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Capt Dennis Trammell

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Capt Dennis Trammell

Birth
Scott County, Tennessee, USA
Death
16 Jun 1891 (aged 76)
Scott County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Jellico Creek, Scott County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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NOTE: Regarding the photo, supposedly of Dennis, that someone has posted here, I am not convinced that it is really Dennis. He died in 1891, which is before photography was very widespread, especially in rural areas such as this. I'm not saying for certainty it isn't him; I'm just saying I have doubts.

Son of James Trammell and
Rachel (Holt?) (Stark?) Trammell.

Served as Captain, Company A, 1st East TN National Guard, Union forces, Civil War.

Dennis was married to, or had a relationship with, four different women:
1. Mary "Polly" Baker (married her, had children)
2. Camilla Blankenship (fathered a child with her)
3. Vina "Viney" LuAnn Bowling (had children with her, then married her)
4. Pheriba Hughett (married her) (and she'd had prior relationships/marriages with Pryor Adkins, Thomas J. Lloyd & Alexander Griffith).

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From "Scott County, Tennessee and Its Families" by the Scott County Historical Society (1988), information supplied by Haywood Trammell:

"Dennis Trammell (1815-1891), a farmer, lived on Jellico Creek in Scott County. He was a Justice of the Peace in Campbell County prior to the formation of Scott County in 1849. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Scott County and was appointed as one of the Trustees when the Huntsville Academy was established in 1851.

"Dennis served as a Captain in the Home Guard during the Civil War. During his absence from home, his house on Jellico Creek was burned by the Rebels. However, they allowed his wife Polley, who was blind, to be led safely from the house. The family spent the winter in a cave at Camp Safe on Jellico Creek and survived by eating 'snow birds.'"
NOTE: Regarding the photo, supposedly of Dennis, that someone has posted here, I am not convinced that it is really Dennis. He died in 1891, which is before photography was very widespread, especially in rural areas such as this. I'm not saying for certainty it isn't him; I'm just saying I have doubts.

Son of James Trammell and
Rachel (Holt?) (Stark?) Trammell.

Served as Captain, Company A, 1st East TN National Guard, Union forces, Civil War.

Dennis was married to, or had a relationship with, four different women:
1. Mary "Polly" Baker (married her, had children)
2. Camilla Blankenship (fathered a child with her)
3. Vina "Viney" LuAnn Bowling (had children with her, then married her)
4. Pheriba Hughett (married her) (and she'd had prior relationships/marriages with Pryor Adkins, Thomas J. Lloyd & Alexander Griffith).

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From "Scott County, Tennessee and Its Families" by the Scott County Historical Society (1988), information supplied by Haywood Trammell:

"Dennis Trammell (1815-1891), a farmer, lived on Jellico Creek in Scott County. He was a Justice of the Peace in Campbell County prior to the formation of Scott County in 1849. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace in Scott County and was appointed as one of the Trustees when the Huntsville Academy was established in 1851.

"Dennis served as a Captain in the Home Guard during the Civil War. During his absence from home, his house on Jellico Creek was burned by the Rebels. However, they allowed his wife Polley, who was blind, to be led safely from the house. The family spent the winter in a cave at Camp Safe on Jellico Creek and survived by eating 'snow birds.'"

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