William Ballard Cecil
1844 - 1916 (72 years)-
Name William Ballard Cecil Birth 15 Sep 1844 VA 
- Birth date from grave stone.
Gender Male Death 15 Dec 1916 VA - Death date from grave stone.
Burial Dublin, Pulaski, VA - Burial: Dublin Cemetery
Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia, USA
Inscription: WILLIAM B. CECIL / BORN / SEPT. 15, 1844 / DIED / DEC. 15, 1916 /Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord
Person ID I1011 Drollinger Genealogy Last Modified 3 Jun 2022
Father John Harrison Cecil, b. 29 Jan 1818, Shelby County, OH d. 7 Jun 1894, Dublin, Pulaski, VA (Age 76 years) Mother Mary Ellen Trinkle, b. 11 Nov 1823, Dublin, Pulaski, VA d. 15 Nov 1902 (Age 79 years) Family ID F1088 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Trolinger, b. 20 Jul 1851, VA d. 4 May 1893, Dublin, Pulaski, VA (Age 41 years) Marriage 15 Apr 1874 Children 1. Infant Cecil, b. 12 Feb 1878, Dublin, Pulaski, VA d. 12 Feb 1878, Dublin, Pulaski, VA (Age 0 years)2. James Marvin Cecil, b. 7 Apr 1879, Dublin, Pulaski, VA d. 3 Apr 1914, Pulaski County, VA (Age 34 years)3. Infant Cecil, b. Nov 1882, Dublin, Pulaski, VA d. Nov 1882, Dublin, Pulaski, VA (Age ~ 0 years)4. John Trolinger Cecil, b. 26 Apr 1886, Dublin, Pulaski, VA d. 3 May 1965, Dublin, Pulaski, VA (Age 79 years)5. Mary Margaret Cecil, b. 27 Oct 1889, Dublin, Pulaski, VA d. 27 Jun 1970, KY (Age 80 years)Family ID F336 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 14 Mar 2016
Family 2 Elva Early, b. 12 Dec 1862, VA d. 16 Nov 1935 (Age 72 years) Marriage 7 Oct 1895 VA - Virginia, Select Marriages
Name: Elva Root
[Elva Early]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 32
Birth Date: 1863
Birth Place: Carroll Co., VA.
Marriage Date: 7 Oct 1895
Marriage Place: Carroll, Virginia
Father: James Early
Mother: Rhoda
Spouse: Wm. B. Cecil
FHL Film Number: 31087
Reference ID: p 96
Family ID F7728 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Sep 2016
Marriage 16 Feb 1897 Princeton, WV Family ID F14639 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Jun 2017
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Event Map 
Birth - 15 Sep 1844 - VA 
Marriage - 7 Oct 1895 - VA 
Marriage - 16 Feb 1897 - Princeton, WV Death - 15 Dec 1916 - VA 
Burial - - Dublin, Pulaski, VA = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones 
Dublin Cemetery
Dublin, Pulaski, VA
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Notes - WILLIAM B. CECIL - is a son of John H. and Mary E. (TRINKLE) CECIL, whose record has just been given, and was born on the 15th of September, 1844, in Pulaski county. He enlisted, August 15, 1861 in Company F., Fifty-Fourth Virginia Infantry, and went to Christianburg, Montgomery county, where the regiment camped two months. They then went into Kentucky near the Big Sandy River, and remained in that state two months, then returning to Virginia, they took part in engagements before Richmond, Petersburg, and at Franklin, and then joined Bragg, at Knoxville, Tennessee, participating in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863. In November, same year, they were in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, and then west to Dalton, where they remained until March 1864. In Georgia the regiment was in the Battles of Stony Side, Resnea, Mount Zion Church, and in the last named engagement William B. CECIL was wounded severely in the shoulder, and went home on furlough. The regiment was transferred to his native county before his recovery, and he served with it there until the close of the war. He then for one year devoted his time to agricultural pursuits, and then entered upon his present successful mercantile career. In Pulaski county, April 15, 1874, he was joined in wedlock with Mary E. TROLINGER, born in this county July 20 1861, a daughter of John and Mary G. (WYGAL) TROLINGER. James M., born April 7, 1879, is the only child of this union. The postoffice address of William H. CECIL is Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia.
Hardesty, H. H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia,
Illustrated ... Special Virginia Edition giving a History of the Virginias,
Biographical Sketches of Eminent Virginians, Written by R[obert] A[lonzo]
Brock, Secretary of the Virginia Historical Society. New York, Richmond, et
al: H. H. Hardesty, 1884. 14 1/2"h x 11 1/2"w. 441 pages;
Name: William B Cecil
[William Cecil] Home in 1900: Dublin, Pulaski, Virginia Age: 55 Birth Date: Sep 1844 Birthplace: Virginia Race: White Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Virginia Spouse's name: Elva Marriage Year: 1895 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 5 Residence : Dublin District (South Part), Pulaski, Virginia
- WILLIAM B. CECIL - is a son of John H. and Mary E. (TRINKLE) CECIL, whose record has just been given, and was born on the 15th of September, 1844, in Pulaski county. He enlisted, August 15, 1861 in Company F., Fifty-Fourth Virginia Infantry, and went to Christianburg, Montgomery county, where the regiment camped two months. They then went into Kentucky near the Big Sandy River, and remained in that state two months, then returning to Virginia, they took part in engagements before Richmond, Petersburg, and at Franklin, and then joined Bragg, at Knoxville, Tennessee, participating in the Battle of Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863. In November, same year, they were in the Battle of Missionary Ridge, and then west to Dalton, where they remained until March 1864. In Georgia the regiment was in the Battles of Stony Side, Resnea, Mount Zion Church, and in the last named engagement William B. CECIL was wounded severely in the shoulder, and went home on furlough. The regiment was transferred to his native county before his recovery, and he served with it there until the close of the war. He then for one year devoted his time to agricultural pursuits, and then entered upon his present successful mercantile career. In Pulaski county, April 15, 1874, he was joined in wedlock with Mary E. TROLINGER, born in this county July 20 1861, a daughter of John and Mary G. (WYGAL) TROLINGER. James M., born April 7, 1879, is the only child of this union. The postoffice address of William H. CECIL is Dublin, Pulaski County, Virginia.