Family Group Record |
| Husband: Silas C. Giddens 1 |
| Born: 14 MAR 1841 | Place: Randolph County, Georgia 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Died: SEP 1876 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 6, 7 |
| Married: 9 MAR 1869 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia |
| Buried: | Place: Cat Creek, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 8, 9 |
| Father: John Giddens |
| Mother: Sarah\Sally Smith |
| Other Spouses: Sabra Ann Mary Giddens
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| Wife: Mary Ann Taylor 10 |
| Born: 13 OCT 1849 | Place: North Carolina 11 |
| Died: DEC 1887 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 12 |
| Buried: | Place: Cat Creek, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 13 |
| Father: John William Taylor |
| Mother: Permelia Virginia Cothran |
Other Spouses: |
| Child 1 (?): unnamed Giddens 14 |
| Born: 28 MAR 1870 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 15 |
| Died: 28 MAR 1870 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia |
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| Child 2 (M): John Jackson Giddens 16 |
| Born: 20 MAR 1871 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 17, 18 |
| Died: 1 DEC 1928 | Place: Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia 19, 20 |
| Buried: 2 DEC 1928 | Place: Cat Creek Cemetery, Lowndes County, Georgia 21, 22 |
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Spouses: Martha Ada Swindle |
| Child 3 (M): William Jefferson Giddens |
| Born: 28 APR 1873 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 23 |
| Died: 3 JUL 1914 | Place: Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 24 |
| Buried: 4 JUL 1914 | Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 25 |
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Spouses: Lula P. Griffin, Della Ball |
| Child 4 (M): James Monroe Giddens |
| Born: 6 MAR 1875 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 26, 27 |
| Died: 8 SEP 1949 | Place: Lowndes County, Georgia 28, 29 |
| Buried: 9 SEP 1949 | Place: Sunset Hills, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia 30 |
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Spouses: Mattie Wilkerson |
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HUSBAND NOTES: Silas C. Giddens enlisted in Lowndes County Infantry on 21 Sep 1861 for a period of 12 months in Captain Benjamin T. Mosley's unit. In November 1861 he appears in company muster rolls listed as present, but sick in hospital. On 9 Aug 1862 he appeared on the register of sick and wounded at Lovingston Hospital, Winchester, Virginia. On 2 May 1863 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital Number 2, Richmond Virginia. On 9 Jun 1863 he returned to duty. He fought in the Second Manassas Battle, Sharpsburg (Antietam) and on 4 Jul 1863 he was captured at the battle of Gettysburg. On 6 Jul 1863 he was admitted to the USA General Hospital, Frederick, Maryland with remittant fever. On 5 Sep 1863 he was transferred to USA General Hospital West's Buildings, Baltimore, Maryland. On 12 Sep 1863 he returned to Fort McHenry, Maryland. On 15 Sep 1863 he was sent to Point Lookout Maryland and confined by General Schenck. On 3 May 1864 he was exchanged at Port Lookout, Maryland. On 8 May 1864 he was admitted to Chimborazo Hospital, Number 3, Richmond, Virginia with debilitas. On 12 May 1864 he was furloughed for 30 days. HUSBAND FACTS: TITL CSA: Military: CSA - Company G/H, 26th Georgia Infantry, Bartow Volunteers 31 Census: 1850 Randolph County, Georgia 32 WIFE FACTS: Census: 1860 Lowndes County, Georgia 33 Census: 1880 Lowndes County, Georgia 34 SOURCES: 1The Valdosta Times, Valdosta, Georgia, Newspaper, date unknown. 2Tommy & Diane Bargeron, Inspection of Cemetery Marker, Tombstone. 3LDS Church, CD ROM, LDS Ancestral Files, Electronic, Batch 7907801, Sheet 05, Source Call 1260502. 4Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 5Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 6Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 7Tommy & Diane Bargeron, Inspection of Cemetery Marker, Tombstone. 8Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284, Buried in section 4.. 9Tommy & Diane Bargeron, Inspection of Cemetery Marker, Tombstone. 10Broderbund Software, Broderbund World Family Tree, Family Archive, Volume 3, File 1204. 11Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 12Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book. 13Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, Buried in section 4.. 14Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 15Information from Lane Giddens, 803 North Oak Street, Valdosta, Georgia 31601, Other. 16Broderbund Software, Broderbund World Family Tree, Family Archive, Volume 3, File 1204. 17Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum. 18Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 19Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum. 20Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 21Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum. 22Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 284. 23Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 51. 24Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 51. 25Charles W. Adams, Survey of Lowndes County, Georgia Cemeteries 1825-1987, Genealogy Unlimited, Valdosta, Georgia 1988, Book, page 51, Section A1-5. 26Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum. 27Sunset Hill Cemetery Burial Records, Filed at South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, Official Docum. 28Georgia Department of Public Health, Certificate of Death, Official Docum, James Monroe Giddens occupation listed as auto body repair, was never in armed forces. He died of. 29Sunset Hill Cemetery Burial Records, Filed at South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, Official Docum. 30Sunset Hill Cemetery Burial Records, Filed at South Georgia Regional Library, Valdosta, Georgia, Official Docum, page 51, Buried in section A1-4.. 31Lillian Henderson, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, Volume III, Book, page 232, Private, 21 Sep 1861, captured at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 4 Jul 1863, paroled at Point Lookout, Ma. 321850 Census of Randolph County, Georgia, MF 37, Roll 81, Census, District 11, page 438, Records Silas (12) in household of Jno. Gideon.. 331860 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-56, Roll 29, Census, page 900, Records Mary Ann (12), born in North Carolina, in household of John W. Taylor.. 341880 Census of Lowndes County, Georgia, MF-135, Roll 156, Census, Volume 15, ED 75, District 657 Lower Fork, Sheet 18 line 46, Mary Giddens is living with her parents with her three children, John, William and Jane.. |
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