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Submitted: 7/18/20 • Approved: 7/19/20 • Last Updated: 6/9/23 • R1329811-G1329811-S3
Martha
1843 - 1933
Daughter of Richard Rockett, Sr.
Robert W.
PRIVATE
2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Company I
Civil War Confederate
1841 - September 9, 1916
DOWNEY, R.W. Pvt - Enl 12 May 1862 at Smyrna. Wounded 31 Dec 1862 at Murfreesboro, TN and sent to hospital. Wounded a Chickamauga, GA 19 Sep 1863. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, TN 25 Nov 1863.Paroled 13 Jun 1865 at Talladega, AL.
Source: Edward G. Gerdes Civil War Home page
Robert W. Downey married Martha D. Rockett on November 6, 1865 in Jefferson County, Alabama
Source: Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950
Contributed on 7/18/20 by deltabelle55
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