A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for Daniel Smith Herring
Parks manuscript:
Daniel entered West Point Academy in 1822, and in due time graduated. I think third in his class. He entered the army as Lieutenant, and died from disease contracted in the swamps of Florida during the Seminole War.
WFT 22, 1690:
He entered West Point in 1922 [must mean 1822; MLW]. He graduated third in his class. He died while in the army from a disease contacted in the swamps of Florida during the Seminole War.
Gleanings of Virginia History:
graduated from West Point; died in Florida during the Seminole War; unmarried.
Gleanings of Virginia History and some other sources (which might have taken their information from there) say he was born in 1808. Hardesty's Encyclopedia says he was born on 6 Dec 1807 (see the notes for nephew George Chrisman). Hardesty also says he died at St. Augustine, FL, on 22 Jun 1836.
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