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Enoch Nation

Birth: 18 Sep 1804
Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
Death: 15 Feb 1879 (aged 74)
Randolph County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Wisehart Cemetery

New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 42754322 View Source

Other children burials unknown.
Sampson Nation b.10-18-1826 IN d. 4-10-1863 KS. He married, Nancy E. Conn.
He was a teacher and a attorney, member of the Doniphan County, Kansas Bar.

Sarah Nation-Hedgepeth b. 11-21-1850 IN d.2-1941 IN.
Married Josiah Hedgepeth in Wayne Co., In, 4-20-1879.

Enoch and Sophia had another son Enoch Thompson Nation (31 Jan 1845-27 Apr 1865), who joined Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry with his brother Captain James Rariden Nation.

He was mustered in as a Private on 21 Jan 1864 and captured at Sulphur Branch Trestle, Limestone County, AL on 25 Sep 1864. He was held at the Cahaba Prison, Dallas County, AL until March of 1865.

He was one of the 55 men of the 9th Indiana Cavalry who were killed along with about 1,700 other soldiers when the steamship SULTANA exploded north of Memphis, TN on 27 Apr 1865.

His body was never recovered.

Other children burials unknown.
Sampson Nation b.10-18-1826 IN d. 4-10-1863 KS. He married, Nancy E. Conn.
He was a teacher and a attorney, member of the Doniphan County, Kansas Bar.

Sarah Nation-Hedgepeth b. 11-21-1850 IN d.2-1941 IN.
Married Josiah Hedgepeth in Wayne Co., In, 4-20-1879.

Enoch and Sophia had another son Enoch Thompson Nation (31 Jan 1845-27 Apr 1865), who joined Company G, 9th Indiana Cavalry with his brother Captain James Rariden Nation.

He was mustered in as a Private on 21 Jan 1864 and captured at Sulphur Branch Trestle, Limestone County, AL on 25 Sep 1864. He was held at the Cahaba Prison, Dallas County, AL until March of 1865.

He was one of the 55 men of the 9th Indiana Cavalry who were killed along with about 1,700 other soldiers when the steamship SULTANA exploded north of Memphis, TN on 27 Apr 1865.

His body was never recovered.

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Maintained by: A. P. Reed
Originally Created by: susan clemons
Added: Oct 5, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42754322/enoch-nation: accessed ), memorial page for Enoch Nation (18 Sep 1804–15 Feb 1879), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42754322, citing Wisehart Cemetery, New Lisbon, Henry County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by A. P. Reed (contributor 48008650).

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