In Memoriam and Honour of our proud Southern Ancestors

Private Alfred Nathan Bridges
Great Grand-Uncle of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with the 33rd Alabama Volunteer's, Captain Needham Hughe's Company
He died in service July 29, 1862 at Tupelo, Mississippi


Benjamin F. Loving
2nd Great Grand-Uncle of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company I of the 1st Regiment, Hood's Texas Brigade
He died in service October 8, 1861 at Camp Quantico, Virginia


Brigadier General Hiram Bronson Granberry(or Granbury)
2nd Cousin Thrice Removed of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served under General Patrick Cleburne
He was killed in action November 30, 1864 at Franklin, Tennessee


Jasper Granberry McLendon
First Cousin Thrice Removed of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company K of the 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry
He was wounded at Shiloh on April 7, 1862
He died on April 19, 1862 as a POW
He is buried in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery at St. Louis,Missouri


Joseph Fuller McLendon
Ancestor of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company K of the 22nd Regiment Alabama Infantry
He was killed in action at Shiloh on April 6, 1862


Richard Samuel Mclendon
Ancestor of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company G of the 61st Alabama Infantry
He was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on April 3, 1865
He lost his right leg to a gunshot wound
He died on April 11, 1865 as a POW
He is buried at Fairground Hospital Cemetery at Petersburg, Virginia


Quintillian Jasper Martin
First Cousin Thrice Removed of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Captain William B. Turner's Company, Mississippi Light Artillery
He was wounded at the Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia in June of 1864


James Riley McLendon
Ancestor of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company H of the 51st Regiment Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry
He lost his left hand in action at Atlanta, Georgia on July 28, 1864
He served as Garden Superintendent at Meridian, Mississippi Military Hospital until the wars end


1st Lt. Josiah Douglas McLendon
Ancestor of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company H of the 46th Regiment Alabama Infantry
He was wounded at Bakers Creek, Mississippi on May 16, 1863
He was captured and exchanged at Vicksburg, Mississippi
He was wounded at Jonesboro, Georgia on August 31, 1864


Private Manuel Walton Loving
2nd Great Grandfather of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company F of the 11th Texas Infantry, Robert's Regiment


Private Loami Grandberry McLendon
Great Grandfather of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company E of the 59th Regiment Alabama Infantry
He was from Shelby County, Texas
He served as Regimental Ordnance Sergeant(but never promoted) from July 1863 through the wars end
He was at Appomattox Court House when General Lee ceased resistance


George Granberry McLendon
2nd Great Grand-Uncle of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with the Montgomery County Alabama Home Guard
He probably served as Chaplain


John A. Loving
2nd Great Grand-Uncle of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Captain Cotton's Company, Sabine Volunteers, Texas


William D. Loving
2nd Great Grand-Uncle of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Captain Cotton's Company, Sabine Volunteers, Texas


Sergeant James Franklin McLendon
1st Cousin Thrice Removed of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company F of the 1st Regiment Alabama Cavalry


Jonathan Dekalb McLendon
1st Cousin Thrice Removed of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company G of the 53rd Regiment Alabama Partisan Rangers Cavalry


Josiah Jackson "Jack" McLendon
1st Cousin Thrice Removed of Clifton Palmer McLendon

He served with Company F of the 8th Regiment Alabama Infantry
He was at Appomattox Court House when General Lee ceased resistance


Colonel Thomas Thomason
Great, Great Grandfather of Thomas Woody Highsmith, SCV Camp #158, MOS & B Chapter #50

He served with the 2nd South Carolina Rifles
He was from Abbeville, South Carolina
He was a speaker at the first mass meeting to call for secession in Abbeville, S.C.
He was a delegate to South Carolina's Secession Convention
He was the 4th signer of the Ordinance of Secession


James "Jim" Henry Towler
Great Grandfather of Charles Kelly Towler

He served with the 1st Virginia Border Rangers
He caught tuberculosis during the war
He lived to a ripe old age, long after the war was over
He liked to chew tobacco and wore wool shirts year round
He attended Confederate Veteran gatherings after the war
He is buried in Pittsylvania County where he was also born


Captain John William Valentine
Great, Great, Great Grandfather of Billy Valentine

He served with the 1st Regiment Helms, Kentucky
He is listed in File number 377 - Roll 13, Confederacy


Richard L. Lavender
Great Grandfather of Tom Lavender

He served with Company A of the 49th Georgia Regiment


Mitchell Wood
Great Grandfather of Tom Lavender

He served with Company B of the 10th Florida Infantry


James Robert Durst
Great Grandfather of Tom Lavender

He served with Company C of the 61st Georgia Regiment


William Franklin Stripling
Great Grandfather of Tom Lavender

He served with Company C of the 5th Georgia Regiment


Richard Martin
Great, Great Grandfather of Tom Lavender

He served with Company A of the 49th Georgia Regiment


Lawrence H. Wood
Great, Great Grandfather of Tom Lavender

He served with Company B of the 10th Florida Infantry








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