1st. Lieut Co. 1, 9th Tenn Cav.(Civil War)

Civil War : He worked on the farm until May 28, 1863, when he enlisted in Company C, of the Eleventh Federal Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and in Company I, of the Ninth Regiment TN Calvary, after the consolidations of the Eleventh and Ninth Regiments. He entered as private, but was promoted to first corporal, then first sergeant and then first lieutenant. { 1st.Lient Co.1 - 9th Tenn Cav.(Civil War) on tombstone} He was captured at Wyman Mill, Lee County Va., February 22, 1864, and was imprisoned at Belle Island. After a month's confinement the was paroled March 22, 1864, and sent to City Point, and thence to Annapolis, Md., then to Camp Chase, Ohio, then to Nashville, and in June of the same year rejoined his command at Cumberland Gap. He was mustered out of service at Knoxville September 11, 1865, and returned to the farm.

ref: Goodspeed's Anderson County Tennessee Biographies
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Henry P. Farmer was born in Anderson County, Tenn., July 20, 1844, and is the son of Nathan A. and Filena J. (Hoskins) Farmer. The father was born in Anderson County, in Dutch Valley, April 11, 1803, and was the son of Henry Farmer, a native of Halifax County, Va. He was one of the first settlers of Anderson County, he cleared a farm in Dutch Valley at a time when there were but few white men in the county, and Indians were numerous. The father was a farmer, and died February 14, 1879. The mother was born in Anderson County, December 28, 1823, and is the daughter of Jesse Hoskins. She now lives on the adjoining farm to her son. The father was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the mother of the Baptist.

Our subject was reared on the farm, and acquired his education in the neighboring schools and at Clinton. he worked on the farm until May 28, 1863, when he enlisted in Company C, of the Eleventh Federal Regiment of Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, and in Company I, of the Ninth Regiment, after the consolidation of the Eleventh and Ninth Regiments. He entered as a private, but was promoted to first corporal, then first sergeant and then first lieutenant. He was captured at Wyman Mill, Lee County, Va., February 23, 1864, and was imprisoned at Belle Isle. After a month's confinement he was paroled March 22, 1864, and sent to City Point, and thence to Annapolis, Md., then to Camp Chase, Ohio, then to Nashville, and in June of the same yer rejoined his command at Cumberland Gap. He was mustered out of service at Knoxville September 11, 1865, and returned to the farm, and has since followed farming.

In 1879 he was commissioned postmaster of Dutch Valley Postoffice, and holds that position at present. He was married December 25, 1866, to Susan Dossett, who was born in Campbell County, Tenn., October 24, 1849, and is the daughter of Robert Dossett. To this union ten children have been born, as follows: Joseph H., born November 16, 1867, died October 6, 1870; Grattz W., born February 25, 1869; Franklin J., born September 24, 1870, died February 5, 1871; John H., born February 1, 1872; Mary J. E., born January 28, 1874; Robert A., born January 16, 1876; Martha P., born October 30, 1878; Nettie K., born January 2, 1881; Anna B., born May 27, 1883, and an infant born August 16, 1885, and died unnamed. Our subject and wife are members of Sulpher Spring Methodist Church South.

--excerpts from Goodspeed's History of Tennessee, originally published in 1886--