Wayman Fredrick Pierson

1835 - 1909  (74 years)

• Name	Wayman Fredrick Pierson  [1, 2]
  Birth	20 Jun 1835	Henderson County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	1 Oct 1861	Tennessee, USA   [2]
  	Confederate Army - War Between the States; Wheeler's 6th Cavalry; Fought and was captured in the Siege of Vicksburg
  		War-Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Vicksburg - Assault on Fort Hill, fighting between Union and Confederate forces on June 25th, 1863, at the 3rd Louisiana Redan, known as Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg
  Military POW	1863	Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA   [2]
  	Captured at the Siege of Vicksburg and was later released in a prisoner exchange
  Death	6 Aug 1909	Collinsville, Grayson, Texas, USA   [2]
  Burial	Ben Dye Cemetery, Whitesboro, Grayson, Texas, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I32434	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Nancy Jane Morton
  Marriage	21 Feb 1857	Maury County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. William James Pierson,   b. 13 Jun 1866, Maury County, Tennessee, USA d. 19 Mar 1940, Abernathy, Hale, Texas, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F15770	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 20 Jun 1835 - Henderson County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 21 Feb 1857 - Maury County, Tennessee, USA Military Service - Confederate Army - War Between the States; Wheeler's 6th Cavalry; Fought and was captured in the Siege of Vicksburg - 1 Oct 1861 - Tennessee, USA Military POW - Captured at the Siege of Vicksburg and was later released in a prisoner exchange - 1863 - Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, USA Death - 6 Aug 1909 - Collinsville, Grayson, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~b PIERSON Wayman F Wayman Fredrick Pierson

  
  

  People

  PIERSON-Wayman F Wayman Fredrick Pierson

  
  

  Wars & Battles

  War-Siege of Vicksburg Siege of Vicksburg - Assault on Fort Hill, fighting between Union and Confederate forces on June 25th, 1863, at the 3rd Louisiana Redan, known as Fort Hill during the siege of Vicksburg

  
  

• Sources

  [S10016] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, TN, USA; Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [S11604] Smith, Brooke Yarbrough, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Pierson): PIERSON Waymon F, (Name: SmithLC.com;), PIERSON Wayman Fredrick 1835-1909 (veteran). Wayman married 3 times. First to Nancy J. Morton December 21, 1857 in Muray County, TN. To this union were born six children. children. Second 1880 Lampsas Co. Tx. census wife Jane Slaughter, one child. Third 1888 Susan Galspey House, to this union were born were born five children. He raised a stepson, Monroe Wilson, Susan had in her first marriage. Wayman enlisted for 2 yrs.on Oct. 1, 1861 in Bowling Green, TN. "Wheeler's" 6 Cavalry. Confederate. when Vicksburg, Ms was taken Wayman was a prisoner till exchanged and sent back to Shelby, TN. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28052630/wayman-fredrick-pierson [S10016] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). Tennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002