GOBER, Bushrod Washington - was born 6/10/1830 in Georgia, possibly DeKalb County. He was the son of Wiley Gober and brother of William Harrison Gober. Bushrod married Arrena Wiginton, daughter of Henry Wiginton and Arrena Reed on 10/22/1852 in Tippah County. According to muster rolls, he served in 12 Battalion, 10th Calvary, Co H. His widow's Bible states, "B.W. Gober was shot and killed by Yankees on the 3rd day of August, 1863." An account of his death is in the dairies of Rev. Samuel Agnew, a copy of which is in the Lee County Public Library. The entry for 8/4/1863 reads: "It seems that a body of Feds -- number unknown -- came down on Hatchie on Sunday. On Monday they killed Wash Gober. Gober shot a man who had run to the Yankees first. They charged him and eight loads entered his body. This occured near Geno's (formerly Winter's) Mill. The Yankees burned the mill and the residence of a Capt Cheatham. " The entry for 8/6/1863 reads: "The Yankees at Geno's Mill were Reid's Tories (southern unionists). They burned the house of Parson Jeter." Bushrod Gober is buried beside his infant daughter, Mary, at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in what is now Union County, MS.
Submitted by Anne Freeman
Submitted by Anne Freeman
GOBER, Bushrod Washington - was born 6/10/1830 in Georgia, possibly DeKalb County. He was the son of Wiley Gober and brother of William Harrison Gober. Bushrod married Arrena Wiginton, daughter of Henry Wiginton and Arrena Reed on 10/22/1852 in Tippah County. According to muster rolls, he served in 12 Battalion, 10th Calvary, Co H. His widow's Bible states, "B.W. Gober was shot and killed by Yankees on the 3rd day of August, 1863." An account of his death is in the dairies of Rev. Samuel Agnew, a copy of which is in the Lee County Public Library. The entry for 8/4/1863 reads: "It seems that a body of Feds -- number unknown -- came down on Hatchie on Sunday. On Monday they killed Wash Gober. Gober shot a man who had run to the Yankees first. They charged him and eight loads entered his body. This occured near Geno's (formerly Winter's) Mill. The Yankees burned the mill and the residence of a Capt Cheatham. " The entry for 8/6/1863 reads: "The Yankees at Geno's Mill were Reid's Tories (southern unionists). They burned the house of Parson Jeter." Bushrod Gober is buried beside his infant daughter, Mary, at the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery in what is now Union County, MS.
Submitted by Anne Freeman
Submitted by Anne Freeman
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