Pvt. Thomas Franklin Davis
b. Feb. 16, 1841
d. Feb. 14, 1915
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| Photo courtesy of Julious Burr |
Thomas Franklin Davis, born 16 February 1841 was the son of Michel Davis and Hulda Rivers. 1
When the Civil War started in January 1861 he was a 20 year old strapping young man, single, without a care in the world.
On 20 December 1861, 4 days before Christmas, Thomas Franklin enlisted into Company “E”, 21st SC Infantry commanded by his 1st Cousin Capt. Benjamin Thomas Davis.2
In Sept-Oct. 1863 through Jan.-Feb 1864, the muster roll showed that Thomas F. Davis was absent - sick at hospital. After release from the hospital his military records show that he was captured and taken prisoner near Petersburg, Virginia on 24 June 1864.3
He was transferred to Point Lookout, Maryland on June 26, 1864. He was paroled for exchange on at Elmira, NY on 2 March 1865. On March 10, 1865 he was received at Wayside Hospital, Richmond, Virginia. The War ended on April 9, 1865 when Gen Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant.4
Thomas F. Davis survived the war and returned home to Chesterfield, South Carolina. Shortly after returning home he married Rosa Caroline Massey, daughter of William Lawrence Massey and Huldah Meadows.
Thomas and Rosa would raise a large family of 14 children; 7 sons and 7 daughters.
Thomas Franklin Davis lost his beloved in July 1911. Thomas passed away on 14 February 1915, 2 days shy of his 74th birthday. They are buried at Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 5 6
Pvt. Thomas Franklin Davis is my 2nd Great Grand Uncle.
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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 August 2011); Memorial page for Pvt Thomas Franklin Davis; (16 February 1841–14 February 1915); Find a Grave memorial # 48051005, Citing Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[2] http://www.fold3.com/image/20/85283257/
[3] http://www.fold3.com/image/20/85283286/
[4] http://www.fold3.com/image/20/85283293/
[5] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 August 2011); Memorial page for Rosa Caroline Davis; (24 March 1842–27 July 1911); Find a Grave memorial # 48051069, Citing Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
[6] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 August 2011); Memorial page for Pvt Thomas Franklin Davis; (16 February 1841–14 February 1915); Find a Grave memorial # 48051005, Citing Zoar United Methodist Church Cemetery; Brocks Mill, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, USA.
Charlie, from MD to NY to VA. Do you think they traveled by train?
ReplyDeleteYes, it was all by train.You hear a lot about "Andersonville" in the South; but, "Point Lookout" in the North was just as terrible in the treatment of prisoners.
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