HENRY CLAY TAYLOR
25^th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born:  25 March 1833 in Rockbridge County, Virginia
Died: 29 March 1923 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Silas and Mary (Walker) Taylor

Married: Emily Frances (Cameron) Gamble on 18 March 1861 in White County, Tennessee (She was the widow of Charles R. Gamble).
Born:  28 August 1834 in White County, Tennessee
Died: 15 August 1891 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: Elisha and Mary Ann (Hudson) Cameron

Children:

1. William Newton Taylor
2. Martha Taylor
3. Mack Henry Taylor
4. Silas Augustus Taylor
5. Mary Eliza Taylor
6. E. F. Taylor
7. Susan Taylor
8. Amanda Taylor
9. James Taylor
10. Margie Taylor

MILITARY INFORMATION

25^th Tennessee Infantry
Company A

ABSTRACT:

• Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
• Enlisted 20 Sept 1862 at Sparta
• 20 Oct 1862: Deserted at Tazewell
• 10 Dec 1862: Returned
• Was enlisted at Sparta 19 Sep 1862 but not sworn in; Went to Regiment and back to Tazewell; Deserted there and went to Sparta 20 Oct 1862
• Nov & Dec 1862: Present
• Jan - Oct 1863: Present
• 10 Dec 1863: Left sick at a private house near Rogersville, TN
• 1 May 1864: Deserted

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S7695

ABSTRACT:

• Filed November 17, 1905
• Accepted
• Resident of Cookeville, TN
• Member 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment under Captain Mark Lowery, Col. John M. Hughes
• Born: Rockbridge County, VA on 23 March 1833
• Enlisted September 1862 in Captain Mark Lowery, Col. J. M. Hughes, Captain Lowery was killed. Lt. Hayse Smith took command.
• Battles: Perryville, Murfreesboro, Hoover's Gap, Chickamauga, Siege of Knoxville. He took pneumonia fever for some four months. Captured at Rodgerville and transferred to Knoxville and then to prison.
• Married but wife is dead
• One daughter 38 and 1 granddaughter 18
• Resident of Tennessee since 1848
• Attest: J. M. Rayburn & J. A. Phrasier

Supporting Documents:

• Henry C. Taylor (7 June 1919) - born 25 March 1833 and is 86 years old

CENSUS DATA

• 1850 Census:  Jackson County, TN, Page 252
• 1860 Census: 
• 1870 Census:  White County, TN, Page 388B
• 1880 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 146D
• 1900 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 22A
• 1910 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 4B
• 1920 Census:  Putnam County, TN, Page 21A

 

ADDITIONAL DATA

• Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1923) - #322 - Henry C. Taylor