| JOHN E. WAINRIGHT,
*CSA*
John
E. Wainright, born in Camden County, Georgia, on December
9, 1839of
James and Nancy Cooper Wainright. Buried in New Hope Cemetery, Brantley
Co., Ga.
John
enlisted on May 4, 1862 as
a Private and served with Company G. and F. , 26th Georgia Regiment. John was
wounded through the left leg and
thigh in
the Battle of Winchester, and was captured
at Winchester, Virginia, on September
19, 1864; transferred
to Point Lookout, Maryland for exchange February 20, 1865.
Pension records show he was home on furlough close of war.
(Born in Camden County, Georgia
John
E. Wainright married Mary Ann Brown, December 22, 1860 in Charlton County.
At the time of his death, John was buried beside his wife, Mary Ann
Brown in an unmarked grave until October 1, 2005.
Gaynell Sasser ordered this Confederate grave marker May 15, 2005 and
Jerry Van Herrin placed this marker October 1, 2005.
According
to records John and Mary had three children:
1)
Edward
J. "Buck Wainright, born April 18, 1870, Died December 13, 1935; married
Mary Josephine Bruce, dau of John Bruce & Katherine Lang. She was born
September 11, 1885 in Camden Co., and died May 31, 1972 in Glynn Co. They
are buried in Knox Cemetery, Brantley County.
2)
Jesse Elbert Wainright, born July 18, 1874, died May 23, 1954 married. Rosella
Knox daughter of Joseph Knox and Elizabeth
Jones. She was born September 18, 1876 and died June 3, 1945.
They are buried in New Hope Cemetery, Brantley County.
3)
Allen Jackson “Bud” Wainright, born March 9, 1878, died
August 28, 1950, married Easter Allie Ham, born October 6, 1890, died January 3,
1927. They are buried in New Hope Cemetery in Brantley County.
Return
to Index of New Grave Markers for Military Veterans
" |
