Family
William H. Face was the son of Edward Face (1808–1840) and Catherine Heffley Face (1805–1876).
Edward Face was the chief carpenter at Fortress Monroe while 1st Lieutenant Robert E. Lee was stationed there (1831–34). Lee played a major role in the final construction of both Fortress Monroe and its opposite, Fort Calhoun, later renamed Fort Wool. Both forts would later provide great vantage points for the Battle of Hampton Roads but neither played an important part in the action.
William H. Face married Sarah E. Dunbar (1828–1889) in Norfolk County, Virginia on April 10, 1850.
His brother, Edward Webster Face (1829–1907), Private, Company H, 54th Virginia Militia, CSA, married Sarah Dunbar's sister, Elizabeth Widgeon Dunbar (1831–1913) on March 27, 1851.
The brothers, their wives and many of their descendents are buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
A nephew, Sgt. Samuel T. Face, Longstreet's Command, Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division, 32nd Virginia Infantry, CSA (1843–1862), was killed on the bloodiest day of the American Civil War, September 17, 1862, the second day of the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) and was buried near the battlefield.
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