hmtl5 William Jarvis b. 13 Jan 1836 Madison County, Illinois d. 29 Jan 1892 Knox County, Missouri: Hedges Genealogy

William Jarvis

Male 1836 - 1892  (56 years)

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  • Name William Jarvis 
    Birth 13 Jan 1836  Madison County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jan 1892  Knox County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Davis Cemetery, Liberty Township, Knox County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6543  Hedges
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2026 

    Father Synott Jarvis,   b. 1801, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1865, Knox County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Martha Nancy Mahurin,   b. 1813, Shelby County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1884 (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 12 Apr 1835  Madison County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F2785  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Emeline Burk 
    Family ID F2881  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Mar 2026 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Jan 1836 - Madison County, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jan 1892 - Knox County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Davis Cemetery, Liberty Township, Knox County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Civil War Veteran
      Pvt Co C, 2nd N.E. Missouri Home Guards

      Enlisted Jul 15, 1861, Edina, MO
      Mustered in Jul 15, 1861, Edina, MO
      Last mustered Oct 7, 1861

      Office of Adjutant General
      Record of Service Card, Civil War, 1861-1865
      Box 44
      Reel s00887
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      Pvt Co B, 3rd Regiment Cavalry Volunteers

      Enlisted Sep 16, 1861, Quincy, IL
      Mustered in Nov 26, 1861, Palmyra, MO

      Office of Adjutant General
      Record of Service Card, Civil War, 1861-1865
      Box 44
      Reel s00825
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      William Jarvis, one of the substantial farmers of Liberty Township, was born in Madison County, Ill., in 1863 [sic], and is a descendent of two well-known and respected families of Virginia, named Jarvis and Hurin. His parents were reared and married in Virginia, and reared a family of three children. They were both members of the Christian Church; the mother died in Madison County and the father in Sangamon County, Ill.

      At the age of twenty-five our subject enlisted in the Union Army, in Company B, Third Missouri Calvary, under John B. Glover, and participated in the battles of Bee Ridge, Wilson Creek, Prairie Grove and Saline River. To the latter fight Mr. Jarvis attributes the cause of his ill-health, being ruptured while on a raid through Texas to the Red River. On this account he now draws a pension of $12. In 1865 he was honorably discharged, and then settled in Myrtle Township, Knox County, Mo., where, in 1866, he married Miss Emiline, a daughter of John Burk, a resident of Knox County, but a native of Indiana. To this union five children have been born (four of whom are living): Thomas, Sarah J. (deceased), Melvin, Albert and Pearl.

      Mr. Jarvis has been a resident of Knox County about twenty-one years, and as he has owned a threshing machine the greater part of his time, has done a great deal of work in that line. He owns a farm of 120 acres, well improved.

      History of Lewis, Clark, Knox and Scotland Counties Missouri, V.2 Biographical Appendix. Goodspeed Publishing, 1887, p. 1060:
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      Deaths.—Wm. Jarvis died at his home six miles east of Edina, last Friday night of typhoid pneumonia. He was a brother-in-law of Mr. Thos. Burk of this city.

      Knox County Democrat
      Edina, Missouri
      February 4, 1892
      Page 8, Column 6 [2, 3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S90] Marriage record.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S9] Obituary.