Individual Details

Marion Clingenpeel

(20 Mar 1834 - 16 Mar 1906)


Marion Clingenpeel enlisted in Company B, 42nd Virginia Infantry as a sergeant on 25 May 1861. He must have had an interesting career in the military. Marion was promoted to 3rd sergeant, then 2nd sergeant, and, finally, demoted to private on 21 April 1862. After demotion to private, he served as a nurse until January 1863. On 31 October 1864, Marion was appointed acting regimental orderly sergeant. On 9 April 1985 the United States paroled Marion at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.

Events

Birth20 Mar 1834, Franklin, VA
Marriage3 Mar 1855, Floyd, VA - Julia Light
Marriage18 Sep 1866, Floyd, VA - Josephine Shelton
Death16 Mar 1906
BurialWhite Cemetery, Shawsville, Montgomery, VA

Families

SpouseJulia Light (1839 - 1859)
SpouseJosephine Shelton (1845 - )
ChildWellington M. Clingenpeel (1868 - )
ChildIrving Montgomery Clingenpeel (1869 - 1949)
ChildMary A. Clingenpeel (1872 - )
ChildSamuel Shelton Clingenpeel (1876 - 1940)
ChildLula E. Clingenpeel (1882 - )
ChildMaud Cabbell Clingenpeel (1883 - )
FatherMr ( - )
MotherSophia Clingenpeel ( - )
SiblingGeorge W. Clingenpeel (1835 - )

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