♥ M/1st – 16 May 1863, Amite Co, MS to Mary Frances Cain. They were the parents of: ღ Cora Ella Cotten (b 14 Aug 1865) ღ William J. Cotten (b 31 Feb 1867) ღ Lula Frances Cotten ღ Rebecca A Cotten ღ Kenner Cotten (b 21 Feb 1873) ღ Infant Son Cotten ♥ M/2nd …
Category Archives: Mississippi
James Elisha Reynolds
James Elisha Reynolds was the grandson of Elisha Reynolds, a patriot lieutenant in the Wilkes County Militia, North Carolina during the Revolutionary War. He was born in Carroll County, Mississippi on July 17, 1837. The youngest of nine children and the son of the Reverend Bowen Reynolds and Sarah (Meaux) Reynolds. He was orphaned at …
James Nicolas Morton
James Nicolas Morton was born in Montgomery, Virginia. He migrated to Holmes County, Mississippi in the 1840’s with his father and siblings. He entered service with the Mississippi Sharpshooters where he remained till the end of the war. He married in 1871 and migrated to Milam County, Texas in 1879. He had 9 children before …
Chesley Shelton Coffey
He was born in Maury County, TN. Was a Private in the Illinois Militia during the Blackhawk Wars. Was a Captain of the 2nd Mississippi during the Mexican War. Raised another Company during the Civil War and was elected Captain of the 19th Mississippi, Co. D. Was wounded at Williamsburg, VA and resigned his commission …
Turpin Dickson Magee
The family history of Captain Turpin Dickson Magee, the commander of Company B of the 46th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, was important to the development and history of Covington County, Mississippi and the adjacent counties. Magee was, of course, the organizer and first Captain of Company B of the 6th Mississippi Infantry Battalion and, later, having …
Rodolph Boleslas Jablonowski
Sgt. Rodolph Boleslas Jablonowski, Company H, 10th Mississippi Infantry. He was Captured at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on January 9th 1863. He was born in Poland.
Henry Holcombe Bunch
Henry Holcombe Bunch Was Born In 1842 In Lafayette Co. Mississippi To Parents William Smith Bunch And Martha Raney Holcombe. He Served In Co. A 28th Mississippi Regiment Cav. And Was Paroled May 12th 1865 In Gainesville Alabama. He Died March 15,1920 In Caldwell Co. Texas. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33987242/henry-holcombe-bunch
Smith Jackson Bunch
Was Born In 1840 To Parents William Smith Bunch And Martha Raney Holcombe. He Died In Vicksburg Mississippi on Jan. 5th 1863. Co. C 1st Mississippi Cav. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18750474/smith-jackson-bunch