Captain of Company C, 14th Regiment, CSA.
From the Wadesboro, NC newspaper The Messenger and Intelligencer, Thursday 7 August 1902:
CAPT. W. A. LILES
We record with sincere regret the death of William Alexander Liles at his home in the town of Ansonville, on the 31st day of last month, from a complication of diseases, borne in patient submission to the will of his gracious Master.
A son of the late Jesse J. Liles and his wife, Ellen McLendon, born at the old homestead February 9th, 1833. His childhood days, like the days of his youth and early manhood, were spent upon his father's farm at manual labor, than which no avocation is more healthy nor surer to develop the qualities of sturdy character and personal devotion to duty and true manliness of behavior.
The community was a good one, even for those prosperous days. About a mile away stands an academy where good instructors taught the neighbors' children instructors who came from the University of this State and from other institutions of much thoroughness. Here voluntary schools went on the year round, barring the long vacation of the summer.
Churches invited to the service of the Lord, though less frequently perhaps than along now. Domestic discipline and stern repression of forwardness were enforced among youths.
Amid these surroundings William Alexander Liles took shape and grew to the full stature of a well rounded man. His education was liberal. He read the Latin classics with ease, and in mathematics he was proficient, though not accomplished in the higher branches of the science.
I believe he was an original charter member of the Anson Guard; certainly he was a member of the company April 1st. It was the first company in the State tendered with the Governor in 1861, though it was the third company accepted by His Excellency Governor Ellis. He went with the neighbor boys to the war in that company, leaving here as junior third leftenant of the command, and he held subordinate places in the company until the death of Capt. Eli Freeman, on the battlefield, May 30th, 1864, when he became captain of the company, in which capacity he closed his military service at the grave of all our hopes. It is congruous to express an estimate of the services during the war of this dead citizen-soldier. He was a capable officer, with an aptitude for tactics, and was a thorough drill master. As a soldier he was admirable more so that as an officer, though good in both capacities. He was a plain, homespun product, sound as the best wheat and entirely reliable.
Returning to wasted fields and impoverished neighbors, he went to work to bring about more hope of our future, a
better sense of security and a true meas-ure of sound government. He was elected in 1865 colonel of our militia. He never allowed his title as captain, won upon the perilous edge of battle, to merge in that of colonel.
He began farming soon after the war and shared the success and failures of his neighbors. He was a neat farmer and one of the last survivors of those who could put up a shock of wheat that would stand six months in the field and remain unaffected by the elements.
He married November 18, 1869, the daughter of William Henry Huntley, who died leaving an infant son, William Henry Liles, now one of our most capable merchants. He professed religion and was baptized in August, 1871, by the Rev. Samuel P. Morton, the old man eloquent, assisted by the venerable Benjamin Saunders, who is yet spared to us, though the light of his precious eyes has long gone out. He joined the Baptist church at Brown Creek and henceforward his walk and conversa-tion were worthy of his humble Christian spirit. He was a member of the House of Representatives in our General Assembly, session of 1883. His second wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of the late John McLendon, one of our most successful men, survives him, as do four children of the marriage, three sons and a daughter. Many sensible men when contempla-ting death are moved to give directions concerning their bones. As our vital forces retire to the citadel the mind is transported to the graves of our fathers and of our mothers, and there we pillow our heads. He was buried at Brown Creek church in the presence of a devout multitude, composed in part of the veterans of the late war.
The burial services were conducted by the Rev. J.F. Love, whose beautiful and choice words are remembered as the most
fitting ever spoken in the hearing of that concourse of subdued mourners.
From the Wadesboro, NC newspaper The Messenger and Intelligencer, Thursday 7 August 1902:
CAPT. W. A. LILES
We record with sincere regret the death of William Alexander Liles at his home in the town of Ansonville, on the 31st day of last month, from a complication of diseases, borne in patient submission to the will of his gracious Master.
A son of the late Jesse J. Liles and his wife, Ellen McLendon, born at the old homestead February 9th, 1833. His childhood days, like the days of his youth and early manhood, were spent upon his father's farm at manual labor, than which no avocation is more healthy nor surer to develop the qualities of sturdy character and personal devotion to duty and true manliness of behavior.
The community was a good one, even for those prosperous days. About a mile away stands an academy where good instructors taught the neighbors' children instructors who came from the University of this State and from other institutions of much thoroughness. Here voluntary schools went on the year round, barring the long vacation of the summer.
Churches invited to the service of the Lord, though less frequently perhaps than along now. Domestic discipline and stern repression of forwardness were enforced among youths.
Amid these surroundings William Alexander Liles took shape and grew to the full stature of a well rounded man. His education was liberal. He read the Latin classics with ease, and in mathematics he was proficient, though not accomplished in the higher branches of the science.
I believe he was an original charter member of the Anson Guard; certainly he was a member of the company April 1st. It was the first company in the State tendered with the Governor in 1861, though it was the third company accepted by His Excellency Governor Ellis. He went with the neighbor boys to the war in that company, leaving here as junior third leftenant of the command, and he held subordinate places in the company until the death of Capt. Eli Freeman, on the battlefield, May 30th, 1864, when he became captain of the company, in which capacity he closed his military service at the grave of all our hopes. It is congruous to express an estimate of the services during the war of this dead citizen-soldier. He was a capable officer, with an aptitude for tactics, and was a thorough drill master. As a soldier he was admirable more so that as an officer, though good in both capacities. He was a plain, homespun product, sound as the best wheat and entirely reliable.
Returning to wasted fields and impoverished neighbors, he went to work to bring about more hope of our future, a
better sense of security and a true meas-ure of sound government. He was elected in 1865 colonel of our militia. He never allowed his title as captain, won upon the perilous edge of battle, to merge in that of colonel.
He began farming soon after the war and shared the success and failures of his neighbors. He was a neat farmer and one of the last survivors of those who could put up a shock of wheat that would stand six months in the field and remain unaffected by the elements.
He married November 18, 1869, the daughter of William Henry Huntley, who died leaving an infant son, William Henry Liles, now one of our most capable merchants. He professed religion and was baptized in August, 1871, by the Rev. Samuel P. Morton, the old man eloquent, assisted by the venerable Benjamin Saunders, who is yet spared to us, though the light of his precious eyes has long gone out. He joined the Baptist church at Brown Creek and henceforward his walk and conversa-tion were worthy of his humble Christian spirit. He was a member of the House of Representatives in our General Assembly, session of 1883. His second wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of the late John McLendon, one of our most successful men, survives him, as do four children of the marriage, three sons and a daughter. Many sensible men when contempla-ting death are moved to give directions concerning their bones. As our vital forces retire to the citadel the mind is transported to the graves of our fathers and of our mothers, and there we pillow our heads. He was buried at Brown Creek church in the presence of a devout multitude, composed in part of the veterans of the late war.
The burial services were conducted by the Rev. J.F. Love, whose beautiful and choice words are remembered as the most
fitting ever spoken in the hearing of that concourse of subdued mourners.
Captain of Company C, 14th Regiment, CSA.
From the Wadesboro, NC newspaper The Messenger and Intelligencer, Thursday 7 August 1902:
CAPT. W. A. LILES
We record with sincere regret the death of William Alexander Liles at his home in the town of Ansonville, on the 31st day of last month, from a complication of diseases, borne in patient submission to the will of his gracious Master.
A son of the late Jesse J. Liles and his wife, Ellen McLendon, born at the old homestead February 9th, 1833. His childhood days, like the days of his youth and early manhood, were spent upon his father's farm at manual labor, than which no avocation is more healthy nor surer to develop the qualities of sturdy character and personal devotion to duty and true manliness of behavior.
The community was a good one, even for those prosperous days. About a mile away stands an academy where good instructors taught the neighbors' children instructors who came from the University of this State and from other institutions of much thoroughness. Here voluntary schools went on the year round, barring the long vacation of the summer.
Churches invited to the service of the Lord, though less frequently perhaps than along now. Domestic discipline and stern repression of forwardness were enforced among youths.
Amid these surroundings William Alexander Liles took shape and grew to the full stature of a well rounded man. His education was liberal. He read the Latin classics with ease, and in mathematics he was proficient, though not accomplished in the higher branches of the science.
I believe he was an original charter member of the Anson Guard; certainly he was a member of the company April 1st. It was the first company in the State tendered with the Governor in 1861, though it was the third company accepted by His Excellency Governor Ellis. He went with the neighbor boys to the war in that company, leaving here as junior third leftenant of the command, and he held subordinate places in the company until the death of Capt. Eli Freeman, on the battlefield, May 30th, 1864, when he became captain of the company, in which capacity he closed his military service at the grave of all our hopes. It is congruous to express an estimate of the services during the war of this dead citizen-soldier. He was a capable officer, with an aptitude for tactics, and was a thorough drill master. As a soldier he was admirable more so that as an officer, though good in both capacities. He was a plain, homespun product, sound as the best wheat and entirely reliable.
Returning to wasted fields and impoverished neighbors, he went to work to bring about more hope of our future, a
better sense of security and a true meas-ure of sound government. He was elected in 1865 colonel of our militia. He never allowed his title as captain, won upon the perilous edge of battle, to merge in that of colonel.
He began farming soon after the war and shared the success and failures of his neighbors. He was a neat farmer and one of the last survivors of those who could put up a shock of wheat that would stand six months in the field and remain unaffected by the elements.
He married November 18, 1869, the daughter of William Henry Huntley, who died leaving an infant son, William Henry Liles, now one of our most capable merchants. He professed religion and was baptized in August, 1871, by the Rev. Samuel P. Morton, the old man eloquent, assisted by the venerable Benjamin Saunders, who is yet spared to us, though the light of his precious eyes has long gone out. He joined the Baptist church at Brown Creek and henceforward his walk and conversa-tion were worthy of his humble Christian spirit. He was a member of the House of Representatives in our General Assembly, session of 1883. His second wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of the late John McLendon, one of our most successful men, survives him, as do four children of the marriage, three sons and a daughter. Many sensible men when contempla-ting death are moved to give directions concerning their bones. As our vital forces retire to the citadel the mind is transported to the graves of our fathers and of our mothers, and there we pillow our heads. He was buried at Brown Creek church in the presence of a devout multitude, composed in part of the veterans of the late war.
The burial services were conducted by the Rev. J.F. Love, whose beautiful and choice words are remembered as the most
fitting ever spoken in the hearing of that concourse of subdued mourners.
From the Wadesboro, NC newspaper The Messenger and Intelligencer, Thursday 7 August 1902:
CAPT. W. A. LILES
We record with sincere regret the death of William Alexander Liles at his home in the town of Ansonville, on the 31st day of last month, from a complication of diseases, borne in patient submission to the will of his gracious Master.
A son of the late Jesse J. Liles and his wife, Ellen McLendon, born at the old homestead February 9th, 1833. His childhood days, like the days of his youth and early manhood, were spent upon his father's farm at manual labor, than which no avocation is more healthy nor surer to develop the qualities of sturdy character and personal devotion to duty and true manliness of behavior.
The community was a good one, even for those prosperous days. About a mile away stands an academy where good instructors taught the neighbors' children instructors who came from the University of this State and from other institutions of much thoroughness. Here voluntary schools went on the year round, barring the long vacation of the summer.
Churches invited to the service of the Lord, though less frequently perhaps than along now. Domestic discipline and stern repression of forwardness were enforced among youths.
Amid these surroundings William Alexander Liles took shape and grew to the full stature of a well rounded man. His education was liberal. He read the Latin classics with ease, and in mathematics he was proficient, though not accomplished in the higher branches of the science.
I believe he was an original charter member of the Anson Guard; certainly he was a member of the company April 1st. It was the first company in the State tendered with the Governor in 1861, though it was the third company accepted by His Excellency Governor Ellis. He went with the neighbor boys to the war in that company, leaving here as junior third leftenant of the command, and he held subordinate places in the company until the death of Capt. Eli Freeman, on the battlefield, May 30th, 1864, when he became captain of the company, in which capacity he closed his military service at the grave of all our hopes. It is congruous to express an estimate of the services during the war of this dead citizen-soldier. He was a capable officer, with an aptitude for tactics, and was a thorough drill master. As a soldier he was admirable more so that as an officer, though good in both capacities. He was a plain, homespun product, sound as the best wheat and entirely reliable.
Returning to wasted fields and impoverished neighbors, he went to work to bring about more hope of our future, a
better sense of security and a true meas-ure of sound government. He was elected in 1865 colonel of our militia. He never allowed his title as captain, won upon the perilous edge of battle, to merge in that of colonel.
He began farming soon after the war and shared the success and failures of his neighbors. He was a neat farmer and one of the last survivors of those who could put up a shock of wheat that would stand six months in the field and remain unaffected by the elements.
He married November 18, 1869, the daughter of William Henry Huntley, who died leaving an infant son, William Henry Liles, now one of our most capable merchants. He professed religion and was baptized in August, 1871, by the Rev. Samuel P. Morton, the old man eloquent, assisted by the venerable Benjamin Saunders, who is yet spared to us, though the light of his precious eyes has long gone out. He joined the Baptist church at Brown Creek and henceforward his walk and conversa-tion were worthy of his humble Christian spirit. He was a member of the House of Representatives in our General Assembly, session of 1883. His second wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of the late John McLendon, one of our most successful men, survives him, as do four children of the marriage, three sons and a daughter. Many sensible men when contempla-ting death are moved to give directions concerning their bones. As our vital forces retire to the citadel the mind is transported to the graves of our fathers and of our mothers, and there we pillow our heads. He was buried at Brown Creek church in the presence of a devout multitude, composed in part of the veterans of the late war.
The burial services were conducted by the Rev. J.F. Love, whose beautiful and choice words are remembered as the most
fitting ever spoken in the hearing of that concourse of subdued mourners.
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