John Wiley Jernigan Bio. Henderson Co., TX

John Wiley Jernigan was the son of Jesse (Jessie) Jernigan and Anna Walker. John Wiley was born 6-8-1832 in TN. He died 2-12-1908 in Grimes Co. TX
John Wiley married Mary Melviney Todd on 4-3-1859 in Rutherford County, TN. Mary Melviney was born ca 1838-43 in TN. She died 1910 in Brady, TX.
	John Wiley Jernigan served the Confederacy and is listed as CPL 8th Tenn. Calvary CSA Co. G (Smith's). He enlisted on Sept. 27, 1862 at Bardstown for 3 yrs. He was captured at Buck Spring, Tenn. on April 7, 1863. He was with a group of prisoners of war sent from Louisville, KY to a POW camp at City Point, VA on May 6, 1863 and was paroled at Ft. McHenry, MD on May 10, 1863. A CSA monument was placed on his grave in the 1970's replacing a sandstone marker. John Wiley & Mary Melvina are listed on the 1860 and 1870 Census Rutherford County, Tenn. By the 1880 Census they had moved to Lauderdale Co. AL. Since the youngest child Robert, is listed as age 1 and born in Alabama, the family went to Alabama between 1877-79. They moved to Texas ca 1884 according to the Family Histories of Henderson County and are listed on church rolls by 1893. John Wiley amd Mel are listed on the 1900 Soundex Texas Henderson County census, now ages 64 and 57 and their son Jess and family are listed nearby. John Wiley sold his farm in Henderson Co., TX near his son Jesse, in 1907. He and "Mel" as Mary Melviney was called, moved to Grimes Co., near Bedias, where he died on Feb. 12, 1908. He is buried at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery near Bedias, TX. At the time of his death, he and his wife were living with their son Floyd and his wife Bell. After the death of her husband, Mary Melviney "Mel" visited with her children who were scattered over much of Texas. She was visiting her daughter, Mattie Matilda in Brady, TX who had married John R. Holcomb, when she died on March 10, 1910. She is buried at the Live Oak Cemetery in Brady, TX.

John Wiley Jernigan and Mary Melviney Todd had the following children:

Martha Lillie Jernigan was born 12-25-1860 in TN. She died 6-5-1945 in Athens, Henderson Co., TX.

Bedford L. Jernigan was born ca 1861.

Jane Jernigan was born ca 1859. She died in infancy.

Jesse S. Jernigan was born 4-21-1866. He died 12-12-1939.

Bill (Bunt-Sam Houston) Jernigan was born ca 1868. He died ca 1913.

James Granville Jernigan was born 4-4-1870. He died 3-21-1949.

Matilda Jernigan was born 4-25-1875.

James Floyd Jernigan was born ca 1877. He died 12-19-1959.

Rosa Jernigan was born 8-15-1881.

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Willis J. Jernigan was born 8-12-1878. He died 11-14-1956.

	11.	unknown baby-male was born ca May 1860. He died in infancy.

	12.	Hamilton Jernigan was born ca May 1860.

	13.	Newton Jernigan was born ca 1872.
		Listed on the 1880 Lauderdale Co. AL census, child age 8 yrs.

	14.	Robert Jernigan was born ca 1879.
		Listed on the Lauderdale Co., AL 1880 census as child age 1 yr.

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