- Name -
Often during this time and place, a person's name was "oral" with wide variations in spelling depending on the phonetic skill or preference of the person recording it.
For example, Ancil/Ancel/Ansel/Ansil's middle name Kirby, is sometimes seen as Cirby. Notice the intial "C" used for "Kirby" on Ancil Kirby Clifton's headstone. The important thing was the name itself, with less importance given to the spelling of it.
- Civil War -
Confederate Army
Co I, 17th Tennessee Infantry
(lost his left arm)
Link to an excellent story, here:
(author Gus Clifton)
Ancil Clifton Bio
Husband of Mary Ann Garner; father of John Frank, Sara, William Henry, Emeline, and Martha.
Often during this time and place, a person's name was "oral" with wide variations in spelling depending on the phonetic skill or preference of the person recording it.
For example, Ancil/Ancel/Ansel/Ansil's middle name Kirby, is sometimes seen as Cirby. Notice the intial "C" used for "Kirby" on Ancil Kirby Clifton's headstone. The important thing was the name itself, with less importance given to the spelling of it.
- Civil War -
Confederate Army
Co I, 17th Tennessee Infantry
(lost his left arm)
Link to an excellent story, here:
(author Gus Clifton)
Ancil Clifton Bio
Husband of Mary Ann Garner; father of John Frank, Sara, William Henry, Emeline, and Martha.
- Name -
Often during this time and place, a person's name was "oral" with wide variations in spelling depending on the phonetic skill or preference of the person recording it.
For example, Ancil/Ancel/Ansel/Ansil's middle name Kirby, is sometimes seen as Cirby. Notice the intial "C" used for "Kirby" on Ancil Kirby Clifton's headstone. The important thing was the name itself, with less importance given to the spelling of it.
- Civil War -
Confederate Army
Co I, 17th Tennessee Infantry
(lost his left arm)
Link to an excellent story, here:
(author Gus Clifton)
Ancil Clifton Bio
Husband of Mary Ann Garner; father of John Frank, Sara, William Henry, Emeline, and Martha.
Often during this time and place, a person's name was "oral" with wide variations in spelling depending on the phonetic skill or preference of the person recording it.
For example, Ancil/Ancel/Ansel/Ansil's middle name Kirby, is sometimes seen as Cirby. Notice the intial "C" used for "Kirby" on Ancil Kirby Clifton's headstone. The important thing was the name itself, with less importance given to the spelling of it.
- Civil War -
Confederate Army
Co I, 17th Tennessee Infantry
(lost his left arm)
Link to an excellent story, here:
(author Gus Clifton)
Ancil Clifton Bio
Husband of Mary Ann Garner; father of John Frank, Sara, William Henry, Emeline, and Martha.
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alt first name Answell is recorded on military record
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