Willis McCandless

Birth Date

c1831

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Metcalfe County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of John McCandless and Margaret McCandless. Married to Polly Elliott. Father of [Unknown] McCandless. Farmer in Barren County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Metcalfe County in 1860. Served in the 13th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a private from December 30, 1861 to January 12, 1865. Wounded in battle in Tennessee in November 1863.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Barren County, Division 2, p. 486A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Metcalfe County, p. 902-3.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0266.
Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994027, Barren County Births, p. 11.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), p. 861.
KYR-0001-003-0014.

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