Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Whitsett, William E., Jr.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1837-
History
William E. Whitsett, Jr. was born in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1837. He moved to Texas and became a Texas Ranger in 1860 under command of Col. M.T. Johnson. Whitsett was a member of the Confederate Army in Sam Bell Moxey’s Ninth Texas Cavalry Regiment in 1861. He was discharged from the service in June of 1865 after having participated in many battles, including Westport, Jackson, and Chickamauga. In 1870, Whitsett married Nancy Jane Lattimore.