William's brother Joseph Sykes survived the war. He was one of only a handful of men from Company B that served from the very beginning of the war in 1861 to the very end of the war in 1865, surviving many of the most hard fought battles of the war.∼Son of Jesse and Catherine Sikes
Enlisted in Co. B, 19th Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf., July 1861 for three years; was in the battles of Second Bull run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Wilderness. In the latter of which he was taken prisoner and confined at Andersonville, GA and other prisons until February 1865 when he was exchanged, came home and died soon after.
William's brother Joseph Sykes survived the war. He was one of only a handful of men from Company B that served from the very beginning of the war in 1861 to the very end of the war in 1865, surviving many of the most hard fought battles of the war.∼Son of Jesse and Catherine Sikes
Enlisted in Co. B, 19th Reg. Ind. Vol. Inf., July 1861 for three years; was in the battles of Second Bull run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredricksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Wilderness. In the latter of which he was taken prisoner and confined at Andersonville, GA and other prisons until February 1865 when he was exchanged, came home and died soon after.
Family Members
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Joseph M. Sykes
1837–1909
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Mary Ann Sikes Snyder
1839–1912
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Margaret Sykes White
1844–1912
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Martha Elizabeth Sykes Yager
1846–1914
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Arminta Jane Sykes Hickey
1847–1916
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James Walter Sykes
1850–1939
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Sarah M Sykes Wadman
1851–1922
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John Henry Sykes
1854–1922
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Matilda Sykes
1856–1873
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Anuel Sykes
1858–1950
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Elias "twin" Sykes
1860–1942
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Eli Sykes
1860–1944
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Charles Sykes
1861–1928
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Clara Sykes Hollingsworth
1862–1946
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George Washington Sykes
1865–1919
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Ella Zora Petty-Sykes Kaufman
1866–1952
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Addie Sykes Murdock
1869–1954
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Lura Bell Sykes Ditto
1872–1904
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Frank Sykes
1874–1960
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Albert "Bert" Sykes
1875–1970
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Stella Sykes Arrasmith
1880–1968
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Lillie Mae Sykes McFall
1884–1955
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