There is no record of his death nor information on his hospitalization. One would assume he died within a couple of months of entering the hospital.

Two men by the same name and age lived nearby.

George Martin

William J. Temples, age 24, enlisted as a Private in Captain Hamilton Mayson's Company, Mississippi Volunteer* September 27, 1861 at Bay St. Louis, sick in hospital at Okolona on Surgeon's certificate June 7, 1862 where he remained until he died of disease, "exact date unknown"

*This company was successively designated as Captain Mayson's Company, Captain Pope''s Company (Jeff Davis Sharp Shooters), and Company D, 7th Regiment Mississippi Infantry.

1860 United States Federal Census about William Temples

Name: William Temples
Age in 1860: 25
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Marion, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Post Office: Columbia
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Jacob Temples 55 Born in Georgia
Miamsy Temples 50
William Temples 25 No occupation listed
Jacob Temples 17
Amy Temples 14
Matthew Temples 8

Name: William Temples, Jr.
Age in 1860: 25
Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Jones, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Post Office: Ellisville
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
William Temples 25 Farmer
A C Temples 25 Female
Cindrila Temples 6
Eady C Temples 5
William Temples 4
James Temples 1

William Temples, Sr. 40 year old Farmer lived in the adjacent property