William Levander Burnett Jr.

William L. Burnett  private  Co. H, 26th MO Inf 

Full muster record for William L Burnett: age 18; height 6' 1/2"; brown hair; blue eyes; fair complexion; single; farmer; born in Marion county, Tennessee; residing at Medora, Osage county, Missouri at time of enlistment on Oct. 10, 1862; mustered in on Oct. 27, 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri by Col. Benjamin L. E. Bonneville; Discharged Mar.13, 1863 Keokuk, Iowa by order of 1st lt. Chas. Balln Military Commander.

William L. Burnett filed for a Civil War veteran's pension on Feb. 6, 1889.  His application number was 688478, but never received a certificate prior to his death in 1891 indicating that he never obtained approval for his pension.

William L. Burnett, Jr. was the son of the Rev. William Levander Burnett, Sr. and also the brother of Francis M. Burnett, who also served in company H.  An extensive family listing can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~modade/burnett.htm  Additional information may be obtained from Nancy Purtill nancyp@lifesci.ucla.edu Burnett family researcher.  Nancy provided the following photo of William and his wife Elvira in their latter years after the Civil War.

William L. and Elvira Burnett photo courtesy Nancy Purtill