Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Hook 
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1188Birth Date18403166
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Birth Date1839
Birth PlacePennsylvania, USA
Death Date16 Dec 18623166
Death PlaceSuffolk VA, USA
Death Date15 Dec 1862
Death PlaceSuffolk VA, USA
Burial PlaceHampton National Cemetery, Hampton, VA, USA
Burial MemoPlot D; 3281
OccupationFarmer
Cause of DeathDied while in the Civil War
FatherElias S Hook
MotherSophia [HOOK]
Misc. Notes
171 Pa Vol, Civil war, Died in service.
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Civil War Vet 171 Pa Vol. Inf. Co. I., served with brothers George, and Elias HOOK.3166
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A William Hook is listed as a Private in the 171st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I (Drafted Militia).1094
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William and his wife Nancy had an illegitimate daughter Emma. William married Nancy thirteen months after Emma’s birth and would die less than eight months later in the Civil War.3167
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Sometime following William’s death, his brother Elias married William’s widowed wife Nancy.3168
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Civil War Vet 171 Pa Vol. Inf. Co. I., served with brothers George, and Elias HOOK.3166
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A William Hook is listed as a Private in the 171st Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry, Company I (Drafted Militia).1094
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William and his wife Nancy had an illegitimate daughter Emma. William married Nancy thirteen months after Emma’s birth and would die less than eight months later in the Civil War.3167
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Sometime following William’s death, his brother Elias married William’s widowed wife Nancy.3168
Spouses
Birth Date26 Aug 1836
Birth PlaceCumberland Valley, Bedford Co., PA, USA
Death Date24 Dec 1920 Age: 84
Death PlaceSomerset County, PA, USA
Death MemoMeyersdale Area
Burial Date26 Dec 1920
Burial PlaceUnion Cemetery, Meyersdale, Somerset Co., PA, USA
FatherNicholas WERTZ (~1783->1875)
MotherDiana WEIRICK (~1799-1866)
Misc. Notes
1900 Census indicates Nancy had thirteen children six living at that time, Charles, Annie, Henry, Emmanuel Emma & George.52
[Eight of these children are identified in this record]
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Nancy was the mother of two illegitimate children; her son George (whose father is unknown) and a daughter Emma, whose father William married Nancy thirteen months after Emma’s birth. William would die eight months later in the Civil War.3167
[Eight of these children are identified in this record]
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Nancy was the mother of two illegitimate children; her son George (whose father is unknown) and a daughter Emma, whose father William married Nancy thirteen months after Emma’s birth. William would die eight months later in the Civil War.3167
ChildrenEmma W (Illegitimate) (1861-1947)