Military Legacy Of Mingo County, West Virginia And Beyond

MILITARY LEGACY OF MINGO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND BEYOND

GENEALOGY ~ PHOTOGRAPHS ~ LETTERS ~ HISTORY

WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY WAUKESHA LOWE SAMMONS

Daughter of Daskum Combs and Technical Sergeant, Albert Roy "Jake" Lowe,

who was awarded a Silver Star Medal for Action Taken on The Fourth of July 1944 in France,

and who was Killed In Action in World War II.

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AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861 - 1865)

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MINGO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN, MARINES

REMEMBER AND NAME

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FARLEY

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FARLEY, THOMAS BENTON (1837 – 1919), WOUNDED IN ACTION, CAPTURED, PRISONER OF WAR AT POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Lee, Mingo County, West Virginia; previously Logan County, Virginia – West Virginia.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Mouth of Pigeon in Logan County, Virginia. Hardy and Rock Creek in Mingo County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 August 1837.
PARENTS:
SPOUSE: Nancy Pinson, who was born in John’s Creek, Pike County, Kentucky, who married Thomas about 1860 in Kentucky and who was a midwife. Five of their sons became Medical Doctors: Albert Allen Farley, Hiram H. “Hi” Farley, Rush Floyd Farley, Thomas Jefferson Farley and William F. Farley.
SON: John Henry Farley (1882 – 1964), Corporal, Company A, 20th Regiment, Infantry, U. S. Army Soldier, served in the Pre – World War I era and served in World War I.
SON: Rush Floyd Farley, M. D., First Lieutenant, Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), Base Hospital No. 66 in France, U. S. Army Soldier, World War I.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Virginia, which became West Virginia in 1863, during the American Civil War.
ENLISTMENT DATE: 3 July 1861 at Logan County, West Virginia.
DISCHARGE DATE:
RANK: Private. Sergeant, on 15 October 1864.
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Infantry. Cavalry.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: Company D and K, 36th Regiment, Virginia Infantry / Cavalry (2nd Kanawha Infantry), Confederate States Army, American Civil War.
~ “In one battle while lying on the ground shooting at the enemy, he was hit by a bullet that passed through his chin and lodged against his chest.”
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, MAY 2, 1863: General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson was wounded by friendly fire. He died May 20, 1863.
~ “Thomas Farley .. having been in the command of General Stonewall Jackson at the time, when that intrepid officer met his death ..”
THIRD BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, CEDAR CREEK, SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VIRGINIA, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 19 OCTOBER 1864:
~ Union General Philip Sheridan and Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early.
WOUNDED IN ACTION, CAPTURED, PRISONER OF WAR, THIRD BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA, 19 SEPTEMBER 1864:
~ “At the Battle of Winchester, Sergeant Thomas B. Farley was wounded and captured by the enemy, at this time a sergeant, and was confined at the prison at Point Lookout for six months.” POINT LOOKOUT, MARYLAND, UNION MILITARY PRISONER OF WAR CAMP:
~ “Date of Arrival at Point Lookout Prisoner of War Camp: 27 September 1864, Harpers Ferry. Private T. B. Farley, Company K, 36th Virginia, Captured at Winchester, Virginia on September 19, 1864, Exchanged March 15, 1865.”
~ “List of Prisoners of War and Property Taken on 27th September 1864: Confederate, Farley, Thos. B., Company K, 36th Virginia, $40. Ex. Amt. Returned 11 March 1865.”
BATTLES, CAMPAIGNS, THEATRES: Battle of Chancellorsville. Third Battle of Winchester.
DATE OF DEATH: 27 May 1919.
STATUS: Wounded In Action, Captured, Prisoner of War, Survivor.
CEMETERY: Farley Cemetery, Delbarton, Mingo County, West Virginia.
SOURCES: Census. Findagrave. History of West Virginia Old And New, Vol I, II, III by James Morton Callahan, c. 1923. Kentucky County Marriages. National Park Service Soldiers; nps.gov. The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. U. S. Civil War Prisoners of War Records, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865. U. S. Civil War Soldiers Records And Profiles. West Virginia Vital Research Records.
NOTE: I placed Thomas Benton Farley on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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RUTHERFORD

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RUTHERFORD, ELLIOTT (ca 1821 – before 1900 census), SURGEON, CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
HOMETOWN: Logan County (now Mingo County), West Virginia, USA.
OTHER RESIDENCE: Pike County, Kentucky. Rich Creek, Magnolia, Logan County (now Mingo County), West Virginia.
NOTE: In 1895 Mingo County was created from part of Logan County, West Virginia.
DATE OF BIRTH: Circa 1821 in Virginia.
PARENTS: Margaret Morrison and Joseph Rutherford.
THIRD-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS: Margaret Vawter and Robert Rutherford.
GRANDSON: Albert Greenway Rutherford, Medical Doctor, Surgeon, son of Arminta / Arminda Ferrell and Lewis Rutherford.
OCCUPATION: Surgeon, Physician.
SPOUSE: Isabel Canada, married 14 May 1846 in Pike County, Kentucky.
ENTERED SERVICE FROM:
ENLISTMENT DATE:
DISCHARGE DATE:
RANK:
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Medical.
COMBAT ORGANIZATION: “Doctor Elliott Rutherford.. served as a surgeon with the Confederate Forces in the Civil War.” Source, History Of West Virginia Old And New, Volume I, II, III By James Morton Callahan, c. 1923.
DATE OF DEATH: Before June 1, 1900 Census, which listed his wife, Isabel as a widow.
CEMETERY:
SOURCES: Census. History Of West Virginia Old And New, Volume I, II, III By James Morton Callahan, c. 1923. Kentucky County Marriage Records, Pike County.
NOTE: I placed my husband’s fourth-cousin-twice-removed, Elliott Rutherford on my ~ Sammons Bradshaw Ferguson Wooton Castle Hopkins Daniel Spencer; McCoy Stafford Stanley May Rutherford Brashear Williamson Ball ~ In-law Family Tree, that I created on Ancestry.

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