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Waltham Wm. Ellery
Serial #218389
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| Manufacturer | Waltham |
| Grade | Wm. Ellery |
| Serial Number | 218389 |
| Size | 18s |
| Model | 1857 |
| Jewel Count | 11j |
| Setting | Key |
| Finish | Gilt |
| Case Material | Coinsilver |
| Case Manufacturer | F.M. |
| Case Grade/Model | |
| Case Serial # | 8143 |
| Case Details | Front Cover Interior: Warranted F.M. Coin Silver 1866 (Hand Etched) 3 Oz. Back Cover Interior: J.R. Woodside Thomasville, Mo. F.M. Cuvette: 1866 (Hand Etched) JR Woodside was a storied and prominent Missouri civil war civil war figure, judge and politician. From what I've gathered, he served as a private in the Missouri State Guard (MSG) CSA, was later commissioned and was then appointed as colonel in the 7th Division of the MSG with authority to raise a regiment, in which position he recruited his son, Captain James Posey Woodside. They both fought at the Battle of Oak Hills or Wilson’s Creek in August 1861. After the MSG was disbanded, JR Woodside entered the 4th Missouri Infantry and was seriously wounded (and reported as killed by Union authorities) in the four-hour battle at Mammoth Spring in March, 1862. He was also captured a total of three times (and escaped once) and was at one point sent to the Union's Gratiot Street Prison in St. Louis. After the war he was elected Circuit Judge for Thirteenth District of Missouri, serving in that capacity from 1871 - 1887. He and his son formed a United Confederate Veterans Camp in West Plains, which apparently still exists today as Sons of Confederate Veterans - Col. John R. Woodside, Camp #203. He died at his home in Thomasville in 1887. Woodside History From Wikipedia Woodside is an unincorporated community in Oregon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. A post office called Woodside was established in 1856, and remained in operation until 1916.The community has the name of J. R. Woodside, a pioneer settler. Place name: Woodside Description: A little settlement and post office, six miles north of Alton. Nothing remains now but the ruins of an old mill. It was named for the large landowner Jno. R. Woodside, a native of Franklin County, Kentucky, who was a prominent citizen and circuit judge for several years; he moved to Oregon County about 1844 near Thomasville. (Campbell, Gaz. of Mo., 409; P.L. Goodwin and West (1862) 45; Postal Guide 1889-1915; W.E. Harrod; Mrs. H.B. Pitts) Source: Pottenger, Cora Ann. "Place Names Of Five Southern Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1945. Place name: Woodside Township Description: A small division of the county in the north-central part. Originally it included all the northeastern quarter of the county. Named for Judge Jno. R. Woodside, a pioneer fom Tennessee, who was a prominent landowner and the first attorney in the county. (Campbell, Atlas, 1873; W. Weaver; Jno. Chilton; Jno. Old) Source: Pottenger, Cora Ann. "Place Names Of Five Southern Border Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1945. |
| Dial Material | Glass Enamel |
| Dial Type | Single-Sunk |
| Dial Style | Roman |
| Dial Signing Name | American Watch Co. |
| Dial Details | |
| Movement Markings | Wm Ellery Boston,MA |
Contributed to the database by esoxhunter on April 16, 2017.
This collection record was most recently edited on March 3, 2021.
This collection record was most recently edited on March 3, 2021.