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Levi Douglas Todd

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Levi Douglas Todd

Birth
Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1865 (aged 42–43)
Christiana, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Donnell Chapel, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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"Levi Douglas Todd was born ca 1819 in Rutherford County, Tennessee to William Todd and Jane Douglas who were married January 12, 1804, in Madison County, Kentucky. Other children of William and Jane, and siblings of Levi were: James Phillip; Samuel Newton; Caleb Washington; Alexander; John B.; Elizabeth; Mary; Cinthia; William, Jr.; Melvina Jane; and Walker M. Todd.
Levi Douglas Todd married Mary Vardell/Vardelle on January 15, 1841, in Cannon County, Tennessee. They had one known son, Caleb Wesley Todd who was born February 24, 1863, and Died October 24, 1925, in Cannon County, Tennessee. Levi was hung in Christiana, Tennessee during the Civil War; one story says he was hung for shoeing horses for the Union, but another one stated he and two other soldiers were on their way to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to swear allegiance to the Union when they were stopped by a gang who hung them and possibly cut out their tongues. He was a First and Third Lieutenant in Companies F & H of the 23rd Tennessee Infantry (Martin's Regiment) CSA." (GMT)

"Levi Douglas Todd was born ca 1819 in Rutherford County, Tennessee to William Todd and Jane Douglas who were married January 12, 1804, in Madison County, Kentucky. Other children of William and Jane, and siblings of Levi were: James Phillip; Samuel Newton; Caleb Washington; Alexander; John B.; Elizabeth; Mary; Cinthia; William, Jr.; Melvina Jane; and Walker M. Todd.
Levi Douglas Todd married Mary Vardell/Vardelle on January 15, 1841, in Cannon County, Tennessee. They had one known son, Caleb Wesley Todd who was born February 24, 1863, and Died October 24, 1925, in Cannon County, Tennessee. Levi was hung in Christiana, Tennessee during the Civil War; one story says he was hung for shoeing horses for the Union, but another one stated he and two other soldiers were on their way to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to swear allegiance to the Union when they were stopped by a gang who hung them and possibly cut out their tongues. He was a First and Third Lieutenant in Companies F & H of the 23rd Tennessee Infantry (Martin's Regiment) CSA." (GMT)



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