ROBERT F. MOODY
25^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 24 May 1840 in Bledsoe or Rhea County, TN
Died: 17 Aug 1933 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Lane-Moody-Greenwood Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: William C. and Elizabeth (Unknown) Moody

Married:  Nancy Jane Gentry about 1866
Born: abt 1847
Died: 28 Nov 1881 in Putnam County, TN
Buried: Lane-Moody-Greenwood Cemetery, Putnam County, TN
Parents: Martin B. and Mary Jane (Peek) Gentry

Children:

1. Mary Jane Moody
2. Martha E. Moody
3. William Moody
4. John Moody
5. Sally Moody
6. Louisa F. Moody

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company I

ABSTRACT:

• Entered military as 4th Corporal and left as a Private
• Enlisted 30 Jul 1861 at Livingston
• Age: 21
• Wounded at Murfreesboro 31 Dec 1862
• Jan & Feb 1863 - Reported to be at the Hospital wounded
• Sent to Hospital at Cleveland and sent home by Surgeon of the post in Atlanta
• Date of Furlough: 13 Mar 1863 for 30 days of gunshot wound
• 16 Jan 1863 - name appears on a list of wounded from Murfreesboro; severely wounded in the arm

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

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ABSTRACT:

• Filed: 23 Jun 1905
• Accepted
• Died: 17 Aug 1933
• Residence: Waterloo, Putnam County
• Member: Company I, 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
• Wounded: Battle of Murfreesboro; Gunshot wound to left arm
• Born: Bledsoe County, TN in 1840
• Enlisted: Aug 1861 in Company I, 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment; Col. Sidney Stanton; Capt. James Wiley Reavis; Received wound under Col. John M. Hughes; Capt. J. H. Curtis
• Widower
• Living with a son who has family
• Has 2 sons and 3 daughters
• Attest: T. S. Curtis and Samuel Hardy
• 2nd Application Filed: 23 Oct 1891
• Rejected
• Residence: Waterloo, Overton County
• Born: 24 May 1840 in Rhea County
• Married with two daughters and two sons

Supporting Documents:

• War Department (4 Jun 1905) - Sent Service Record
• War Department (27 Jun 1905) - Sent Service Record
• L. N. Oakley (3 Jul 1905) - Overton County  Tax assessment
• T. S. Curtis (3 Jul 1905) - Support of pension
• Sallie Peek (27 Jul 1905) - Support of Moody
• W. S. Swallows (1 Aug 1905) - Additional Proof Submitted
• R. F. Moody (8 Nov 1920) - Request for increase in pension
• Death: 17 Aug 1933 reported to pension board 11 Sept 1933
• Daughter: Mrs. W. C. Moore
• Elmer A. Langford (9 Sep 1933) - Request for last pension check
• Special Examiner from TN Pension Board (23 Aug 1933) - Request for proof of death
• Elmer A. Langford (22 Aug 1933) - Request to see if State will pay burial expenses

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Overton County, Page 57
• 1860 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 89
• 1870 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 261
• 1880 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 253A
• 1900 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 8B
• 1910 Census:  Overton County, TN, Page 15A
• 1920 Census:
• 1930 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 4B