DAVID D. HUDDLESTON
8^th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  22 December 1842 in Jackson County, TN
Died: 8 October 1906 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Salem Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: John Lewis Hobbs and Lucilla (Taylor) Huddleston

Married: Eunice Bennett on 4 January 1876 in Putnam County, TN
Born:  24 April 1856 in Putnam County, TN
Died: 29 June 1949 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Salem Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: James and Sarah (Harp) Bennett

Children:

1. Minnie Huddleston
2. Green Lee Huddleston
3. Lewis Dibrell Huddleston
4. Dimple Huddleston

 

MILITARY INFORMATION

13^th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8^th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company C

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 1 September 1862 at Cookeville, TN
• Present: 12 October 1862
• Captured at Putnam County on 16 February 1864 and transferred to Louisville, KY
• Received on 27 February 1864 at Louisville, KY and transferred to Fort Delaware on 29 February 1864
• Received at Fort Delaware on 29 February 1864
• Exchanged on 27 February 1865 and sent to City Point, VA

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S7485

ABSTRACT:

• Filed September 26, 1905
• Accepted
• Resident of Cookeville, TN
• Member: Company C, 13th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, G. G. Dibrell's Regiment, Captain J. G. Woolsey
• Born: Putnam County in 1842
• Enlisted: August 1862
• Married: Wife is 55; 2 sons and 1 daughter
• Attest: C. J. Davis and J. H. Reagan

Supporting Documents:

• J. T. Pointer (23 September 1905) - Tax Assessment
• J. R. Douglas (25 September ???) - Enclosed his application

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 239
• 1860 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 6B
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 106
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 92C
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 5B

 

ADDITIONAL DATA

• TN Confederate Widows Application: #3705 Eunice (Bennett) Huddleston