69 WILLIAM OATMAN
69 WILLIAM5 (Daniel4,
George3, John2, Johannes1), son of Daniel and
Mary (Spencer) Oatman, was born at Arlington, Bennington County, Vermont, 14
November 1780. He died at Pownal,
Vermont, 19 October 1864.
He married in 1803
to Elizabeth Cantrell, born 1783 and died 11 August 1868. Both William and Elizabeth are buried in the
Village Cemetery in Bennington, Vermont.
Elizabeth is believed to be one of the Southern Cantrell family, although
no definite proof has been found. Two
sons, Leman and Stephen, returned to the South and served in the Southern
Armies.
The family settled
in Pownal, Vermont, where William conducted a black smithing business.
Children of
William and Elizabeth (Cantrell) Oatman, b. Pownal, Bennington Co., VT:
216 Leman, b. 24 Nov 1805; bur. Zion Cem.,
Maury Co., TN; m. Martha Adaline Fleming, 8 Apr 1840, by James M. Arnell,
pastor of Zion Church, Maury Co., TN; Children, surname Oatman:
A Margaret Elizabeth, m. 1) James
Johnson, Maury Co., TN, no children; m. 2) Joseph Herdon Dew, Maury Co., TN;
children, surname Dew:
I May
II Adaline
III Rebecca
IV Margaret
Oatman
V Mattie
VI Hattie
Bishop
B Adaline, b. 12 Sep 1843, d. 28 Oct 1914,
Flemington, GA; m. William Augustus Fleming of Flemington, GA (he b. 24 Apr
1830, d. 26 Mar 1904); children, surname Fleming:
I Margaret
Oatman, b. 15 Jan 1868, Flemington, GA; d. Jan 1937, Columbia, TN; m. Horace
Rainey
II William
Augustus, Jr.
III Oatman Winn
IV Matilda
Adaline
V Florence
Barnard
217 William,
Jr., b. 5 Apr 1808; d. 2 Jun 1883; m. Esther Bates, 8 Jun 1842
218 Sophia B., b. 24 Jul 1813; d. 3 Jan 1843;
m. D. W. Spencer, 23 Sep 1841; she bur. Village Cemetery, Bennington, VT.
219 Stephen, b. 3 Sep 1815; d. 1909 in
Soldiers' Home in Atlanta, GA; unmarried.
Stephen removed to Atlanta, GA, prior to 1860, and served in the
Confederate Army. According to The
War of the Rebellion, A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies,
"They
captured one deserter by the name of Benjamin Davis, belonging to Company I,
Fourth Arkansas Cavalry. They also
secured the same night Stephen Oatman, who gave himself up voluntarily."
According to the
Georgia Archives and History, an S. B. Oatman was on the Soldiers Home Register
who served in the Fire Department Battalion.
220 Abraham
Bronson, b. 1 Jan 1820; d. 7 Apr 1870; m. 1) Electa W. Fenton; 2) Esther M.
Pratt
221 Jane E., b. 6 Dec 1825; d. 25 Jun 1849; m.
T. W. Wood, 6 May 1847, Arlington, VT; she bur. Village Cemetery, Bennington,
VT
Sources: Oatman
Family records
Cemetery records
"The War of
the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the
Union and
Confederate Armies", Series I, Vol. XLI, Part 1, Reports, p. 817
1830 census, Arlington,
Bennington Co., VT
1850, 1860 census,
Bennington, Bennington Co., VT
Old letters and
records
Letter from
Soldiers Home, Atlanta, GA
Gravestones in
Lower Cemetery at Bennington, Vermont
WILLIAM OATMAN JANE
OATMAN
Died October 19, 1864 Wife of T. Wood
Age 83 Years Died June 25, 1849
ELIZABETH his wife
Died August 11, 1868 ELECTA FENTON
Age 85 years
Wife of A. B. Oatman
Died November 9, 1858
A. B. OATMAN Age
25 years
Died April 7, 1870
Age 50 years ESTHER M. PRATT
Wife of A. B. Oatman
SOPHIA B. OATMAN Died June 8, 1905
Wife of D. W. Spencer Age
79 years
Died January 3, 1843
Age 29 years
GEORGE F. OATMAN
Son of
A. B. and E. M.
Fenton
Died June 22, 1885
Age 29 years
SOME OLD LETTERS
An invitation and the
beginning of a romance:
S. B. Oatman
compliments to Miss Esther Bates soliciting her company Friday at 4 o'clock
P.M. at William Oatman's to attend a party.
Yours
etc.
Sophia
B. Oatman
Pownal, April 11, 1840 Endorsed: Miss Esther Bates present.
TAXES IN 1862
A letter from A.
B. Oatman to his brother William in Michigan:
Bennington,
Vermont, January 28, 1862
Dear Brother:
Father received a letter from you a
few days ago and was glad to hear from you and your family.
We are all well at home and have
just had one of the worst blows I ever saw.
Railroads are all blocked up and chimneys blown down.
Steve we do not hear from; I expect
he must be in the Army somewhere, I think in South Carolina. I have sent him several letters care of
General Wood, Fortress Monroe, directed to Atlanta, Georgia, but do not hear anything
from him. He was in Atlanta, Ga and
belonged to the Home Guards, and if alive, was called to Charleston to help
defend it against our troops on arriving at Port Royal.
Leman, I do not hear anything from
him, only know that he is a rank rebel and is one of the convention that voted
to carry the State out of the Union.
This war is an awful thing, but the
South have got to be whipped, but it will take some time to do it, and will
saddle an enormous debt on these United States.
My tax this winter was $16.00,
common tax is usually $5.60, so there is the difference and 1863 we will have a
tax that will use us all up.
I do not know of any news that will
interest you; we have fine sleighing and a very rough winter. Give my love to Esther and the children.
I send you my Autophotograph at the
top of this letter.
Yours,
A.
B. Oatman
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