JAMES S. McWHIRTER was the 2nd of 4 children born to Rev. Isaac McWhirter and his first wife Adaline Miller. His mother died when he was 8 years old. His siblings were: Margaret b. 1835, Mary A. b. 1840, and Abraham L. b. 1844.
After his mother’s death, between April 1844 and March 1845, his father married Emmaline Tyree on March 22, 1845 in Sumner Co., TN. James had four half-siblings from his father’s marriage to Emmaline: Malvina “Mallie” b. 1847, William Tyree b. 1852, Sarah Arabella b. 1854, and Samuel Edward b. 1856.
His father died in 1857. Emmaline raised the children on Isaac’s farm. By all accounts, Emmaline was a devoted step-mother. The family were all members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Rock Bridge area of Sumner Co. TN.
When the Civil War began, James enlisted in Co. E, 24th TN Infantry, CSA, with fellow church members Robert Gwinn Hill and William H. Hill. James was the sweetheart of Robert and William’s sister Elizabeth.
He was stationed with other Confederate Troops at Camp Trousdale in the Fall of 1861. The following spring, he and his comrades of the 24th TN, Co. E fought at the Battle of Shiloh where James was severely wounded on April 6, 1862. The Confederates lost this battle and had to retreat to Corinth, MS, taking as many of their wounded as they could. James clung to life for days until he finally succumbed to death on April 18, 1862, during the Union Army’s siege of Corinth. His friend William Hill, also had been wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, taken to Corinth, and died of his wounds May 13, 1862. They are both buried in unmarked graves in Corinth, Adams Co., MS.
The congregation of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church deeply mourned the loss of these two young members.
Family lore says that on the day James died, his hound dog back home let out a mournful howl and dropped dead.
Elizabeth Hill never married and is said to have remained “true to her sweetheart James” until her death in 1910. See Find A Grave memorial 84484795
After his mother’s death, between April 1844 and March 1845, his father married Emmaline Tyree on March 22, 1845 in Sumner Co., TN. James had four half-siblings from his father’s marriage to Emmaline: Malvina “Mallie” b. 1847, William Tyree b. 1852, Sarah Arabella b. 1854, and Samuel Edward b. 1856.
His father died in 1857. Emmaline raised the children on Isaac’s farm. By all accounts, Emmaline was a devoted step-mother. The family were all members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Rock Bridge area of Sumner Co. TN.
When the Civil War began, James enlisted in Co. E, 24th TN Infantry, CSA, with fellow church members Robert Gwinn Hill and William H. Hill. James was the sweetheart of Robert and William’s sister Elizabeth.
He was stationed with other Confederate Troops at Camp Trousdale in the Fall of 1861. The following spring, he and his comrades of the 24th TN, Co. E fought at the Battle of Shiloh where James was severely wounded on April 6, 1862. The Confederates lost this battle and had to retreat to Corinth, MS, taking as many of their wounded as they could. James clung to life for days until he finally succumbed to death on April 18, 1862, during the Union Army’s siege of Corinth. His friend William Hill, also had been wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, taken to Corinth, and died of his wounds May 13, 1862. They are both buried in unmarked graves in Corinth, Adams Co., MS.
The congregation of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church deeply mourned the loss of these two young members.
Family lore says that on the day James died, his hound dog back home let out a mournful howl and dropped dead.
Elizabeth Hill never married and is said to have remained “true to her sweetheart James” until her death in 1910. See Find A Grave memorial 84484795
JAMES S. McWHIRTER was the 2nd of 4 children born to Rev. Isaac McWhirter and his first wife Adaline Miller. His mother died when he was 8 years old. His siblings were: Margaret b. 1835, Mary A. b. 1840, and Abraham L. b. 1844.
After his mother’s death, between April 1844 and March 1845, his father married Emmaline Tyree on March 22, 1845 in Sumner Co., TN. James had four half-siblings from his father’s marriage to Emmaline: Malvina “Mallie” b. 1847, William Tyree b. 1852, Sarah Arabella b. 1854, and Samuel Edward b. 1856.
His father died in 1857. Emmaline raised the children on Isaac’s farm. By all accounts, Emmaline was a devoted step-mother. The family were all members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Rock Bridge area of Sumner Co. TN.
When the Civil War began, James enlisted in Co. E, 24th TN Infantry, CSA, with fellow church members Robert Gwinn Hill and William H. Hill. James was the sweetheart of Robert and William’s sister Elizabeth.
He was stationed with other Confederate Troops at Camp Trousdale in the Fall of 1861. The following spring, he and his comrades of the 24th TN, Co. E fought at the Battle of Shiloh where James was severely wounded on April 6, 1862. The Confederates lost this battle and had to retreat to Corinth, MS, taking as many of their wounded as they could. James clung to life for days until he finally succumbed to death on April 18, 1862, during the Union Army’s siege of Corinth. His friend William Hill, also had been wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, taken to Corinth, and died of his wounds May 13, 1862. They are both buried in unmarked graves in Corinth, Adams Co., MS.
The congregation of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church deeply mourned the loss of these two young members.
Family lore says that on the day James died, his hound dog back home let out a mournful howl and dropped dead.
Elizabeth Hill never married and is said to have remained “true to her sweetheart James” until her death in 1910. See Find A Grave memorial 84484795
After his mother’s death, between April 1844 and March 1845, his father married Emmaline Tyree on March 22, 1845 in Sumner Co., TN. James had four half-siblings from his father’s marriage to Emmaline: Malvina “Mallie” b. 1847, William Tyree b. 1852, Sarah Arabella b. 1854, and Samuel Edward b. 1856.
His father died in 1857. Emmaline raised the children on Isaac’s farm. By all accounts, Emmaline was a devoted step-mother. The family were all members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church in the Rock Bridge area of Sumner Co. TN.
When the Civil War began, James enlisted in Co. E, 24th TN Infantry, CSA, with fellow church members Robert Gwinn Hill and William H. Hill. James was the sweetheart of Robert and William’s sister Elizabeth.
He was stationed with other Confederate Troops at Camp Trousdale in the Fall of 1861. The following spring, he and his comrades of the 24th TN, Co. E fought at the Battle of Shiloh where James was severely wounded on April 6, 1862. The Confederates lost this battle and had to retreat to Corinth, MS, taking as many of their wounded as they could. James clung to life for days until he finally succumbed to death on April 18, 1862, during the Union Army’s siege of Corinth. His friend William Hill, also had been wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, taken to Corinth, and died of his wounds May 13, 1862. They are both buried in unmarked graves in Corinth, Adams Co., MS.
The congregation of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church deeply mourned the loss of these two young members.
Family lore says that on the day James died, his hound dog back home let out a mournful howl and dropped dead.
Elizabeth Hill never married and is said to have remained “true to her sweetheart James” until her death in 1910. See Find A Grave memorial 84484795
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