He was an intelligent, upright, God-fearing man, very industrious, affectionate and greatly beloved by his neighbors, and especially by his family. He was the liberal friend of every good cause. He was married March 12, 1838, to Rebecca Anderson, daughter of Capt. James Anderson, of the army of the Revolution. Capt. Anderson was also an early settler in the same neighborhood, and the farm on which he lived and died afterward became part of the Dinsmore estate. [1]
Burial
Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA[2]
Fact: Residence (1850) Canton, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (1860) Canton Township, Washington, Pennsylvania
Fact: Residence (1870) Pennsylvania, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Canton Township, Washington, Pennsylvania
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83927118/william-dinsmore: accessed April 21, 2024), memorial page for William Dinsmore (14 Oct 1801–21 Mar 1883), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83927118, citing Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo Village, Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Kelly Crane (contributor 49315568).
"California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL41-BPMX : 28 November 2018), William Dinsmore in entry for John Walker Dinsmore and Alice Lee Blackford, 05 Mar 1918; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004353617.
"California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL41-BPMX : 28 November 2018), William Dinsmore in entry for John Walker Dinsmore and Alice Lee Blackford, 05 Mar 1918; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004353617.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4ZW-HTX : 4 April 2020), William Dinsmore in household of John Dinsmore, Canton, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 75, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVL-NZ4 : 13 November 2020), William Dinsmore, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 247, sheet 242C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,201.
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