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Susan Elvira <I>Gilbert</I> Edmundson

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Susan Elvira Gilbert Edmundson

Birth
Death
3 Dec 1890 (aged 65)
Burial
Stella, Giles County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Susan was the daughter of David Gilbert and his second wife, Catherine Eichelberger.

Many stories about Susan have survived over the years, and I'll recount a couple of them as best I can remember them. Any corrections or clarifications are welcome.

During the Civil War, Susan received word that her son John David Edmundson had been wounded by a Minie ball during the Battle of Chickamauga. Her husband Joseph was supposedly off in New Orleans selling slaves at the time, so she and an older male slave set off by wagon to retrieve her injured son. The two of them traveled about 135 miles with only a pistol as protection in the middle of a raging war. Remarkably, they found John David, and returned unharmed.

Another story has the Edmundsons being terrorized by troops foraging for food. They hid meat above the ceiling in their house where troops could not find it. Apparently the troops were so angered by not finding anything when they knew something had to be around, that they hanged Joseph out in the barn. After they left, Susan went out and cut him down and saved his life. Supposedly grease stains in the ceiling of the house were visible for many years to come.

A cousin in Tennesse very aptly described Susan as a "plucky old gal."
Susan was the daughter of David Gilbert and his second wife, Catherine Eichelberger.

Many stories about Susan have survived over the years, and I'll recount a couple of them as best I can remember them. Any corrections or clarifications are welcome.

During the Civil War, Susan received word that her son John David Edmundson had been wounded by a Minie ball during the Battle of Chickamauga. Her husband Joseph was supposedly off in New Orleans selling slaves at the time, so she and an older male slave set off by wagon to retrieve her injured son. The two of them traveled about 135 miles with only a pistol as protection in the middle of a raging war. Remarkably, they found John David, and returned unharmed.

Another story has the Edmundsons being terrorized by troops foraging for food. They hid meat above the ceiling in their house where troops could not find it. Apparently the troops were so angered by not finding anything when they knew something had to be around, that they hanged Joseph out in the barn. After they left, Susan went out and cut him down and saved his life. Supposedly grease stains in the ceiling of the house were visible for many years to come.

A cousin in Tennesse very aptly described Susan as a "plucky old gal."

Inscription

Contributed by Louie Edmundson who painstakingly deciphered this faint inscription on the side of the stone:

The wife the friend the mother
In dreamless sleep reposes here
With those whose love to her was given - -
We'll meet and live with her in heaven.

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