JAMES ARNEL WELCH
25th TENNESSEE INFANTRY
CSA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 21 November 1841 in Izzard County, Arkansas
Died: 11 October 1918 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Smyrna Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: James and Sally (Conway) Welch
Married: Rebecca P. Thompson abt 1865 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 26 August 1840 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: 26 February 1911 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Smyrna Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Equire Looney and Arena (Davis) Thompson
Children:
- Newton T. Welch
- Frances C. Welch
- Esquire Lee Welch
- Whitley Welch
- James Byron Welch
- Grover Welch
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Brother-in-law: Esquire Looney Thompson - 13th Tennessee (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment
- Brother-in-law: William N. Thompson - 13th Tennessee (Gore's) Cavalry Regiment
- Brother-in-law: James Franklin Thompson - 25th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
MILITARY INFORMATION
25th Tennessee Infantry
Company F & K
ABSTRACT:
- Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
- Enlisted 12 Oct 1861 at Camp Myers
- 25 Jul 1861 - 31 Oct 1861: Present
- 30 Jun 1861 - 1 Nov 1861: Present
- Sep 1862 - Jan 1864: Present
- Age: 21
- Transferred to Company K on 6 Apr 1864
- Enlisted 25 Jul 1861 at Tullahoma, Age listed as 18
- 16 May 1864: Captured in the battle of Drewry's Bluff
- 16 May 1864: Prisoner of War at Bermuda Hungred, VA
- Transferred to Fort Monroe, VA
- 18 May 1864: Transferred to Pt. Lookout, MD
- 16 Aug 1864: Transferred to Elmira, NY
- 11 May 1865: Took the Oath of Alligiance
- Residence: Overton County
- Complexion: Fair
- Hair: Sandy
- Eyes: Blue
- Height: 6'
- 30 Apr 1863: St. Mary's Hospital Dalton, GA with Rusheola
- 13 Jul 1863: Convalescent at Camp Dalton, GA
- 2nd CMSR: Enlisted as a Private and left as a Sergeant
- Enlisted 31 Jul 1861 at Livingston at age 19
- 31 Jul - 31 Oct 1861: Present
- 30 Jun - 1 Nov 1862: Present
- Sep - Dec 1862: Present
- Jan & Feb 1863: On detached service since 12 Jan 1863
- Mar & Apr 1863: Rejected from recruiting service 16 Mar 1863
- May & June 1863: Present
- 19 Aug 1863: Deserted at Loudon
- Age: 24
PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT
S6193
ABSTRACT:
- Filed April 24, 1904
- Rejected
- Resident of Cookeville, TN
- Enlisted in Company F in the 25th TN Regiment
- Disease: Kidney & Bladder Trouble
- Born: Izzard County, AR on 21 Nov 1841
- Enlisted: June 1861 in Capt. Jo Shaw's Company F; Colonel S. S. Stanton 25th TN Infantry Regiment
- Wife is 64 years old
- 6 children and one son
- Resident of TN since he was 6 years old
- Attest: D. C. Gossage & Thos. A. Head
- 2nd Application Filed: August 2, 1912
- Born: Dasota County, AR in 1841
- Battles: Fishing Creek, Murfreesboro, Perryville KY, Corinth MS, Hoover's Gap, Farmington Battle Creek. Captured by Federal and took the oath to avoid going to prison
- Wife is dead
- Attest: C. Bradford
Supporting Documents:
- Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (7 Aug 1912) - Requests service records
- War Department (10 Aug 1912) - sent service records
- Special Examiner (20 Aug 1912) - Sent status of application
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 240
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 11
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 157
- 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 151A
- 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 90A
- 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 8B
ADDITIONAL DATA
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1911) - #70245 - Rebecca Welch
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1918) - #614 - James Arnel Welch
WILL
Putnam County, TN Will Book 6, Page 296 - 297
- Written: 15 Aug 1911
- Probated: 18 Oct 1918
- Widow: Becky Welch dec'd
- Attest: Joe Hunter & J. C. Davis
- Heirs: N. T. Welch & heirs, Lee Welch & heirs, Francis Carmon's heirs, Whitley T. Welch & heirs, Sallie Shipley & heirs, J. B. Welch & heirs, Grover Welch & heirs
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