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Col Newton Jackson Lillard

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Col Newton Jackson Lillard Veteran

Birth
Cocke County, Tennessee, USA
Death
22 Oct 1905 (aged 73)
Decatur, Meigs County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Decatur, Meigs County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Private Co B 5th Tennessee Volunteers: Mexican-American War
Captain Co I 3rd Tennnessee Infantry CSA: War Between the States 1861 to 1862
Colonel of same regiment 1862 to 1865
Freemason
Spouse:Elma Caroline Worth

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Father: James Lillard 1795 – 1875
Mother: Mary Sandusky Lillard 1803 – 1872
Wife: Elma Caroline Worth Lillard 1845 – 1920
Children:
Thomas Mason Lillard 1870 – 1943
Occupation before War:
Merchant & Farmer in Decatur Tennessee
Served in the Mexican War
1858 – 1860: County Clerk for Meigs County Tennessee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain of Company I 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1863: Captured & Paroled at Vicksburg Mississippi
1863: Commander of a Mounted Regiment in late months of 1863
Occupation after War:
Dry Good Merchant & Farmer in Decatur Tennessee
Circuit Court Clerk in Tennessee

(Bio from Newton Lillard)
Private Co B 5th Tennessee Volunteers: Mexican-American War
Captain Co I 3rd Tennnessee Infantry CSA: War Between the States 1861 to 1862
Colonel of same regiment 1862 to 1865
Freemason
Spouse:Elma Caroline Worth

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Father: James Lillard 1795 – 1875
Mother: Mary Sandusky Lillard 1803 – 1872
Wife: Elma Caroline Worth Lillard 1845 – 1920
Children:
Thomas Mason Lillard 1870 – 1943
Occupation before War:
Merchant & Farmer in Decatur Tennessee
Served in the Mexican War
1858 – 1860: County Clerk for Meigs County Tennessee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Captain of Company I 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Lt. Colonel of 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1865: Colonel of 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1863: Captured & Paroled at Vicksburg Mississippi
1863: Commander of a Mounted Regiment in late months of 1863
Occupation after War:
Dry Good Merchant & Farmer in Decatur Tennessee
Circuit Court Clerk in Tennessee

(Bio from Newton Lillard)


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