Lewis Milton KIDD 1835 - 1897

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER: Sargeant in 3rd TN Cavalry, Company A (Union Army)
Joined 11/10/1862, Knoxville, TN. Captured by Confederate troops at the battle of Sulphur Branch Trestle in Alabama, 9/24/1864. Sent to Cahaba Prison, a prisoner of war camp in Dallas County, Alabama. Was paroled on 4/21/1865. Lewis survived the disastrous Sultana (steamer) explosion in which his brother James William and cousin James Franklin were killed. Discharged from the Union Army on 6/10/1865, Nashville, TN.
Source: Military record.

DESCENDANTS OF LEWIS MILTON (1835, TN-1897, TN) & ORLENIA (HUFFAKER) KIDD

Child 1: William KIDD DOB: 1870 per 1870 Blount Co., TN Census
Child 2: Anna B. KIDD DOB: ca 1873 per 1880 Blount Co. TN Census; 3/?/1873
           per 1900 Census. DOM: 7/22/1903, Blount Co., TN by W. L. Cate, MG.
           Married: George H. Caldwell. Lived on Sevier Road, 1 mile east of Maryville, TN.
Child 3: Edgar F. KIDD DOB: ca 1876 per 1880 Blount Co., TN Census
           DOM: 11/25/1895 per family records. Married: Della Ambrister
           DOB:12/ 1875, TN per 1900 Blount Co. TN Census.
           Child 1: Bruce M. KIDD DOB:10/ /1896 per 1900 Blount Co., TN Cen.
Child 4: Addie KIDD DOB: ca 1879 per 1880 Blount Co., TN Census
           DOM: 6/26/1901, Blount Co., TN by J. J. Robinette, MG.
           Married: Dr. James H. Proffitt
Child 5: Lillie L Kidd, 8/23/1880 - 9/23/1881 per memorial stone, Mt. Moriah
           Cemetery. Died as infant.
Child 6: Robert KIDD DOB: 11/ /1883 per 1900 Blount Co., TN Census
           Note: This may be the Robert KIDD who married Mollie Davis, 10/20/1907
           Blount County, TN, R. A. McClanahan, JP.


 


 


 

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