It’s Family Time~William Bogan Deese

William Bogan Deese, son of Samuel Deese and Sarah ‘Sallie’ Hill was born about 1837 in Anson County, North Carolina. He was the second born of 9 children and his oldest sibling was a sister. He had 4 brothers and 4 sisters.

Samuel, his wife Sarah and their children can be found in the 1850 census for Anson County in the household of Samuel's sister Mary Deas.  

1850 CENSUS: Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina;  Roll: M432_619;  Image: 379; Page 188A(stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 428, Family 428; Mary DEAS, Female, age 40, born in NC; Samuel DEAS, Male, Overseer, age 45, born in NC; Sarah DEAS, Female, age 35, born in NC; Martha DEAS, Female, age 19, born in NC; William B. DEAS, Male, age 18, born in NC; Sarah J. DEAS, Female, age 9, born in NC;  Nancy DEAS, Female, age 7, born in NC; James H. DEAS, male, age 5, born in NC and Zachariah DEAS, Male, age 2, born in NC. [Mary and Samuel are Siblings; Samuel and Sarah are husband & Wife]

William Bogan was the only son old enough to serve in the Civil War. He enlisted on 3 October 1861 into Company ‘B’, North Carolina 31st Infantry Regiment. 

William Bogan Deese was a single man when he left home to serve during the Civil War. No record of a marriage has been found for William; however, many researchers has combined his record with that of a married Bogan Deese from Stanly County, NC.  

William Bogan Deese died of pneumonia, September 3, 1863, General Hospital No. 4, Wilmington, North Carolina.

William Bogan Deese is my Great Grand Uncle.














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1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 4 March 2015), entry for William B. Deese, Private; Company 'B', North Carolina 31st Infantry Regiment; Confederate.
2. 1850 Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Sandy Point, Anson County, North Carolina, Page 188A(stamped); Line 8, Dwelling 428, Family 428, Household of Mary DEAS; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 27 May 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 619.
3. William B. Deese, compiled military record (Private, Company B, 31st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry), U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 (Provo, Utah: www.ancestry.com), N/A.
4. Ancestry, Military Service Records, database entry for  William B. Deese, Private; Company 'B', North Carolina 31st Infantry Regiment;