Richard P. AYERS
NOTES: Pvt. Co. F 2 VA Calvary; Enlisted Culpepper Church, VA 2 Feb 1863 by Lt. Johnson for 3 yers. Captured at Gettysburg 2 Jul 1863. On roll of prisoners Point Lookout MD sent from Ft. Delaware Del. 9/26/1863. Died 22 Jan 1864 on CSA Roos reptd since 7/3/63 in hands of enemy.
NOTES: killed in the Spanish American War. Bedford, VA shows a marriage date for John J Ayers and Mary A Wood as 17 Nov 1981.
Richard Belle IS a female, was mostly referred to as R. Belle.
He married Martha Morgan 19 Mar 1856 at Bedford, Virginia . Martha Morgan was born at Bedford, Virginia 1831 daughter of Christopher Morgan and Susan Fuld .
They were the parents of 5
children:
John Christopher Ayers
born 27 Jun 1858.
Sarah W. Ayers
born 6 Jun 1859.
Martha Pattie Ayers
born 27 Nov 1861.
Richard Belle Ayers
born 11 Sep 1863.
Emma C. Ayers
born Abt 1864.
Richard P. Ayers died 22 Jan 1864 .