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PVT James Madison Callison II

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PVT James Madison Callison II

Birth
Rupert, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Death
11 Jan 1888 (aged 58)
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Meadow Bluff, Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Veteran Civil War, Private, Company B, 60th VA Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America; enlisted 1 Jul 1861 at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County WV, by Captain George W. Carr; taken Prisoner of War on 8 Mar 1863 at Gauley Bridge Fayette County WV; confined at Wheeling WV (Atheneum Prison) and then transferred to Camp Chase Prisoner of War Camp OH on 24 Mar 1863; paroled 1 Apr 1863 possibly under oath to cease hostilities and return to farming in Union occupied Greenbrier County WV.
Son of James Madison Callison I (1796 – 1865) and Sarah Shawver Callison (1795 – 1870). Married Mary Elizabeth Hickman (1852 – 1895) in 1869 in Greenbrier County WV. Parents of: Mrs. Clara Callison Egner (1871 - 1933), Abraham Lincoln Callison (1872 – 1947), Alexander Knight Callison (1874 – ?), James Madison Callison III (1876 – 1955), William H. Callison (1878 – ?), and Olie Callison (1879 – 1883). Occupation: farmer. Cause of death: tuberculosis.
Veteran Civil War, Private, Company B, 60th VA Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America; enlisted 1 Jul 1861 at Gauley Bridge, Fayette County WV, by Captain George W. Carr; taken Prisoner of War on 8 Mar 1863 at Gauley Bridge Fayette County WV; confined at Wheeling WV (Atheneum Prison) and then transferred to Camp Chase Prisoner of War Camp OH on 24 Mar 1863; paroled 1 Apr 1863 possibly under oath to cease hostilities and return to farming in Union occupied Greenbrier County WV.
Son of James Madison Callison I (1796 – 1865) and Sarah Shawver Callison (1795 – 1870). Married Mary Elizabeth Hickman (1852 – 1895) in 1869 in Greenbrier County WV. Parents of: Mrs. Clara Callison Egner (1871 - 1933), Abraham Lincoln Callison (1872 – 1947), Alexander Knight Callison (1874 – ?), James Madison Callison III (1876 – 1955), William H. Callison (1878 – ?), and Olie Callison (1879 – 1883). Occupation: farmer. Cause of death: tuberculosis.


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