Sunday, April 6, 2025

Glenwood Cemetery


Location:

9th Street

Fort Payne, DeKalb County, Alabama

34° 26.0877' N   85° 44.0416

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:23032


Date of Visit: March 23, 2025


Corp

James C Bowers

Co E

39 NC Inf

CSA


Thomas J. Bowers

Co E

39 NC Inf

CSA


Anthony Bowers

Co E

39 NC Inf

CSA


Lucien L. Cochran

Corp    Co E  10 Ga Inf

Confederate Staates Army


A.H. Faulkner

Pvt Co B  49 Ala Inf

1824   1897


Willey C Lyons

Pvt Co B  3 Conf Cav

Confederate States Army

1831   1911


Columbus T Willis

Pvt Co E 12 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

1835    1903




David H. Duff

Co E  12 Ala Inf

CSA

1833    1862


David enlisted in the DeKalb Invincibles on June 16, 1861. In July David and his company became a part of the 12th Alabama Infantry in Richmond, Virginia. In January of 1862 David was in the Moore Hospital in Danville and transferred to General Hospital in Richmond.  He was diagnosed with catarrh. There is a record of his death on March 4, 1862. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for David H. Duff, 12th Alabama Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, April 6, 1862.,  (http://www.fold3.com).


Jno. Cunningham

Feb 6 1838

July 6 1928

3rd Confederacy, CSA


  • John Cunningham of DeKalb County served in the 3rd Confederate Calvary. 




Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Clay Cemetery

Location:

County Road 509

Princeton, Jackson County, Alabama

34.84702  - 86.24408

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:22141


Date of Visit: February 3, 2025


Benjamin Phillips

Born

Oct. 20, 1834

Died

Mar. 11, 1904


Benjamin is identified  member of Company C, 32nd Alabama Infantry on his Find A Grave Memorial. The 32nd was made upon of companies from the southern part of Alabama. The Benjamin Phillips of the 32nd Alabama enlisted in Company C in Mobile.  The Ben Phillips buried here was living in Jackson County in 1860. His family is from Jackson County. 


  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84536848/benjamin_f-phillips: accessed March 11, 2025), memorial page for Benjamin F. Phillips (20 Oct 1834–11 Mar 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 84536848, citing Clay Cemetery, Princeton, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Annette Bradford (contributor 47187281).


Dr. Felix R. 

Grant

Born

Aug 10, 1832

Died

Feb 21, 1906


Dr. Grant was identified as a surgeon during the war on his Find A Grave memorial.


  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86299528/felix_r-grant: accessed March 11, 2025), memorial page for Dr Felix R. Grant (10 Aug 1822–21 Feb 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 86299528, citing Clay Cemetery, Princeton, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Annette Bradford (contributor 47187281).

Taliaferro Cemetery

Location:

County Road 509

Princeton, Jackson  County, Alabama

34.84707  - 86.24491

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:2167863


Note: This cemetery is adjacent to the Clay Cemetery. 


Date of Visit: February 3, 2025


Richard H. Taliaferro

Born 

Aug 28, 1845

Died Dec. 5, 1884


He served in Company K of the 4th Tennessee Calvary (likely McLemore's regiment). 

  • Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for Richard Taliaferro, 4 Tennessee Calvary, retrieved from Ancestry.com, 11 March 2025,  (http://www.ancestry.com)


John R. 

Bostick

Born

Sept. 22, 1832

Died

Apr. 14, 1901


John served in Company K of the 4th (Mclemore's) Calvary. He lost an arm on March 16, 1863. He may have received the wound in a skirmish at Thompson Station on March 5. 

  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John R. Bostic, 4 Tennessee Calvary, Retrieved from at 3-Fold, 11 March 2025,  (http://www.fold3.com).









Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Peters Cove Cemetery

Location:

County Road 30

Jackson County, Alabama

34.66530  - 86.24030

Find A Grave Cemetery ID:25359


Date of Visit: February 3, 2025


Rollins Whittaker

Pvt Co D

49 Ala Inf

Confederate States Army

Aug 5 1818     Dec 11 1902



John B. Evans

Co C

8 Tenn Cav

CSA


John B. Evans served in the 4th Tennessee Calvary. This unit became the 8th Tennessee. He was wounded in April of 1863 and again at Chickamauga in September of 1863. 


  • Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama.  Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for Jon. B Evans, 8 Tennessee Calvary (Smiths), Retrieved from at 3-Fold, March 4, 2024.,  (http://www.fold3.com).


  • Alabama, Texas and Virginia, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Entry for Jon.B Evans, 4th Tennessee retrieved from Ancestry.com, October 3, 2021,  (http://www.ancestry.com)


James M Peters

Co G

4 Regt

Ala Cav

CSA

Mar 31 1859

Dec 31, 1923




Reuben Chatmas Rousseau

Oct 7 1842     Sep 22 1904

Pvt Co A   25 Ala Cav

CSA

Husband of Lydia Ann Houck



Pvt

William M. Houck

Co A

25 Ala Cav

July 12 1845

Jun 28 1931



Houck and Rousseau were both members of a calvary unit raised in northern Alabama later in the war by Lemuel Green Mead.  This unit was known as the 25th Alabama Calvary Battalion.   





















Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Flanagan Cemetery


Location:

County Road 503

Jackson  County, Alabama

34.73390  - 86.27000

Find A Grave Cemetery ID22804


Date of Visit: February 3, 2025


Thomas M Culver

Co K

4 Ala Inf

CSA


Thomas was wounded at First Manassas.


Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97122046/thomas_milton-culver: accessed March 4, 2025), memorial page for Thomas Milton Culver (1840–22 Nov 1905), Find a Grave Memorial ID 97122046, citing Flanagan Cemetery, Trenton, Jackson County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Hutch (contributor 47312109).


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