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Chana Briggs Bobo

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Chana Briggs Bobo Veteran

Birth
Union County, South Carolina, USA
Death
4 Oct 1915 (aged 86)
Sedalia, Union County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Sedalia, Union County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Served as deacon and clerk of New Prospect Baptist Church from about 1850 to its disbanding and reunification with Padgett's Creek Baptist in 1889. He wrote a history of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church which was written into the minutes of the Union County Baptist Association. He moved his membership form Padgett's Creek to Clinton First Baptist Church where he remained active until his death.
The following information about Chana's war experience was compiled and written by Dewitt B Stone: Enlisted as a Pvt. at Union District, SC, on Dec 13, 1861; Mar-Apr 1862 shown as Cpl; Aug 12, 1862 admitted with remittent fever to a Richmond hospital; Oct 6, 1862 Furloughed 30 days; Nov-Dec 1862 listed as 1st Sgt; Jan-Feb 1863 on sick furlough; May 20, 1864 wounded in action at Ware Bottom Church; Absent in Hospital at Richmond, VA, since Jun 25, 1864; Jun 30, 1864 admitted with remittent fever to a Richmond hospital; Aug 25, 1864 furloughed 30 days, then absent in a Columbia, SC, hospital; Nov 1864-Feb 1865 Present; Mar 29, 1865 wounded in action and captured in action at Hatcher's Run and sent to City Point, then on to Point Lookout, MD, arriving on Apr 2, 1865; Jun 24, 1865 signed U.S. Oath of Allegiance and was released at Point Lookout, MD.

Children of CHANA BOBO and DORCAS BAILEY are:
i. JOHNNIE BOBO, b. 16 Jul 1854, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC.
ii. MADORA JANE BOBO, b. 01 Oct 1858, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 26 Jul 1908, SC.
iii. PRESTON BROOKS BOBO, b. 03 Feb 1860, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 19 Nov 1933, Union Co., SC; m. HELEN THOMPSON. Burial: 1933, Padgett's Creek BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC.
iv. CORNELIA L. BOBO, b. 21 Aug 1862, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 14 Jan 1863, New Prospect, Union Co., SC. Burial: 1863, New Prospect BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC
v. DAVID BRIGGS BOBO, b. 14 Sep 1863, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 14 Nov 1948.
vi. ADDIE SOPHRONIA BOBO, b. 22 Sep 1866, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 1933, SC; m. RANSOM WILLIS CHANEY; b. 1862; d. 1941, SC. Burial: 1933, Padgett's Creek BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC. Burial: 1941, Padgett's Creek BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC.
vii. INFANT BOBO, b. 1868, SC; d. 1868, SC.
Burial: 1868, New Prospect BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC
viii. MARGARET DELILAH BOBO, b. 02 Jun 1869, New Prospect, Union Co., SC.
ix. WILLIAM NORMAN BOBO, b. 12 Sep 1870, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 10 Oct 1936, Union Co., SC.
x. LILLIE WADE HAMPTON BOBO, b. 20 Oct 1876, Union Co., SC; m. JESSE MURPHY.
Served as deacon and clerk of New Prospect Baptist Church from about 1850 to its disbanding and reunification with Padgett's Creek Baptist in 1889. He wrote a history of Padgett's Creek Baptist Church which was written into the minutes of the Union County Baptist Association. He moved his membership form Padgett's Creek to Clinton First Baptist Church where he remained active until his death.
The following information about Chana's war experience was compiled and written by Dewitt B Stone: Enlisted as a Pvt. at Union District, SC, on Dec 13, 1861; Mar-Apr 1862 shown as Cpl; Aug 12, 1862 admitted with remittent fever to a Richmond hospital; Oct 6, 1862 Furloughed 30 days; Nov-Dec 1862 listed as 1st Sgt; Jan-Feb 1863 on sick furlough; May 20, 1864 wounded in action at Ware Bottom Church; Absent in Hospital at Richmond, VA, since Jun 25, 1864; Jun 30, 1864 admitted with remittent fever to a Richmond hospital; Aug 25, 1864 furloughed 30 days, then absent in a Columbia, SC, hospital; Nov 1864-Feb 1865 Present; Mar 29, 1865 wounded in action and captured in action at Hatcher's Run and sent to City Point, then on to Point Lookout, MD, arriving on Apr 2, 1865; Jun 24, 1865 signed U.S. Oath of Allegiance and was released at Point Lookout, MD.

Children of CHANA BOBO and DORCAS BAILEY are:
i. JOHNNIE BOBO, b. 16 Jul 1854, Cross Keys, Union Co., SC.
ii. MADORA JANE BOBO, b. 01 Oct 1858, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 26 Jul 1908, SC.
iii. PRESTON BROOKS BOBO, b. 03 Feb 1860, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 19 Nov 1933, Union Co., SC; m. HELEN THOMPSON. Burial: 1933, Padgett's Creek BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC.
iv. CORNELIA L. BOBO, b. 21 Aug 1862, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 14 Jan 1863, New Prospect, Union Co., SC. Burial: 1863, New Prospect BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC
v. DAVID BRIGGS BOBO, b. 14 Sep 1863, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 14 Nov 1948.
vi. ADDIE SOPHRONIA BOBO, b. 22 Sep 1866, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 1933, SC; m. RANSOM WILLIS CHANEY; b. 1862; d. 1941, SC. Burial: 1933, Padgett's Creek BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC. Burial: 1941, Padgett's Creek BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC.
vii. INFANT BOBO, b. 1868, SC; d. 1868, SC.
Burial: 1868, New Prospect BC Cem., Sedalia, Union Co., SC
viii. MARGARET DELILAH BOBO, b. 02 Jun 1869, New Prospect, Union Co., SC.
ix. WILLIAM NORMAN BOBO, b. 12 Sep 1870, New Prospect, Union Co., SC; d. 10 Oct 1936, Union Co., SC.
x. LILLIE WADE HAMPTON BOBO, b. 20 Oct 1876, Union Co., SC; m. JESSE MURPHY.

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  • Created by: Ray Bobo
  • Added: Mar 19, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25394538/chana_briggs-bobo: accessed ), memorial page for Chana Briggs Bobo (20 Jul 1829–4 Oct 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25394538, citing New Prospect Cemetery, Sedalia, Union County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Ray Bobo (contributor 46978725).