Seaborn J. Greathouse
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 26 Feb 1836
Christening:
Death: 21 Aug 1863 - , Tallapoosa County, Alabama 6,7
Burial: in Greathouse Cemetery, Talapoosa County, Alabama
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Birth: Abt 16 Mar 1836. 6,7
• Tombstone: Greathouse Family Cemetery, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Location: On Lake Martin about 5 miles west of Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama - near Hugh Coker's Camp. ..
In memory of Seaborn J., son of Early and Susan Greathouse, who died in Tallapoosa County Aug. 21, 1863 - aged 27 years, 5 months, and 20 days - He was in the Battle of Shiloh, Miss. in service of the Confederate States of America on April 6th and 7th, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Port Hudson, La. July 9th and paroled July 11, 1863. He joined the Baptist church at Midway, Tallapoosa County, August 21, 1858.
Parents
Father: Early Greathouse (1810-1885) 4,5,6,7
Mother: Susan Elizabeth Talley (1811-1886) 4,5,6,7
Notes
General:
He worked as a clerk while living at the Harman hotel in Dadeville in 1860. He enlisted as a private in the "Tallapoosa Rifles", Alabama lst Regt. Infantry, Co A at Montgomery, AL.
Source: Pat Greathouse from military records from Tap Roots, The Genealogical Soc. of East, AL, Inc. Vol l, No. 4, April 1964 p. 29 titled The Greathouse Family Cemetery in Tallapoosa County, AL Cemetery Marker In Memory of Seaborn J. Son of Early and Susan Greathouse, who died in Tallapoosa Co., AL, Aug 21 1863. He was in the Battle of Shiloh, MS in the service of the Conf. States of America on April 6th and 7th, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Port Hudson, LA on July 9th and paroled July 11, 1863.
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Died in Civil War.
Source: Pat Greathouse from military records from Tap Roots, The Genealogical Soc. of East, AL, Inc. Vol 1, No. 4, April 1964 p. 29 titled The Greathouse Family Cemetery in Tallapoosa County, AL Cemetery Marker In Memory of Seaborn J. Son of Early and Susan Greathouse, who died in Tallapoosa Co., AL, Aug 21 1863. He was in the Battle of Shiloh, MS in the service of the Conf. States of America on April 6th and 7th, 1862. He was taken prisoner at Port Hudson, LA on July 9th and paroled July 11, 1863.
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