William Moody Gormley (b1839)


William Moody Gormley (Ancestry.com/traci_gormley)
 Civil War Veteran, Confederacy

Born:October 18, 1839, Huntsville, Alabama
Died:April 15, 1915, Lim Rock, Jackson County, Alabama
Buried:Old Paint Rock Cemetery, Jackson County, Alabama
Father of:James Crooker Gormley
Son of:William Moody Gormley (b1805)

Notes:

•  Son of William Gormly (1805 - 1877) and Louisa Spotswood Grant Hall (1818 - 1870). - WikiTree

•  Husband of Mary E. (Sullivan) Gormley - married September 7, 1871 in Madison County, AL. - WikiTree

•  He married Mary Ellen Sullivan on Sept 7, 1871 in Madison, Alabama. She was born Nov. 15, 1843 in Madison, Alabama and died Feb. 16, 1898 in Paint Rove, Jackson County, Alabama. She was the daughter of Isaac Washington Sullivan (1798 - 1869) and the granddaughter of Captain Richard Harris, Revolutionary War Soldier. - Gormley & Sturdivant

•  Father of:
     Walter Lawrence Gormley (1873 - 1945)
     Alonzo Eugene Gormley (1875 - 1954)
     Ida Florence Gormley (1877 - 1916)
     George Thomas Gormley (1878 - 1937)
     William Moody W Gormley (1880 - 1881)
     James Crooker Gormley (1883 - 1946)
     Francis Herbert Gormley (1886 - 1968) - Ancestry.com

•  Justice of the Peace - WikiTree

•  Civil War Service:
~     "Served until discharged at Richmond, Virginia November 22, 1861. Reenlisted as Private September 5, 1862 at Guntersville, Alabama in Company F 4th Alabama Cavalry. Served until captured in April 1865. Paroled near Macon, Georgia in April 1865." - Alabama Civil War Service Database

•  Military Service
[Editor's Note: Some of this information conflicts with other source information.]
     "Civil War veteran
     He enlisted in Huntsville as a private in Company H, 4th Alabama Infantry (Russell's Cavalry).
     He filed for his pension in 1907-1908 Jackson County.
     He rose to the rank of Sergeant" - WikiTree

•  Filed for his pension in Jackson County, Alabama in 1907-8. - USGWarchives

•  4th Alabama Infantry, Pvt., Co. F.
     "One of the interesting war relics seen yesterday is in the possession of Mr. Wm. Gormley, a member of the 4th Alabama Infantry. It is a complete map of the battle of Bull Run, and shows the nature of the ground and the position of each regiment during the fight. He bought it in Richmond after the battle and has kept it ever since." - Daily Mercury


Related Links:

•  Alabama Civil War Service Database - Alabama Department of Archives and History

•  Ancestry.com - Paged owned by traci_gormley and can be viewed only with an Ancestry.com paid subscription. (Originally found at http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/64562016/person/42124351171.)

•  Daily Mercury - Article titled "Big Reunion" for The Daily Mercury, July 30, 1890 contributed by klstacy home.

•  Find A Grave - Page created by Ethel W. and maintained by Barbara Chambers.

•  Gormley & Sturdivant - Article titled "Gromley" family research of Charles Luther Gormley (1979) and submitted by Jessie Ruth Sturdivant for The Heritage of Madison County, Alabama, by The Madison County Heritage Book Committee, John P. Rankin, Chairman, page 212. 213.

•  Rankin Family File - John P. Rankin has collected information for files on significant families of Madison County. He has 10 items in the Gormley Family File.

•  RootsWeb - Page created by Karl Plenge.

•  USGWarchives - Civil war burials. (Originally found at http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jackson/cemeteries/civil-war-burials.txt.)

•  WikiTree - Genealogical Information


The Following Pages Link to this Page:
•  James Crooker Gormley
•  William Moody Gormley (b1805)