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Capt Abner McGhee Jack

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Capt Abner McGhee Jack

Birth
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Death
27 Jan 1866 (aged 52)
Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.8254623, Longitude: -88.4773178
Plot
Jack Family Plot, S/W section
Memorial ID
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Note: No dates. Inscription "CO. B, 35 MISS INF. CSA"Captain Jack was the son of Colonel Patrick Churchill Jack and his wife Harriet Spencer Jack. Patrick Jack was a Colonel in the 8th Regiment of U.S. Infantry in the War of 1812. Following the war, Colonel Jack served as a Georgia State Senator.

Abner McGehee Jack moved from North Carolina to Green County, Alabama and then on to Kemper County, Mississippi in about 1835. He married Sarah Elizabeth McCaleb on Oct. 15, 1846. Sarah Elizabeth died on the Jack Plantation on Nov. 17, 1863 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery "Old Wahalak" in Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi.

This union produced three children.

Florence Jack Born about 1847
May Jack Born 1849 Died 1878
Guy Jack Born 1853 Died 1931

Abner McGehee Jack enlisted in the Confederate States Army on March 6, 1862 as Captain of Company B, 35th Mississippi Infantry. He served with distinction throughout the duration of the war and was discharged on May 4, 1865. He returned home from the war in very poor health and passed away 8 months after arriving.



Note: No dates. Inscription "CO. B, 35 MISS INF. CSA"Captain Jack was the son of Colonel Patrick Churchill Jack and his wife Harriet Spencer Jack. Patrick Jack was a Colonel in the 8th Regiment of U.S. Infantry in the War of 1812. Following the war, Colonel Jack served as a Georgia State Senator.

Abner McGehee Jack moved from North Carolina to Green County, Alabama and then on to Kemper County, Mississippi in about 1835. He married Sarah Elizabeth McCaleb on Oct. 15, 1846. Sarah Elizabeth died on the Jack Plantation on Nov. 17, 1863 and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery "Old Wahalak" in Scooba, Kemper County, Mississippi.

This union produced three children.

Florence Jack Born about 1847
May Jack Born 1849 Died 1878
Guy Jack Born 1853 Died 1931

Abner McGehee Jack enlisted in the Confederate States Army on March 6, 1862 as Captain of Company B, 35th Mississippi Infantry. He served with distinction throughout the duration of the war and was discharged on May 4, 1865. He returned home from the war in very poor health and passed away 8 months after arriving.





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