; William R Wann; William R Wann; 255588054; James Sentell. [S331] RLP, FamilySearch, 1850 US Census, Alabama, Jackson Co., District No. 19; p. 2; dwelling 27, family 27; William Wann; 20 July 2025. [S327] RLP, FamilySearch, 1860 US Census, Alabama, Jackson Co., Township 3 Range 8 East; p. 8 (penned); dwelling 60, family 60; William Wann; 19 July 2025. [S328] RLP, FamilySearch, 1870 US Census, Alabama, Jackson Co., District 6 Subdivision 1; p. 3; dwelling 20, family 20; William Wann; 19 July 2025.