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From History of Limestone County, Alabama, compiled by Robert Henry Walker:
James Wesley was recruited as a Private in Company A, 50th Tenn infantry, CSA, at Clarksville, TN 1861-912 for a period of 12 months. This regiment was part of the garrison protecting For Donelson, TN, until the fort was captured 1862-2-16. Most of the infantry was shipped north to a prison at Camp Douglass, IL, but James W. was part of the 850 send to Vicksburg, MS, as part of a prisoner exchange. His company was reorganized at Jackson, MS, 1862-9-23 and he served out the rest of the war. He married as soon as he returned home to TN, and moved to Limestone Co, AL soon after. He had three wives in all and many children, and died after breaking his leg while out on a walk at almost 90.
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1900 US Census for Sand Springs Precinct, Limestone Co, AL, shows five related families living adjacent to each other:
James J. W. Baggett and his 3rd wife Nancy Magnusson Baggett
Samuel H. Baggett (son of James J.W.) and his wife Louisa Shannon Baggett and children
William Shannon (uncle of Louisa S. Baggett and Thos. Alex Shannon) and second wife Frances Watkins Shannon and daughter Della
(widow of Thos. Wesley Shannon, who was brother to William Shannon) Malinda Shannon and son Thomas
Thomas Alex Shannon (brother of Louisa S. Baggett) and wife Mary E. Faulkner and children
The date of death for Thomas W. Shannon is shown as 1901 on tombstone, but 100 census states he was already deceased. It is possible that the headstones were added later and the dates confused.
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Gatlin Cemetery is located on the Alabama-Tennessee state line outside Ardmore, Limestone Co, AL. Take State Line Rd east out of town, and the cemetery is on the right. GPS Coordinates: 34.9897, -86.81
