Thomas Biggers (67945925)
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HE WAS OF SCOTCH IRISH LINEAGE. HE WAS LICENSED TO PREACH AT AGE 16 AND BECAME A CIRCUIT RIDER. HE WAS MOSTLY PAID IN VEGETABLES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FOR 77 YEARS.
HIS SON JEFF JR. WAS BORN IN MAY OF 1861 JUST BEFORE HIS FATHER LEFT FOR THE WAR. HE WAS IN JOHNSTON'S ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER KENNESAW MT. HE WAS WITH LEE AT APPOMATTOX. HE WALKED HOME FROM VA., WHICH TOOK 3 MONTHS. NO ONE HAD FOOD FOR THEM. THEY SURVIVED ON WILD BERRIES, NUTS AND PERSIMMONS. HE WAS ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION AND IT TOOK MONTHS TO RECOVER. HIS FRIEND A. W. "ALF" GOLDIN WHO WAS WITH HIM DURING THE WAR AND CAME HOME WITH HIM DID NOT LIVE BUT A FEW YEARS AFTER THE WAR.
HE MARRIED CATHERINE MALINDA HUEY. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF 7 CHILDREN. JOSEPH, WILLIAM, JEFF JR., SALLIE, IDA, BENJAMIN AND GEORGIA.
∼Rev. Thomas Jefferson Biggers
Private, Company G, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Born July 06, 1832
Died April 13, 1925
Buried at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove Road, Beulah-Yorkville Community
I looked for this Cemetery written, above. But have put Him here. ALL Information and Pictures Provided by Paulding County William J. Hardee Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Thank You.
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Contributor: CajunSSB (49857639)
HE WAS OF SCOTCH IRISH LINEAGE. HE WAS LICENSED TO PREACH AT AGE 16 AND BECAME A CIRCUIT RIDER. HE WAS MOSTLY PAID IN VEGETABLES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FOR 77 YEARS.
HIS SON JEFF JR. WAS BORN IN MAY OF 1861 JUST BEFORE HIS FATHER LEFT FOR THE WAR. HE WAS IN JOHNSTON'S ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER KENNESAW MT. HE WAS WITH LEE AT APPOMATTOX. HE WALKED HOME FROM VA., WHICH TOOK 3 MONTHS. NO ONE HAD FOOD FOR THEM. THEY SURVIVED ON WILD BERRIES, NUTS AND PERSIMMONS. HE WAS ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION AND IT TOOK MONTHS TO RECOVER. HIS FRIEND A. W. "ALF" GOLDIN WHO WAS WITH HIM DURING THE WAR AND CAME HOME WITH HIM DID NOT LIVE BUT A FEW YEARS AFTER THE WAR.
HE MARRIED CATHERINE MALINDA HUEY. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF 7 CHILDREN. JOSEPH, WILLIAM, JEFF JR., SALLIE, IDA, BENJAMIN AND GEORGIA.
∼Rev. Thomas Jefferson Biggers
Private, Company G, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Born July 06, 1832
Died April 13, 1925
Buried at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove Road, Beulah-Yorkville Community
I looked for this Cemetery written, above. But have put Him here. ALL Information and Pictures Provided by Paulding County William J. Hardee Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Thank You.
Thomas Biggers (67945925)
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89059402297&view=1up&seq=429&q1=BUTLER
Contributor: CajunSSB (49857639)
HE WAS OF SCOTCH IRISH LINEAGE. HE WAS LICENSED TO PREACH AT AGE 16 AND BECAME A CIRCUIT RIDER. HE WAS MOSTLY PAID IN VEGETABLES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FOR 77 YEARS.
HIS SON JEFF JR. WAS BORN IN MAY OF 1861 JUST BEFORE HIS FATHER LEFT FOR THE WAR. HE WAS IN JOHNSTON'S ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER KENNESAW MT. HE WAS WITH LEE AT APPOMATTOX. HE WALKED HOME FROM VA., WHICH TOOK 3 MONTHS. NO ONE HAD FOOD FOR THEM. THEY SURVIVED ON WILD BERRIES, NUTS AND PERSIMMONS. HE WAS ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION AND IT TOOK MONTHS TO RECOVER. HIS FRIEND A. W. "ALF" GOLDIN WHO WAS WITH HIM DURING THE WAR AND CAME HOME WITH HIM DID NOT LIVE BUT A FEW YEARS AFTER THE WAR.
HE MARRIED CATHERINE MALINDA HUEY. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF 7 CHILDREN. JOSEPH, WILLIAM, JEFF JR., SALLIE, IDA, BENJAMIN AND GEORGIA.
∼Rev. Thomas Jefferson Biggers
Private, Company G, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Born July 06, 1832
Died April 13, 1925
Buried at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove Road, Beulah-Yorkville Community
I looked for this Cemetery written, above. But have put Him here. ALL Information and Pictures Provided by Paulding County William J. Hardee Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Thank You.
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89059402297&view=1up&seq=429&q1=BUTLER
Contributor: CajunSSB (49857639)
HE WAS OF SCOTCH IRISH LINEAGE. HE WAS LICENSED TO PREACH AT AGE 16 AND BECAME A CIRCUIT RIDER. HE WAS MOSTLY PAID IN VEGETABLES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH FOR 77 YEARS.
HIS SON JEFF JR. WAS BORN IN MAY OF 1861 JUST BEFORE HIS FATHER LEFT FOR THE WAR. HE WAS IN JOHNSTON'S ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER KENNESAW MT. HE WAS WITH LEE AT APPOMATTOX. HE WALKED HOME FROM VA., WHICH TOOK 3 MONTHS. NO ONE HAD FOOD FOR THEM. THEY SURVIVED ON WILD BERRIES, NUTS AND PERSIMMONS. HE WAS ON THE BRINK OF STARVATION AND IT TOOK MONTHS TO RECOVER. HIS FRIEND A. W. "ALF" GOLDIN WHO WAS WITH HIM DURING THE WAR AND CAME HOME WITH HIM DID NOT LIVE BUT A FEW YEARS AFTER THE WAR.
HE MARRIED CATHERINE MALINDA HUEY. THEY WERE THE PARENTS OF 7 CHILDREN. JOSEPH, WILLIAM, JEFF JR., SALLIE, IDA, BENJAMIN AND GEORGIA.
∼Rev. Thomas Jefferson Biggers
Private, Company G, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA
Born July 06, 1832
Died April 13, 1925
Buried at Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove Road, Beulah-Yorkville Community
I looked for this Cemetery written, above. But have put Him here. ALL Information and Pictures Provided by Paulding County William J. Hardee Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Thank You.
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