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Meshack Vencill

Biography
Born 6/1834
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 09/05/1919
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father William Vincell
Mother Lucy Bradshaw
Married 07/26/1860
Spouse Susanna Creed
Military Units
34th Cavalry
6th Battalion Cavalry
16th Cavalry (per RC PEN)
McFarlane's Squadron
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
6th Battalion
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Mcfarlane's Cavalry
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Misc
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Pension
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Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1905, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1902, 1917
Appears on pension applications for: William H. Caldwell, 1904.

Newspaper mention:
Lebanon News, 9/12/1919

Notes: Cited in Russell County Death Records, Volume 1.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. 30, 1862 to Apr. 30, 1863 (Dated Apr. 30, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: Jan. 15, 1863
Where: Sugar Run
By whom: Capt. McFarlane
Period: 3 yrs

Last paid:
By whom: nev. p'd
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 2

Private, Company __, 6th Battalion Cavalry

Name appears as signature to a
Petition
addressed to the Secretary of War by members of "McFarlane's Squadron Virginia Cavalry" (Companies E and F, 6th Battalion Confederate Cavalry), requesting transfer to a Virginia organization.

Petition dated: Camp on Beaver Creek Floyd Co., Ky., Apr. 7, 1864.

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