Nimrod Newton Smith

1827 - Abt 1865  (37 years)

• Name	Nimrod Newton Smith  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	27 Jun 1827	Anderson County, South Carolina, USA   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1860	McMinn County, Tennessee, USA   [5]
  	Residence Post Office: Cog Hill; Married to Margaret
  _MILT	23 Nov 1861	McMinn County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3, 4, 6]
  	Confederate Army - War Between the States; 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment,Fought at the Battle of Vicksburg
  		Battle of Vicksburg
  Military POW	4 Jun 1863	Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA   [4]
  	Captured at Battle of Vicksburg, Died in Military Prison
  Death	Abt 1865	Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA
  	Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War
  	Died in Military Prison as a Prisoner of War
  Burial	Confederate Cemetery, Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA
  		Cemetery-Confederate (Alton IL)
  Person ID	I15204	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Silas Smith,   b. 15 Feb 1802, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA d. 1873, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy Virginia Swain,   b. 13 May 1797, South Carolina, USA d. 13 Jan 1863, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Jul 1824	Anderson County, South Carolina, USA   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F8768	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Louisa 'Eliza' Smith,   b. 20 Jan 1832, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Jan 1912 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1847	McMinn County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 9]
  Family ID	F5401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Jun 1827 - Anderson County, South Carolina, USA Marriage - 27 Dec 1847 - McMinn County, Tennessee, USA Census - Residence Post Office: Cog Hill; Married to Margaret - 1860 - McMinn County, Tennessee, USA _MILT - Confederate Army - War Between the States; 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment,Fought at the Battle of Vicksburg - 23 Nov 1861 - McMinn County, Tennessee, USA Military POW - Captured at Battle of Vicksburg, Died in Military Prison - 4 Jun 1863 - Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA Death - Cause: Killed in Action - Civil War - Abt 1865 - Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Battle of Vicksburg

  
  

• Sources

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