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Thomas Jefferson Meade


Biography
Born ca. 1838
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 11/23/1924
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father Thomas Mead
Mother Mary, Elizabeth Porter
Married ca. 1854
9/17/1904
Spouses Mary Elizabeth Harvey
Saphronia C. Akers
Military Units
48th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
48th Infantry
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Misc
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Pension
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Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1909, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1917
Appears on pension applications for: Robert Cross, 1909.

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Private, Capt. John H. Candler's Company (Russell Guards), Virginia Volunteers, 48th Virginia Infantry

Age: 23 years

Appears on a muster roll for July 17 to Aug. 31, 1861 (Dated Aug. 31)

Enrolled for active service:
When: June 25
Where: Russell
By whom: Jno. H. Candler

Mustered into service:
When: July 17
Where: Abingdon
By whom: J. A. Campbell

Remarks:

Card 2
Private, Company C, 48th Virginia Infantry

Appears on
Regimental Return
for the month of Feb., 1862

Absent enlisted men accounted for: On furlough

Card 3

Appears on
Regimental Return
for the month of Mch., 1862

Absent enlisted men accounted for: Absent without leave since 28 March

Card 4

Appears on a
Register
of Payments on Descriptive Lists.

When paid: Feb. 13, 1862
By whom: R. J. Haller
Amount: $50.00
Remarks: Bty

Card 5

[Commutation of rations while on reenlistment furlough from Winchester, Va to Russell County and back from February 14, 1862 to March 26, 1862. Paid November 20, 1862. Signed by mark.]

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