-Last name misspelled on grave marker.....

-He married Hannah Catharina Heston on 28 Feb 1856 in Columbiana County, Ohio

-Four children: Sarah Elizabeth (Amon) Anthony (1858-1891); Mary Anna (Amon) Taylor (1860-1906); William Pleasant Amon, Jr. (1862-1928); Hannah Catherine (Amon) Belat (1864-1923)

- Private William Pleasant Amon enlisted in Company C, 143rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry in May of 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio. Later that same month, he was involved in the Battle of Wilson's Wharf near Charles City, Virginia on May 24, 1864 and was wounded in the battle (losses that day were 6 killed 40 wounded for the Union, 200 killed for the Confederacy). Sadly, Private Amon died of convulsions from his wounds on July 4, 1864 at the Regimental Hospital, and was one of 25 burials at the battle site. He was later re-interred at Glendale National Cemetery in Richmond, VA (and --- they misspelled his name on his grave marker as "Aman"). The interesting thing about this battle in the Civil War was that it was the first combat encounter of Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia with African-American Troops. Private Amon fought alongside these troops, and the respect shown to them is evident in a letter that, surprisingly enough, came from another Hanoverton, Ohio native, Captain A. R. Arter. Acccording to the Fort Pocahontas website (after the Battle of Wilson's Wharf it was renamed Pocahontas), Captain Arter wrote a letter about the Battle. "This letter has tremendous impact on the view of how USCT troops were viewed during the Civil War because is shows that black troops were accepted and given honors if they performed." (website quote):

"meanwhile the negroes were repulsed some 4 or 5 times and would rally until they finally succeeded in reaching the top of the works. there the tug of war commenced. the Rebs yelling to them to come on and they would make another Fort Pillow case. the Blacks could not see it that way. on the taking of the fort the Blacks murderd every Reb that was left supposing to be some 4 or 5 hundred..."

" I find by talking with the white troops that they have no objection to the Black Troops taking a position with them in the field, and if necessary they lead the column and take all the Honor..."