BIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM CARL PIGG
CONFEDERATE VETERAN AND FARMER
Written by his great-grandson,  ROLLIN E. BECKER

In the State of Tennessee, County of Warren, near McMinnville, a son, William Carl Pigg,  was born to William Pigg and Sarah Jane (Newby) Pigg on January 9, 1837.  He grew up in the sturdy life as a farmer.  When he was twelve years old, he migrated to Missouri with his parents and settled in St. Francois County, remaining with them until he was twenty-five years of age.  There was a period between the Fall of 1862 and August of 1865 which he spent in the War in Illinois and the Hoosier State. 

William Carl Pigg enlisted in the Confederate Army in Oregon County, Missouri in William Tolbert's Company D, 19th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Parson's Brigade, under Col. White.  During his service he was in several skirmishes, including Battle of Prairie Grove.   He became sick at one point and was in the CSA Rock Hotel Hospital at Little Rock, Arkansas.  This short period of years was the only interruption in his life which was mostly spent as a farmer.

        On April 28, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Griffin.  She was also born in Tennessee but had moved with her family and spent most of her youth in Indiana.  William and Sarah were the parents of ten (10) children.  His wife, Sarah, and six children preceded William Carl Pigg in death.  The remaining children were Armina Leona (Mrs. George W. Robertson) of East Bonne Terre; Almeda (Mrs. James) Edwards of the Three Rivers Community; Harriet Lucinda (LuLu) of near French Village, and William (Willie) Newton who lived at the home place.  William Carl Pigg entered into his final rest on January 14, 1914, and is buried in the Pigg Cemetery near Thurman, Missouri in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri.

PIGG CEMETERY

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