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Lewis Sevier Fryar

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Lewis Sevier Fryar

Birth
Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Death
31 Dec 1897 (aged 54–55)
Ooltewah, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Ooltewah, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Lewis Sevier Fryar was a son of John Fryar and Margaret Hixson Fryar. He was a step-son of Elizabeth (Guthrie) Fryar. Lewis Sevier Fryar was married first to Julia Ann Lovelady and second to Millie Ellen Lovelady. Julia and Millie were sisters and daughters of McKinney Lovelady.

He served in the Confederacy Army in Tennessee. He enlisted on June 17, 1861, in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Henry Ashby's Second Calvary. He was taken as a Prisoner on August 31, 1862. He was exchanged (Prisoner Swap) on September 4, 1864 at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. He was wounded at Stone's River, went home to recover. Was captured, taken to Prison at Louisville, Kentucky. He took an Oath of Allegiance ( Union-U.S.), and was released on July 16, 1864,on terms of staying North of the Ohio River.

He's entitled to a Brand New Civil War Military Headstone, courtesy of the USA, despite serving for the Confederacy.
Lewis Sevier Fryar was a son of John Fryar and Margaret Hixson Fryar. He was a step-son of Elizabeth (Guthrie) Fryar. Lewis Sevier Fryar was married first to Julia Ann Lovelady and second to Millie Ellen Lovelady. Julia and Millie were sisters and daughters of McKinney Lovelady.

He served in the Confederacy Army in Tennessee. He enlisted on June 17, 1861, in Knoxville, Tennessee, in Henry Ashby's Second Calvary. He was taken as a Prisoner on August 31, 1862. He was exchanged (Prisoner Swap) on September 4, 1864 at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. He was wounded at Stone's River, went home to recover. Was captured, taken to Prison at Louisville, Kentucky. He took an Oath of Allegiance ( Union-U.S.), and was released on July 16, 1864,on terms of staying North of the Ohio River.

He's entitled to a Brand New Civil War Military Headstone, courtesy of the USA, despite serving for the Confederacy.


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