Individual Details

Thomas William Pattillo "Buck" Poindexter

(23 Jan 1831 - 8 Jan 1931)



Found on FindAGrave.com. Pvt. Thomas W. Poindexter served in Company B of the 21st TN Cavalry during the Civil War. He died just 15 days short of his 100th birthday. Buried at the edge of the woods, Shiloh Cemetery, near Savannah, Hardin Co, Tennessee.

Apparently his wife is buried separately at another cemetery known as the Shiloh Church Cemetery in Shiloh National Military Park. Her stone says she was the Wife of T. W. Poindexter. She was Nancy, born 22 May 1839, died 18 Jul 1902.
[USGenWeb, Hardin Co TN website]

1870 Census. Hardin Co TN. Hh 26 - same page with brothers John & Julius.
Buck Poindexter, age 33 [born 1837, not 1831; but brother John gave his age as 39 - they seem reversed for this census.]
Nancy, age 29, b.Tennessee
Andrew 10, b. in Mississippi. Other children born in TN: George 9, Henry 6, Augusta 4, and William age 1.

1880 Census. Hardin Co TN Hh 55
T. W. Poindexter, age 50, b. TN, parents b. NC
Nancy, age 41, wife, b. TN Children all marked as born in TN.
Andrew 19, son. Clay 16, son. Augusta, 14, daughter. Franklin 11, son, and John age 10, son.
Next door was G. Poindexter, age 18, and wife Mary, age 24.

1900 Census. Hardin Co TN
T. W. Poindexter, b. Jan 1831, age 69, b. TN, parents b. NC
Nancy, wife, b. May 1835, age 65, married 46 years. 7 children. Born TN, parents b. Alabama
John T., son, b. Dec 1872, age 27, married 2 years.
Myrtle, dau-in-law, b. Jul 1882, age 17, 1 child.
Virdie, granddau, b. Feb 1900, age 4 months

Events

Birth23 Jan 1831
Death8 Jan 1931Hardin County, Tennessee

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