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Phifer, Joseph - 25th Tennessee Infantry

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JOSEPH PHIFER
25^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 22 Jun 1844 in White County, TN
Died: 14 Feb 1913 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Brown's Mill Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: James M. and Martha Jane (Goddard) Phifer

Married: Martha Elizabeth Phy on 18 Dec 1870 in Putnam County, TN
Born: 17 Dec 1852 in White County, TN
Died: 6 Jun 1920 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Brown's Mill Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Daniel V. and Elizabeth (Brown Bradford) Phy

Children:

1. Mary Phifer
2. Walter Phifer
3. Demoval Phifer
4. Daniel Webster Phifer
5. Pearlie Phifer
6. Georgia A. Phifer

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Brother: Phifer, William Henry - 25th Tennessee Infantry

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company K

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as Private and left as a Private
• Enlisted 16 Nov 1862 at McMinnville
• Nov & Dec 1862: Present
• Jan & Feb 1863: Present
• Mar & Apr 1863: Enlisted to Bounty
• May - Oct 1863: Present
• Deserted from Knoxville on 4 Dec 1863
• Age: 19

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

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ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 2 Dec 1899
• Accepted
• Suspended: 11 Nov 1902
• Allowed by Governor Patterson 14 Jun 1905
• Residence: Goffton, Putnam County
• Member: 25th under Col. John H. Hughes
• Wounded at Murfreesboro when a shell struck a fence and throwing a rail at him. He was wounded in the left hip
• Born: White County (Now Putnam County) 1843
• Enlisted: 25th Tennessee Company K
• Wife is 47 years
• 1 son and 2 daughters
• Attest: S. W. Johnson & J. H. Curtis

Supporting Documents:

• Joseph Phifer (??) - JP was cut off from his command at Knoxville
• Benton M. McMillan (20 Dec 1899) - Requests the board review this case
• Thos. A. Head (12 Nov 1902) - Thos. Head states that Phifer told him that he would stay with the army if it stayed in Tennessee. Longstreet left Knoxville with regiment. JP went home and took the oath.
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (19 November 1903) - The following people sign an affidavit supporting JP's claim: Z. P. Lee, Thompson, James Franklin - 25th Tennessee Infantry, B. C. Carr, Huddleston, David Dow - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry , W. H. Walker, Dyer, William L. - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry , F. M. Bullock, Phifer, William Henry - 25th Tennessee Infantry , J. N. King, John Harris, Huddleston, Alvin Cullom - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry , Holman, James Spencer - 84th Tennesse Infantry , Sliger, William Lafayette - 25th Tennessee Infantry, Davis, Jacob Hickman - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry , G. M. Cook, Davis, Columbus Jackson - 8th Tennesse (Dibrell's) Cavalry, J. M. Whitson
• S. W. Johnson (25 Feb 1907) - Supports his claim
• War Department (11 Feb 1907) - Sent Service Records
• John H. Verble (7 May 1907) - Supports his claim
• J. N. King (7 Mar 1907) - Supports his claim
• G. W. Alcorn (7 Mar 1907) - Supports his claim
• Thos. Finley (8 Dec 1907) - Supports his claim
• Joseph Phifer (3 Mar 1907) - JP was in the battles of Murfreesboro and Hoover's Gap. He was always on duty except for the 8 weeks he was in the hospital in Newnan, GA. He was wounded in Murfreesboro when a bomb shell struck a fence, and the fence fell on him. He entered the army under the age of 18 and only had one eye.
• J. W. Puckett (3 May 1909) Sent in an affidavit for "Uncle Joe"
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (??) - JP could have returned to his command. Explain why he did not.
• Robinson, Alexander - 25th Tennessee Infantry (3 May 1909) - JP was cut off by the Yankees and could not return to his command.
• Joseph Phifer (1 Feb 1909) - Gave proof that he did not make these statements

WIDOW'S PENSION ABSTRACT

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ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 29 January 1915
• Name: Martha Elizabeth Phifer
• Resident of TN: All her life
• Born: in Putnam County
• Maiden Name: Martha Elizabeth Phy
• Married in Cookeville by Esq. James Peek
• Husband died 14 Feb 1913
• Witnesses: Phifer, William Henry - 25th Tennessee Infantry lives at Cookeville on RR #6

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

• Special Examiner (26n Feb 1916) to Mr. H. Brown - Mrs. Phifer listed Mr. Brown as someone the Special Examiner could write to about this case.
• Phifer, William Henry - 25th Tennessee Infantry and H. Brown (???) - Joseph Phifer and Elizabeth Phifer were married 18 December 1870, and she lived with him until his death 14 Feb 1913.

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census: White County, TN, Page 36 (Listed as W. J. Phifer)
• 1860 Census:
• 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 128
• 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 102A (Listed as Joseph Phyfer)
• 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 3B (Listed as Joseph P. Phyfer)
• 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 56B

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald
20 Feb 1913,
Vol. XI, No. 8, Page 1

• The angel of death visited our vicinity last Friday morning and claimed for its victim Mr. Joseph Phifer, who had been in bad health for a long time. We extend our sympathy to the bereaved ones. He was laid to rest at the Brown's Mill graveyard.

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