Individual Details
William Henry Smedley
(3 Oct 1841 - 30 Nov 1938)
Enlisted in Marion County, South Pittsburg, TN. 16th September 1861 Corporal-4th East Tennessee & 34th Tennessee Confederate Infantry, Company A&H. CSA Pension #S16368 approved.
Battles: Tazwell, Tennessee and Several engagements at Cumberland Gap. Took Typhoid Fever in Nov 1862, and became disabled. Sent home to die, but survived. Went back to fighting in the 37th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (7th Infantry) (1st East Tennessee Rifles) Company H. Captured during General John Bell Hood's Atlanta Campaign
July 22, 1864, Paroled, and Took the Oath July, 1864 so he could work and look after his Father who was invalid. This started a Famlily rumer that he served in the Union Army. But ofcourse this was not true according to his Confederate Pension Record approved Jan 1928 & Obituary. He was 86yrs Old when filing for pension. Everybody in his Units had died. He wouldn't have gotten his pension if it wasn't for affidavits signed by Widows of the men he served with, and Neighbors.
Obituary Chattanooga Times 12-1-1938 Page 7:
W. H. Smedley, 97, Whiteside, Dies
Oldest Confederate Veteran in Marion County Will Be Honored in Rites Today:
Jasper Tenn., Nov. 30._W. H. Smedley, 97, oldest Confederate Veteran of Marion County, died at his home at Whiteside, near here, this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 P.M. at the residence, with the Revs. A.M. Tomlinson and J.E. Merrill officiating. Burial will be in Hooker Church Cemetery. Smith Funeral Service in charge. Mr. Smedley is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Cooper Doyle, Mrs. J.W. Price, Sr., Mrs. Thomas Dagnan and Mrs. G.S. Williams: Sixteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Battles: Tazwell, Tennessee and Several engagements at Cumberland Gap. Took Typhoid Fever in Nov 1862, and became disabled. Sent home to die, but survived. Went back to fighting in the 37th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (7th Infantry) (1st East Tennessee Rifles) Company H. Captured during General John Bell Hood's Atlanta Campaign
July 22, 1864, Paroled, and Took the Oath July, 1864 so he could work and look after his Father who was invalid. This started a Famlily rumer that he served in the Union Army. But ofcourse this was not true according to his Confederate Pension Record approved Jan 1928 & Obituary. He was 86yrs Old when filing for pension. Everybody in his Units had died. He wouldn't have gotten his pension if it wasn't for affidavits signed by Widows of the men he served with, and Neighbors.
Obituary Chattanooga Times 12-1-1938 Page 7:
W. H. Smedley, 97, Whiteside, Dies
Oldest Confederate Veteran in Marion County Will Be Honored in Rites Today:
Jasper Tenn., Nov. 30._W. H. Smedley, 97, oldest Confederate Veteran of Marion County, died at his home at Whiteside, near here, this afternoon. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 P.M. at the residence, with the Revs. A.M. Tomlinson and J.E. Merrill officiating. Burial will be in Hooker Church Cemetery. Smith Funeral Service in charge. Mr. Smedley is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Cooper Doyle, Mrs. J.W. Price, Sr., Mrs. Thomas Dagnan and Mrs. G.S. Williams: Sixteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Events
| Birth | 3 Oct 1841 | Meigs County, Tennessee | |||
| Military | Bet 16 Sep 1861 and Jul 1864 | Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | Abt 1863 | Tennesse - Lilly Jones | |||
| Burial | Nov 1938 | Hooker Church Cemetery, Dade County, Georgia | |||
| Death | 30 Nov 1938 | Whiteside, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Lilly Jones (1840 - 1922) |
| Child | Martha Jane "Janie" Smedley (1868 - 1944) |
| Child | Helen Lilly Smedley (1877 - 1973) |
| Child | Lou Smedley (1872 - 1961) |
| Child | Mary Smedley ( - 1962) |
| Father | William Smedley (1805 - ) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Murphy ( - ) |
| Sibling | Nancy Smedley (1829 - ) |
| Sibling | John M. Smedley (1830 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Smedley (1836 - ) |
| Sibling | Catharine Smedley (1838 - ) |
| Sibling | Patience Smedley (1844 - ) |