COL. WILLIAM M. FEILD
Is a son of Dr. John A. Feild, who was born in Brunswick county, Virginia,
was long an honored resident of that county, and is now
deceased. His mother, whose maiden name was Mary H. Bolling, died
on Christmas day, 1861. He was born in Brunswick county, on May
15, 1837. At the outbreak of the war between the States, he entered
the Confederate States Army, and received a commission, in April, 1861,
as second lieutenant of Company I, 3d Virginia Cavalry. He received
subsequent promotion to captain, then to lieutenant-colonel,
and served till the close of the war, wounded at Halls Shop, Virginia,
and again at Five Forks.
At Petersburg, October 24, 1877, Colonel Feild married Mary H. Hargrave,
and they have three children, John C., Mary P. and William M.,
jr., Mrs. Feild was born in Dinwiddie county, the daughter of Col.
Charles Hargrave, now deceased. Her mother, whose maiden name was
Mary Hillsman, is living at Greenville, Kentucky. Colonel Feild is proprietor
of a tobacco warehouse, and has been treasurer of Dinwiddie
county for seventeen years, ever since the office was created.
