Wesley H. Frey
Wesley H. Frey was born on October 14, 1842, in Tennessee to Thomas Jefferson Frey and Elizabeth Jane Farthing. His father was a farmer who owned $3,300 of real estate and $1,150 of personal property by 1860. The family was living in Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1850 and moved to Montgomery County sometime before 1860.
 
Frey enlisted in the Confederate army on November 18, 1861, and mustered in as a private in Company E of the 50th Tennessee Infantry. According to his service records, he was 5 feet, 5 inches tall, with dark hair and hazel eyes. Half of the regiment was captured at Fort Donelson in February 1862, but Frey managed to elude Union forces. The regiment also took part in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. Frey was captured at Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, and sent to Rock Island prison camp in Illinois. In February 1864, he confessed that he was "think[ing] a greate deal about taking the Oath and quiting the ware and com[ing] hom," but he was "in daut and dont know what to do." He finally swore an oath of allegiance to the United States on April 10, 1865, claiming that he was “Tired [of] fighting for C.S.A.”
 
Frey returned to Montgomery County after the war, and he married Matilda Elizabeth Jones soon afterward. They had at least eleven children: Ida, born around 1867; Walter, born around 1869; Emma, born around 1872; Jane, born around 1873; Lilian, born around 1874; Alice, born around 1879; Wesley, born around 1880; Charles, born around 1882; Nellie, born around 1884; Leslie, born around 1886; and Thomas, born around 1890. In 1870, the family owned $1,500 of real estate and $600 of personal property, and they employed a Black “Domestic Servant” named Martha Bryant. Matilda died in Montgomery County on December 6, 1891, and Frey remarried around 1894. He remained in Montgomery County for the rest of his life, passing away there on June 8, 1902.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(532)Frey, Wesley H.1842-10-141902-06-08
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 67

  • (1668) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 26 November 1861
  • (1669) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 21 November 1861
  • (1670) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 29 November 1861
  • (1671) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 1 December 1861
  • (1672) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 15 December 1861
  • (1673) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 11 February 1862
  • (1674) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Brother, 9 March 1864
  • (1675) [recipient] ~ Coleman Highsmith to Wesley H. Frey, 10 July 1862
  • (1676) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 8 December 1862
  • (1677) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 11 March 1863
  • (1678) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey et al., 19 March 1863
  • (1679) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Elizabeth J. Frey, 9 August 1863
  • (1680) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 5 January 1864
  • (1681) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey and Elizabeth J. Frey, 18 January 1864
  • (1682) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to William J. Hoskins, 5 February 1864
  • (1683) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Cornelius E. Frey, 11 February 1864
  • (1684) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 12 February 1864
  • (1685) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 19 February 1864
  • (1686) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Brother, 25 February 1864
  • (1687) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 1864
  • (1688) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Cornelius E. Frey, 11 March 1864
  • (1689) [associated with] ~ Andrew J. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 12 March 1864
  • (1690) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 26 March 1864
  • (1691) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 29 March 1864
  • (1692) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 4 April 1864
  • (1693) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 10 April 1864
  • (1694) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 16 April 1864
  • (1695) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Cornelius E. Frey, 21 April 1864
  • (1696) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to William J. Hoskins, 21 April 1864
  • (1697) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 29 April 1864
  • (1698) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 6 May 1864
  • (1699) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 20 May 1864
  • (1700) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 27 May 1864
  • (1701) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 3 June 1864
  • (1702) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 10 June 1864
  • (1703) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 24 June 1864
  • (1704) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 1 July 1864
  • (1705) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 8 July 1864
  • (1706) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 24 July 1864
  • (1707) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 31 July 1864
  • (1708) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 7 August 1864
  • (1709) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 14 August 1864
  • (1710) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Lysander P. Frey, 28 August 1864
  • (1711) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Cornelius E. Frey, 4 September 1864
  • (1712) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 11 September 1864
  • (1713) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 18 September 1864
  • (1714) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 2 October 1864
  • (1715) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 9 October 1864
  • (1716) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 23 October 1864
  • (1717) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 6 November 1864
  • (1718) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to DeWitt C. Frey, 13 November 1864
  • (1720) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 20 November 1864
  • (1721) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Lysander P. Frey, 27 November 1864
  • (1722) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to DeWitt C. Frey, 4 December 1864
  • (1723) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 11 December 1864
  • (1724) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 18 December 1864
  • (1725) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 1 January 1865
  • (1726) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 8 January 1865
  • (1727) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 22 January 1865
  • (1728) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 29 January 1865
  • (1729) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 15 February 1865
  • (1730) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, 26 February 1865
  • (1731) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to DeWitt C. Frey, 5 March 1865
  • (1732) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey to Thomas J. Frey, undated
  • (1733) [recipient] ~ Nicholas L. Northington to Wesley H. Frey, 19 November 1898
  • (1734) [writer] ~ Wesley H. Frey and Michael Morris to Unknown, 1894
  • (14131) [writer] ~ Thomas S. Trigg Obituary, 21 January 1898

People - Records: 14

  • (533) Frey, Thomas Jefferson is the [parent of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (534) Highsmith, Coleman is the [cousin of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (535) Frey, DeWitt Clinton is the [sibling of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (536) Trigg, Thomas S. is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (537) Travis, P. O. is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (538) Bradbury, Peter R. is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (539) Morris, Michael is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (540) Northington, Nicholas Llewellyn is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (559) Frey, Lysander P. is the [sibling of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (560) Stokes, A. J. is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (561) Frey, Cornelius E. is the [sibling of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (572) Hoskins, William J. is the [friend of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (573) Frey, Andrew Jackson is the [aunt/uncle of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.
  • (575) Frey, Elizabeth Jane is the [parent of] (532) Frey, Wesley H.

Places - Records: 2

  • (174) [birth] ~ Tennessee
  • (349) [death] ~ Montgomery County, Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (141) [enlisted] [E] ~ 50th Tennessee Infantry (Consolidated)
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Wesley H. Frey, available from Fold3.com; “Wesley H Frey” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; “Matilda E. Frey” Find a Grave profile, available from Findagrave.com; Wesley H. Frey to Brother, 25 February 1864, DL0275.019, Nau Collection