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Category Archives: Civil War
A Great Week in Genealogy and It’s Only Thursday
First, I registered for Course 4: Writing and Publishing for Genealogists taught by Tom Jones, one of the best genealogy writers and editors. The week-long course is taught at Samford University’s Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research (IGHR) in Birmingham, Alabama. … Continue reading
MARGARET EOFF ELLIOTT
While browsing on Ancestry.com, I found this wonderful story by Maxine Elliott Gilliam. jdhardin originally posed this story on the Hardin family tree. (1) It’s always a happy moment when we find the work of other family researchers. To this … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Texas
Tagged Almeda Elliott, Almeda Todd, Arkansas, Civil War, James Monroe Elliott, James Monroe Elliott Jr., Lucille Elliott, Margaret Elliott, Margaret Eoff, Margaret Ring, Mary Jane Elliott, Mary Jane McIntire, Maxine Elliott Gilliam, Maxine Gilliam, Melinda Elliott, Melinda Maddox, Texas, Thomas Hendrix McIntire
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Eveline Minerva Price Tyler
Eveline was murdered in her hen-house. She was murdered by someone in the family. She might have been murdered by someone who knew about the mine or she might have been murdered over how she was spending her money. After … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Scots-Irish
Tagged Arkansas, Civil War, Daniel Tyler, Edmund Wallace Wood Jr. Eliza Ann Tyler, Elizabeth Tyler Craig, Eveline Minerva Price, Hoyt Young, James Thomas Craig, Lindsey Tyler, Peter Adams Tyler, Peter Allen Tyler, Roots and Tales, Silver Mines, Stantford Tyler, William Baker Tyler
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William Dixson – Texas State Troops, Militia Cavalry, Texas Rangers
William Dixson was born on October 13, 1825 in Ohio. He married Louvisa Bedford on June 26, 1851 in Rusk, Texas. They had seven children. Their oldest child, Betty Elizabeth, was the great-grandmother of Eva Buckmaster Musgrove. We may be descendants from Peter Browne, the … Continue reading
Thomas Andrew Pennington – Missouri Calvary, Union Army, bugler.
Thomas Andrew Pennington was born on March 24, 1825, in Russell, Kentucky. His father was Royal Riley Pennington and his mother was Elizabeth Kerns. On November 18, 1847, he married Cynthia Ann Brown. They had five children before the war, … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Musgrave
Tagged bugler, Chandler's Jawhawkers, Civi War, Company A 1st Regiment Missouri State Militia, Cynthia Ann Brown, Elizabeth Kerns, James T Pennington, Missouri State Militia Calvary Regiment, Royal Riley Pennington, Thomas Andrew Pennington, William Musgrove
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Peter Adams Tyler, Arkansas, Convicted for Treason against the C.S.A.
Peter Adams Tyler was the eldest son of Baker Tyler, one of the earliest settlers in Northwest Arkansas. He was born on December 22, 1823. He prospered as a farmer and citizen until his death in the Civil War. He … Continue reading
James Monroe Elliott – Arkansas Calvary, Confederate, quartermaster.
James Monroe Elliott was born on June 22, 1816 in Warren, Tennessee. His father was Stephen Elliott and his mother was Elizabeth; her last name is not known. In 1843, Monroe married Margaret Eoff in Tennessee, where they had three children. After the move … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War
Tagged 8th Arkansas Cavalry, Almeda Elliott, Arkansas Peace Society, Civil War, Confederate, Desha Rangers, Edith McIntire, Edward Gerdes' Civil War Page, Hendrix McIntire, James Monroe Elliott, John A. McIntire, Margaret Eoff, Mary Jane Elliott, Pauline Mitchell Pierce, The McIntires and Elliotts of Bickle's Cove
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Walker Todd – Tennessee Infantry, Confederate, private.
Walker Todd was born on May 5, 1822 in Cannon County, Tennessee. Walker was raised by his grandmother. He didn’t know who his father was. To determine parentage, some family members are actively recruiting selected family members for DNA testing. My sister’s DNA result … Continue reading
James Allen Medcalf – Company E, 4th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Union Army, private.
Allen Medcalf was the brother of William Tate Musgrave’s first wife, Nancy, and the father of William Tate’s second wife, Myzella. In the Mexican War, Allen was mustered in on June 8, 1847 by Captain Gatlin. He served in Company E, … Continue reading
Charles Wilson Buckmaster – Iowa Infantry, Union Army, private.
Charles Wilson Buckmaster was born on September 12 1843 in Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio. Wilson was a family name passed down from his great, great, great grandmother Mary Wilson Buckmaster, who was born in Kent County, Delaware in 1680. He enlisted as … Continue reading