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Thomas Driskell
*Thomas S. Driskell
*Thomas S. Driskell was born in 1811.
In 1860 Thomas S Driskell age 49 from Maryland and J.J. Vincent age 34, also from Maryland, were living in the same household.
Thomas and J. J. were both merchants in Plantersville, Perry County, Alabama.
It is also possible that they enlisted in the Cavalry at the same time.
I feel that it is possible that Thomas Driskell is the T. U. Duskell listed on the Civil War Service card at the Alabama State Archives.
According to the card, T U was also in the 3rd Regt Alabama Cavalry Company F. But I have not found a Compiled Military Service Record for Thomas Driskell or TU Duskell. At this point the only military record that I have located for Thomas is this one card.
In the Perry county marriages I found where
Thomas S Driskell married Emily McGee on the 24 Feb 1838. Also Joshua Vincent married Caroline McGee on the 8 May 1854. Caroline and Emily were probably related but by 1860 Caroline was no longer living with JJ so she was probably dead.
*Thomas married Emily McGee on 24 Feb 1838 in Perry County, Alabama. Emily was born in 1818 in Georgia.
They had the following children:
F i. Sarah J Driskell was born in 1841 in Perry County, Alabama.
F ii. Georgiana Driskell was born in 1843 in Perry County, Alabama.
M iii. Thomas J. Driskell was born in 1846 in Perry County, Alabama.
This last child may or may not be their blood son. He is quite a bit younger than his brother and sisters. A search for the will of Thomas should shed some light on the subject.
M iv. William Driskell was born in 1858 in Perry County, Alabama.
Sources
1. Perry County Alabama Probate Judge, Perry county marriages.
Alabama Department of Archives and History, Alabama Confederate Service Cards. Name on card T U Duskell, Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. Microfilm cards "From an 8 x 5 card file maintained by the Alabama Department of Archives and History from the early 1900s until 1982. As staff came across information related to Alabama individuals during the American Civil War a card was created. Information on individuals exempted from military service or who served in the militia or home guard is included. If new information was discovered from another source, another card was created. Multiple cards for an individual often exist. Sources include muster rolls, governors' correspondence, veterans' censuses, manuscript collections, newspapers and pension records. Names, places and events are often inconsistently spelled."
2. 1860 Federal Census, Alabama, Perry County, Plantersville Beat, page 52.
3. Perry County Marriages
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