William David Aiken[1]
1846 - 1925 (79 years)-
Name William David Aiken Born Jul 19, 1846 Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA 
Gender Male Died Sep 22, 1925 Black Mountain, Buncombe county, North Carolina, USA Notes - He was at school in "The Arsenal" at Columbia, SC at the outbreak of the Civil War, and immediately enlisted in the Confederate Army and was sent to Charleston. He later joined the Sixth South Carolina Cavalry, and served throughout the Virginia Campaign as courier to his uncle, Colonel Hugh Kerr Aiken, who died in his arms at the Battle of Lynch's Creek, SC, February 27, 1865.
After his marriage to Alice Slawson, they lived with her parents at 16 West Forty-sixth Street in New York city. On October 6, 1885, they moved to Princeton, New Jersey to secure better educational opportunities for their children and to be near Alice's parents. They returned to South Carolina in 1898.
Person ID I64418 mykindred Last Modified Dec 5, 2009
Father James Reid Aiken, b. Nov 15, 1813, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA , d. Jul 10, 1877, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA (Age 63 years) Mother Elizabeth Jane "Eliza" Cloud, b. Aug 15, 1820, Beckhamville, Chester county, South Carolina, USA , d. Jun 15, 1861, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA (Age 40 years) Married Dec 05, 1837 Beckhamville, Chester county, South Carolina, USA Family ID F21621 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Alice Hyacinthe Slawson, b. Aug 21, 1847, New Orleans, Orleans parish, Louisiana, USA , d. Y Married Apr 06, 1875 New York, New York county, New York, USA Children 1. Cephise Hyacinthe Aiken, b. Feb 13, 1877, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA , d. Y2. Leila Alice Aiken, b. Dec 04, 1878, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA , d. Y3. Budd Slawson Aiken, b. Dec 02, 1880, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA , d. Y4. William David Aiken, Jr., b. Jul 11, 1882, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA , d. Y5. James Hugh Aiken, b. Jan 14, 1884, Winnsboro, Fairfield county, South Carolina, USA , d. Sep 23, 1915 (Age 31 years)6. John Morgan Aiken, b. Sep 23, 1890, Princeton, New Jersey, USA , d. YFamily ID F21624 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- He was at school in "The Arsenal" at Columbia, SC at the outbreak of the Civil War, and immediately enlisted in the Confederate Army and was sent to Charleston. He later joined the Sixth South Carolina Cavalry, and served throughout the Virginia Campaign as courier to his uncle, Colonel Hugh Kerr Aiken, who died in his arms at the Battle of Lynch's Creek, SC, February 27, 1865.
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Sources - [S1205] Reichner and Aiken genealogies.
- [S1205] Reichner and Aiken genealogies.
