Photograph of Dion and Ann Nicholson sitting in chairs. Dion Boone Nicholson was born July 26, 1837, and died August 11, 1922. He was the son of William J. Nicholson and Elizabeth Ann (Teasley) Nicholson. Ann Tennessee Nicholson was born...
Donor indicated that Paschall was in Co. K, 46th Tennessee Infantry. He fought at the Battle of Franklin with his brother. He survived the war and married Elizabeth Ellen Martin. However, the soldiers and sailors database indicates that Paschall...
Pete and Hannah Shelton with their five children: Artie Malissa, Vicey J., Elizabeth Ibby, Bettie, and James or Brownlow. Pete Shelton's father, the donor's great grandfather, was killed in the Shelton Laurel Massacre. The Shelton Laurel Massacre...
Tintype of Andrew Joseph Bonds, Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav., USA. He died at Grand Junction, Tennessee. The Gordon Browning Museum in McKenzie, Tennessee, has letters he wrote to his wife, Elizabeth, while he was in the war.
John Sanford Barker was born July 8, 1827, in Monroe County, Tennessee, the son of Burrell and Elizabeth Barker. He was a veteran of the Union Army, serving from September 1864 through June 1865 under Capt. Charles A. Pickens in Co. A, 5th Regt....
Silver spoon that belonged to the Thornton family of Barnesville, Georgia. According to family legend, the spoon was part of a set that was buried to prevent Gen. Sherman and his troops from taking it. The silver was distributed among family...
James (Jimmy) Hammond wearing slouch hat and holding a flintlock musket converted to percussion. Hammond was born September 23, 1841, in Gibson County, Tenn. He was the son of John K. and Elizabeth Boyd Hammond. According to family legend, Jimmy...
In this account of the Civil War, Mrs. Stokes wrote about the hardships she had experienced, including the imprisonment of her brother. She also details the return of her future husband, Pvt. Horatio Kinchen Stokes, Co. H, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt.,...
Horatio Kinchen Stokes, a Confederate veteran from Bedford County, Tenn., is pictured with his wife, Frances. He served as a private in Co. H, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Stokes is bearded and wearing a suit and tie; his wife is wearing a striped...
Copyprint of Civil War Veteran John Patterson Allison with his wife and daughter. Patterson was born on October 22, 1844, in Saltville, Virginia and died August 2, 1912, in Saltville. He was buried in the Elizabeth Cemetery. He enlisted on May 6,...
Broadsides; Death & burial; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Graves; Mothers
Nashville Banner print giving details of the death and burial of Andrew Jackson's mother. The broadside refutes the rumor that Mrs. Jackson was buried on the roadside.
Faded red velvet cockade, housed within a folded sheet of paper. Staining marks the imprint of the rosette on both sides of the folded paper. Written at the top card is "Secession Cockade C.S.A., M.E.Y." Notation in the middle is believed to...
Nan Ross standing in front of a Crazy quilt. The quilt was made between February and December 1898 by Nan, Mattie, and Sue Ross and their mother Elizabeth Charles Ross. It has the marriage date of Tom and Elizabeth Ross as well as the initials of...
