William Rearden’s first tombstone, left, was vandalized and the Daughters of the War of 1812 put up a new tombstone. William is buried in the Grayville Cemetery in Grayville, White County, Illinois. Grayville is right on the border with Indiana, just across the river, and just north of Highway 64.

William was born in Woodford County on 3 February 1793. He served, along with others from Woodford County, in the War of 1812. He was in Capt. Virgil McCracken’s Company, First Rifle Regiment, Kentucky Militia.

He died, probably in Grayville, on 1 December 1846, and was buried in the Grayville Cemetery. His wife Elmira survived him by many years but is not buried with him.


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Descendant report for Elmira and William Rearden
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