JAMES SCARBROUGH
25^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  10 October 1820 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 9 December 1908 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Clouse Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: William and Susannah (Bumbalough) Scarbrough

Married: Phoebe Sparks on 14 October 1839 in White County, Tennessee
Born:  31 March 1821 in Virginia
Died: 15 November 1898 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Clouse Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: William and Rhoda (Pennington) Sparks

Children:

1. Susan Scarbrough
2. John Scarbrough
3. William Scarbrough
4. James Polk Scarbrough
5. Margaret Scarbrough

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

• Brother-in-law: Solomon Sparks - 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

 

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry
Company K

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Age: 40 (25 July 1861)
• Enlisted 25 July 1861 at Tullahoma
• Discharged under the Conscript Act of 1862
• Certificate of Disability
  • Born: White County 40 years old
  • Height: 5' 9"
  • Complexion: Dark
  • Eyes: Black
  • Hair: Black
  • Cough and weak breast

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S5031

ABSTRACT:

• Filed 25 May 1903
• Accepted
• Resident of Calf Killer
• Enlisted: 25th Infantry Company K, Capt. Abraham Ford
• Wounds: Took cough in service from exposure
• Born: White County in 1820
• Enlisted in the Summer 1861 in 25th Regiment in Capt. Abraham Ford, Lt. Sam Johnson, Company K, Col. S. S. Stanton
• Wife is dead
• 2 sons and 1 daughter
• Attest: J. H. Hale & G. W. Ray

Supporting Documents:

• George Graham (???) - Supports Claim
• JS (24 Apr 1905) - Requests Status
• R. Robeson & J. H. Hale (1 May 1905) - Supports his claim
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (9 Dec 1905) - Requests Service Records
• War Department (12 Dec 1905) - Service Records
• Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (24 Jun 1909) - Has he died? (to Postmaster)
• Letter postmarked 2 Jul 1909 - Yes, he has died

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  White County, TN, Page 160
• 1860 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 33
• 1870 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 139
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 180
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 39A

 

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1908) - #69887 - James Scarbrough