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James Thomas “Tom” Wolverton

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James Thomas “Tom” Wolverton

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
13 Mar 1928 (aged 83)
Stantonville, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Adamsville, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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He was a veteran of the Civil War. After first being drafted into the Confederate Army at age eighteen he deserted to serve in the Union Army in Company G of the Sixth Tennessee Calvary U.S.A. under Col. Fielding Hurst. He was captured near Bolivar, Tennessee and imprisoned. During a prisoner exchange he survived the explosion and sinking of the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi river near Memphis. The 6th Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service July 26, 1865.

Following the war he became a claims attorney in Adamsville,TN.

This information is from "The Descendants of Andrew Woolverton" by Royal A. Woolverton, grandson of James T. Wolverton.
He was a veteran of the Civil War. After first being drafted into the Confederate Army at age eighteen he deserted to serve in the Union Army in Company G of the Sixth Tennessee Calvary U.S.A. under Col. Fielding Hurst. He was captured near Bolivar, Tennessee and imprisoned. During a prisoner exchange he survived the explosion and sinking of the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi river near Memphis. The 6th Tennessee Cavalry mustered out of service July 26, 1865.

Following the war he became a claims attorney in Adamsville,TN.

This information is from "The Descendants of Andrew Woolverton" by Royal A. Woolverton, grandson of James T. Wolverton.

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J.T. WOLVERTON
G.A.R. 6 TENN. REGT.
DEC. 31 1844
MAR. 13, 1929
Forever with the Lord

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