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Jonathan Shockley Criddle and Amanda Davis
JONATHAN (Johnathan) SHOCKLEY CRIDDLE "BILLY" was the son of Jesse Criddle and Sarah Shockley. HE WAS BORN ABOUT 1830 IN GREENE CO. AL. AND DIED AFTER 1874 PROBABLY IN HOUSTON, CHICKASAW CO. MS. IT IS UNKNOWN WHERE HE IS BURIED BUT PERHAPS BY HIS FIRST WIFE IN OLD ARBOR GROVE. JOHN AND AMANDA WERE MARRIED ABOUT 1849. AFTER SHE DIED HE REMARRIED JOHN MARRIED MARY _______ AFT. 1894. MARY WAS BORN AFTER 1846
AMANDA DAVIS HAS BEEN REFERRED TO AS M.A.M., MAUDIE, SHE WAS BORN JANUARY 8, 1836 IN TENN. AND DIED IN 1894 HOUSTON, CHICKASAW CO. MS. SHE IS BURIED IN THE OLD ARBOR GROVE CEMETERY (IN THE PASTURE BEHIND THE PRESENT DAY ARBOR GROVE CEM.) HER GRAVE MARKER STATES " WIFE OF J.S. CRIDDLE, CO. C 31st MS INF C.S.A." IT IS UNSURE WHO HER PARENTS WERE BUT ON THE 1860 CHICKASAW COUNTY CENSUS THERE IS A NANCY DAVIS 60, FEMALE FROM VA. LIVING WITH J.S. AND AMANDA. THERE IS ALSO A GRAVE IN THE PLOT WHERE AMANDA IS BURIED THAT SAYS "W.T. DAVIS, CO C 31st MS INF C.S.A." THUS PERHAPS NANCY AND W.T. DAVIS WERE HER PARENTS.
CHILDREN OF J. S. CRIDDLE AND AMANDA 1. WILLIAM ALEXANDER CRIDDLE AUG. 3, 1850 MS. - MAY 9, 1926 MS. 2.R. E. CRIDDLE BORN 1853 THE 1860 CENSUS HER AS AGE 7 3.MARTHA I. CRIDDLE B. ABT 1857 THE 1860 CENSUS SHOWS HER AT 3 MONTHS 4.MARY E. "MATTIE" CRIDDLE B: 1857 UNKNOWN WHEN SHE DIED. BURIED AT OLD ARBOR CEMETERY. S. OF HOUSTON, MS. 5.ROBERT L. CRIDDLE B: 1866 6.JOHN THOMAS CRIDDLE "TOM" 1866 - 1935 BURIED OLD ARBOR CEMETERY. 7.JAMES J. CRIDDLE "JIM" 1869 - 1954 8.RICHARD SALTER CRIDDLE "DICK" 1872-1917
NOTES ON JOHN S. CRIDDLE SOME RECORDS HAVE JOHN LISTED AS J. S. CRIDDLE HE WAS ALSO CALLED "BILLY" IT IS BELIEVED THAT JOHN S. CRIDDLE G3, MIGRATED TO CHICKASAW CO. MS. BETWEEN 1830 AND 1840 WITH HIS FAMILY. J. S. JOINED THE ARMY IN HOUSTON (CHICKASAW) MS. ON MARCH 5, 1862 (HIS BROTHER FRANKLIN M. CRIDDLE JOINED THE SAME DAY) THEY JOINED FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS OR THE WAR.. JOHN S. JOINED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY AS A PVT. IN CO C ORR’S REG’T MS VOLS. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION ON MUSTER ROLLS OF JOHN S. "THE 31st REGIMENT MS. INF WAS FIRST ORGANIZED AS THE 6 th (ORR’S) BATTALION MS. INF. IN FEBRUARY OR MARCH 1862 IT WAS INCREASED TO TEN COMPANIES AND MUSTERED INTO THE CONFEDERATE SERVICE AS ORR’S REGIMENT MS. INFANTRY. SHORTLY AFTERWARD THE DESIGNATION WAS CHANGED TO THE 31st REGIMENT MS. INF. ABOUT APRIL 9, 1865 THIS REGIMENT WAS CONSOLIDATED WITH THE 8 th AND 40 th REGIMENTS MS. INF. AND FORMED THE 3 rd CONSOLIDATED REGIMENT MS. INF. THE NEXT MUSTER ROLL FOR J. S. WAS ON MARCH 5 - SEPTEMBER 1, 1862. IT SHOWS HIM AS BEING DISCHARGED AT VICKSBURG, MS. JULY 19,1862. THE DISCHARGE, DATED JULY 9, 1862, TELLS THAT HE IS 34 YEARS OF AGE, 5ft 5in. HIGH, DARK COMPLEXION, GREY EYES, DARK HAIR AND BY OCCUPATION WHEN ENLISTED, A MECHANIC (CARPENTER). "DURING THE LAST TWO MONTHS SAID SOLDIER HAS BEEN UNFIT FOR DUTY ALL THE TIME AND.....WILL NOT BE FITTEN FOR DUTY AGAIN DURING HIS ENLISTMENT." THE ACCOMPANYING DOCTOR’S REPORT STATED THAT HE WAS "INCAPABLE OF PREFORMING THE DUTIES OF A SOLDIER BECAUSE OF NEURALGIA AFFECTING HIS SYSTEM, INDUCING SLIGHT PARALYSIS OF THE MUSCLES." AGAIN WE FIND A MUSTER ROLL FOR HIM SHOWING THAT HE HAD ENLISTED AT ENTERPRISE, MS. ON JAN. 30, 1863. HE IS A PVT. IN CO 31 REG’T. MS. VOLS. THIS MUSTER ROLL FOR JAN. & FEB. 1863 SHOWS HIM AS NEVER PAID (APPARENTLY ABSENT). THE MUSTER ROLL FOR MARCH & APRIL 1863 SHOWS HIM AS ABSENT, NEVER PAID AND SENT TO THE HOSPITAL MARCH 22, 1863. THE JULY 25,1863 MUSTER ROLL FOR MAY AND JUNE SHOWS HIM AS NEVER PAID, ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE." THE NEXT AND LAST PAPERS FOUND ON J.S. CRIDDLE, PVT. 31 REG’T MS. INF., APPEARS ON A REGISTER OF "PRISONERS OF WAR AT MEMPHIS, TN. - DESERTS FROM THE REBEL ARMY," DATED DEC. 15, 1864. HIS AGE IS SHOWN AS 38. HE SERVED THE LAST 23 MONTHS WITHOUT ANY PAY ACCORDING TO HIS MUSTER ROLL RECORDS. THE STORY HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN THAT FRANKLIN AND J.S. JOINED THE ARMY TOGETHER AND J.S. NEVER RETURNED HOME. HOWEVER, J.S. APPARENTLY DID RETURN HOME SINCE HE HAD CHILDREN BORN AFTER 1864. THE KILGORE HILLS AREA OF CHICKASAW CO, MS., WHERE THIS FAMILY LIVED, IS A FAIRLY WELL HIDDEN AREA. PERHAPS, BECAUSE OF HIS BAD HEALTH, J.S. DID RETURN HOME AND STAYED HIDDEN. THE HOME AREA. WE HAVE NOT LOCATED A GRAVE SITE FOR HIM, BUT ASSUME THAT HE IS BURIED BESIDE HIS WIFE IN OLD ARBOR GROVE CEMETERY. HIS MILITARY INFORMATION IS GIVEN ON HIS WIFE’S GRAVE MARKER.. "WIFE OF J. S. CRIDDLE, CO. C 31sst MS INF C.S.A." |
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