Duncan Mccallum Poovey and Ashsah Wood

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Husband Duncan Mccallum POOVEY ¹

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         Born: 31 Mar 1844 - York Co, South Carolina 2 3 4
         Died: 26 Jul 1921 - Minden, Rusk Co, Texas 3 4
       Buried: 27 Jul 1921 - Shiloh Cemetery, Rusk Co, Texas

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       Father: David POOVEY (1815-1873) 5
       Mother: Christian Lucretia McCALLUM (1818-1900) 5

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     Marriage: 5 Mar 1868 - Rusk Co, Texas

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 Other Spouse: Permilla Nettie COOK (1850-1932) - 20 Apr 1921 - Rusk Co, Texas 6 7

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Events in his life were:

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• Occupation ², Farm Hand, 1860

• Military, Co E, 17th SC Inf, CSA, Capt. Holly, Col. McMaster, Between 27 Mar 1862 and 16 Jun 1865

• Residence ³, Henderson, Rusk Co, Texas, 1866

• Census, Rusk Co, Texas, 1880

• Census, Rusk Co, Texas, 1900

• Census, Rusk Co, Texas, 1910

• Pension, #32052 Rusk Co, Texas, 4 Oct 1915

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Wife Ashsah WOOD

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         Born: 28 May 1830 - York Co, South Carolina 4
         Died: 6 Jun 1904 - Minden, Rusk Co, Texas 4
       Buried: Jun 1904 - Shiloh Cemetery, Rusk Co, Texas

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       Father: Aaron WOOD (1757-      )
       Mother: Matilda MAYHEW (1799-1876)

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 Other Spouse: Capt Harvey Alexander WALLACE (1829-1865) - 31 Dec 1851

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Events in her life were:

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• Residence, Rusk Co, Texas, Nov 1862

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General Notes (Husband)

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1880 Rusk Co, Texas Census Fam & Dwelling # 365/366
POOVEY, D.M. W M 38 head Farmer SC SC SC
Ashsah W F 48 wife K.H. SC NC VA

1900 Rusk Co, Texas Census Fam & Dwelling # 285/288
Poovey, Duncan M. head 3/1844 56 M 32 SC NC Scot
Achsah wife 5/1830 70 M 32 5 2 SC VA VA
Wallace, James H. gson 4/1883 17 S TX SC TX
Flora gdau 3/1890 10 S TX SC TX

1910 Rusk Co, Texas Census Fam & Dwelling # 211/213
Poovey, Duncan M head 66 M 5 SC NC SC
Nettie wife 60 M 5 SC SC SC

Obituary dated 8/2/1921 in R.C. News

From his pension file "captured at Petersburg Va at Battle of Five Forks. Paroled at Point Lookout Md - middle May 1865."
"The records show that D.M. Poovey, private, Company E, 17th South Carolina Infantry, C.S.A., enlisted March 27, 1862, and that he was captured April 1, 1865, at Five Forks, and released June 16, 1865, at Point Lookout, Maryland, on taking the oath of allegiance."

Texas Probate Index
Poovey, D. M. deceased Mar 30 1922 Rusk

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1 1860 York Co, SC Census (http://files.usgwarchives.net/sc/york/census/1860/).

2 Ibid, 417.

3 Pension File, 32052.

4 Cemetery, Shiloh, Rusk Co, TX (http://www.shilohcemetery.org/).

5 Garrison, Doug.

6 Pension File, 37531.

7 Rusk Co, Texas Marriage Book, Book L page 568.