Son of James Monroe and Jane Barrett Kimbrough. Husband of Mahaly Elizabeth "Betty" Yocum. Father of James and Sarah.
There is a written family history which says that John was critically wounded at the battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. He was able to make it home. Before he died he donated the land he would be buried on for the purpose of building a church and creating a family burial ground. He was the first person to be buried in what is now "Antioch Cemetery". He requested that he be buried so that the soldiers marching by on the road could see his grave as they passed.
John's tombstone says that he was a private in company G 27th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. A muster list for Company G, 27th Alabama Infantry shows the names of three brothers, but not his. In addition, the 27th was not at the battle of Shiloh fought April 6-8, 1862, as most of them had been captured at the battle of Fort Donelson fought 11-16 February 1862 and were being held prisoner in Camp Douglas in Illinois. If he was at Shiloh, he had to be with another group.
There is a written family history which says that John was critically wounded at the battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. He was able to make it home. Before he died he donated the land he would be buried on for the purpose of building a church and creating a family burial ground. He was the first person to be buried in what is now "Antioch Cemetery". He requested that he be buried so that the soldiers marching by on the road could see his grave as they passed.
John's tombstone says that he was a private in company G 27th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. A muster list for Company G, 27th Alabama Infantry shows the names of three brothers, but not his. In addition, the 27th was not at the battle of Shiloh fought April 6-8, 1862, as most of them had been captured at the battle of Fort Donelson fought 11-16 February 1862 and were being held prisoner in Camp Douglas in Illinois. If he was at Shiloh, he had to be with another group.
Son of James Monroe and Jane Barrett Kimbrough. Husband of Mahaly Elizabeth "Betty" Yocum. Father of James and Sarah.
There is a written family history which says that John was critically wounded at the battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. He was able to make it home. Before he died he donated the land he would be buried on for the purpose of building a church and creating a family burial ground. He was the first person to be buried in what is now "Antioch Cemetery". He requested that he be buried so that the soldiers marching by on the road could see his grave as they passed.
John's tombstone says that he was a private in company G 27th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. A muster list for Company G, 27th Alabama Infantry shows the names of three brothers, but not his. In addition, the 27th was not at the battle of Shiloh fought April 6-8, 1862, as most of them had been captured at the battle of Fort Donelson fought 11-16 February 1862 and were being held prisoner in Camp Douglas in Illinois. If he was at Shiloh, he had to be with another group.
There is a written family history which says that John was critically wounded at the battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. He was able to make it home. Before he died he donated the land he would be buried on for the purpose of building a church and creating a family burial ground. He was the first person to be buried in what is now "Antioch Cemetery". He requested that he be buried so that the soldiers marching by on the road could see his grave as they passed.
John's tombstone says that he was a private in company G 27th Alabama Infantry, Confederate States Army. A muster list for Company G, 27th Alabama Infantry shows the names of three brothers, but not his. In addition, the 27th was not at the battle of Shiloh fought April 6-8, 1862, as most of them had been captured at the battle of Fort Donelson fought 11-16 February 1862 and were being held prisoner in Camp Douglas in Illinois. If he was at Shiloh, he had to be with another group.
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