
Historical Rosters Database
William Perry Sydnor
Roster ID 1430This is a summary. Contact the Archives for additional biographical information.
First Name: | William |
Middle Name: | Perry |
Last Name: | Sydnor |
Suffix: | |
Affiliation: | Class of 1863 |
Biography & Genealogy: | William Perry Sydnor, Class of 1863. Genealogy: Born Northumberland County, Virginia on September 24, 1841; Parents: William Heath Sydnor and Mary Elizabeth Conway [both parents were born in Northumberland County; father died while William was a baby & mother also died before he entered VMI]. Paternal grandparents: William Sydnor and Mary Kirk; maternal grandparents: Thomas Conway and Hannah Middleton; Marriage: to Miranda Evelyn Burgess, daughter of Col. Samuel B. Burgess and Frances Elizabeth Coles of Northumberland Co., on April 26, 1877. No children. VMI Record: Entered VMI on August 12, 1859, listing his guardian as Willaim A. Hudnall and his address as Burgess Store, VA; cadet drillmaster in Richmond, Spring/Summer 1861; declared honorary graduate in 1869. Military Record: Enlisted October 1861 as a Private, Company D, 9th Virginia Cavalry. Career: Physician [received medical degree in 1874 from College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore]; member Virginia House of Delegates, 1904; farmer. Death: At his home near Burgess Store, VA, on September 20, 1919. |
