Brown Parkinson Jr.
Brown Parkinson Jr. was born on July 26, 1830, in Tennessee to Brown Parkinson. His father was a saddler who owned $2,000 of real estate by 1850. The family lived in Lincoln County, Tennessee, and by 1850, he was working as a farmer. He married Letitia Carolina Culpernia Bearden on May 3, 1855, and they had at least four children: Rufus, born around 1856; Thomas, born around 1857; Alfred, born around 1858; and Eliphas, born around 1861. They lived in Lincoln County, and by 1860, he owned $3,000 of real estate and $350 of personal property.
 
He enlisted in the Confederate army on November 10, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company E of the 8th Tennessee Infantry. Army officials detailed him to work at a hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Union forces captured him in the Battle of Stones River in early January 1863 and imprisoned him at Fort McHenry. He was exchanged in February 1863, and he rejoined his regiment. He was discharged on June 4, 1863, and he died on July 16, 1863.
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DATABASE CONTENT
(4622)Parkinson, Brown Jr. ~ Parkerson, Brown Jr.1830-07-261863-07-16
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 15

  • (12960) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 21 November 1862
  • (12961) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 4 December 1862
  • (12962) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 9 December 1862
  • (12963) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 21 December 1862
  • (12964) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 24 December 1862
  • (12965) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 27 December 1862
  • (12966) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, undated
  • (12967) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 6 February 1863
  • (12968) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 20 May 1863
  • (12969) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, 25 May 1863
  • (12970) [writer] ~ Brown Parkinson Jr. to Letitia C. C. Parkinson, undated
  • (12971) [recipient] ~ Lucius J. E. Bearden to Letitia C. C. Parkinson and Brown Parkinson Jr., 8 July 1861
  • (12972) [recipient] ~ Lucius J. E. Bearden to Letitia C. C. Parkinson and Brown Parkinson Jr., 25 November 1861
  • (12974) [recipient] ~ Letitia C. C. Parkinson to Brown Parkinson Jr., 3 January 1863
  • (15390) [recipient] ~ Letitia C. C. Parkinson to Brown Parkinson Jr., undated

People - Records: 2

  • (4623) Parkinson, Letitia Carolina Culpernia is the [wife of] (4622) Parkinson, Brown Jr.
  • (4624) Bearden, Lucius J. E. is the [sibling-in-law of] (4622) Parkinson, Brown Jr.

Places - Records: 1

  • (174) [birth] ~ Tennessee

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (1070) [enlisted] [E] ~ 8th Tennessee Infantry
SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Tennessee Marriage Records, 1780-2002, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Records of Brown Parkinson Jr., available from Fold3.com