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 E. 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: William Henry Phifer - 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

 

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

S2391

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 (5 Feb 1907) - The following people sign an affidavit supporting JP's claim: Z. P. Lee, J. F. Thompson, B. C. Carr, D. D. Huddleston, W. H. Walker, William Dyer, F. M. Bullock, W. H. Phifer, J. N. King, John Harris, A. C. Huddleston, J. S. Holman, W. L. Sliger, J. H. Davis, G. M. Cook, C. J. Davis, 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.
• Alex Robinson (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

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.

ADDITIONAL DATA

• TN Confederate Widows Application: #5761 Martha Phifer