Belle Sperry

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Enlisted as a Lieutenant 2nd Class on 19 November 1861. Enlisted in Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 10 December 1861. Promoted to Full Lieutenant 1st Class on 11 August 1864. Promoted to Full Captain on 1 July 1865. Mustered out Company F, 14th Infantry Regiment Kentucky on 15 September 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky. Was grazed in the head by a bullet during the battle for the control of the Cumberland Gap in Tazewell, Tennessee. On the 1890 Veteran Census he's living in Culberson, Boyd County and census notes say, "Gunshot in head and side of head." Obituary: "Capt. J. H. Sperry, one of the most prominent pioneer citizens of the county, died at his home near Palermo, Sunday (December 4, 1910), as the result of sudden stroke of paralasys. "Captain" Sperry was a man of great principle; honest, industrious and every ready to extend a helping hand to the unfortune and needy; a good neighbor, an excellent citizen and truly may it be said, the county has sustained a great loss - the people a sincere friend. Mr. Sperry was one of the great multitude of brave men who wore the blue through the Civil war and assisted in preserving the Union. We knew him as a man who always denounced wrong and upheld and praised the right, and having closed his earthly career at the age of 78 years, we feel that his race has been run well, and that God has said "Well done thou good and faithful servant," and has called him to enter into that never perishing home of the happiness." Source: "Lincoln Republican", Hamlin, (Lincoln County) West Virginia, Thursday, December 8, 1910. (Vol. VIII. No. 1)

James married Mahala Brown on 24 Mar 1867 in Lawrence Co, KY. Mahala was born on 28 Feb 1849 in Boyd Co, KY; died on 1 Oct 1922 in Bernie, Jefferson District, Lincoln Co, WV; was buried on 3 Oct 1922 in Family Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

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Birth:
Mahala's death certificate gives her birth date as 29 February; however, there is no 29th of February that year. Therefore, I adjusted this date to reflect the 28th.

Thomas married Nancy Canterbury on 24 Sep 1825 in Lawrence Co, KY. Nancy was born on 12 May 1808 in Greenup Co, KY; died on 5 Jan 1878 in Lawrence Co, KY. [Group Sheet]

Abijah married Nancy Ann Houser on 24 Dec 1792 in Montgomery Co, VA. Nancy was born in 1769 in NH; died after 1860 in Lawrence Co, KY. [Group Sheet]

Samuel married Mary Roberts on 3 Apr 1761 in Southington, Hartford Co, CT. Mary was born on 4 Jan 1735 in Wallingford, New Haven Co, CT. [Group Sheet]