FLEM MCBROOM
17^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  about 1840 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: after 1904 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: James and Emeline (Unknown) McBroom

Married: Polly Ann Perkins about 1868 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born:  about 1850 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 10 December 1897 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: Jordan and Jane (Mills) Perkins

Children:

1. James McBroom
2. Margaret McBroom
3. Bolivar McBroom
4. Allard McBroom
5. Luller McBroom

 

MILITARY INFORMATION

17^th Tennessee Infantry
Company H

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 8 Sep 1862
• Sep 1862 - Jun 1863: Present

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S6187

ABSTRACT:

• Filed April 29, 1904
• Rejected
• Resident of Bloomington, TN
• Member of Company K of the 17th TN Infantry Regiment
• Wounds: Kidney Disease, Bladder trouble and piles
• Born: Putnam County, TN
• Enlisted: Fall of 1862
• Wife has been dead for 7 years
• 2 daughters and 1 son
• Attest: H. T. Lee & J. P. Dyer

Supporting Documents:

• None

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 277
• 1860 Census: 
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 181B
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 143
• 1900 Census: 

OBITUARY

The Cookeville Free Press 16 December 1897, Vol. XI, No. 9, Page 1

• Mrs. Flem McBroom -- Bloomington, Dec. 13 -- Mrs. Flem McBroom, who lives near here, died last Friday. She was the daughter of Jordan Perkins, of Cookeville, and a most estimable lady.