Thomas Peter Heifner (1833 - 1902)

Born 12 Jul 1833 in Calhoun, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1902 at age 69 in Wellington, Calhoun, Alabama, United States

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Biography

Peter Heifner was born in 1841 in Alabama. He had two sons and five daughters with Catherine 'Annie' Sprinkle between 1866 and 1878.

MILITARY, Civil War:

Name T. P. Heifner

Enlistment Date Mar 1862

Enlistment Place Alabama, USA

Discharge Date 1865

Death Date 14 Oct 1902

Enlistment Info Alabama, Dansville

Military Engagement Info Wounded at the Battle of Atlanta, Georgia.

Discharge Info Honorbly Discharged At Surrender.

Pension Received? Yes

Remarks Unable to make a living by manual labor on account of rheumatism and disability. Age 60 years. P. O., Alexandria, Alabama. Rank: Private; Applicant: Ann Heifner, widow.

Author Pension application filed in Calhoun County, August 11, 1903.

Name Peter Heifner

Side Confederate

Regiment State/Origin Alabama

Regiment 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry

Company D

Rank In Private

Rank Out Private

Film Number M374 roll 20

Other Records 31st Regiment, Alabama Infantry

Name Peter Heifner

Side Confederate

Roll M2072_1

Roll Title List of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863

Birth

Birth: Jul. 12, 1833 Death: Oct. 14, 1902 Calhoun County Alabama, USA

Marriage

Husband of Catherine Anne 'Annie' Sprinkle Heifner (1849 - 1906)

Census

1900 Census:^[1]

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace

Thomas P Hefner Head M 66 Alabama

Anne T Hefner Wife F 55 South Carolina

Steve M Hefner Son M 25 Alabama

Lula M Hefner Daughter F 20 Alabama

Ella L Hefner Daughter F 18 Alabama

Ethel J Hefner Daughter F 17 Alabama

Chester O Hefner Son M 26 Alabama

Family

Son Chester's death on Nov 9, 1968^[2]

Burial

Union United Methodist Church Cemetery Wellington Calhoun County Alabama, USA

Maintained by: Richard Ferguson FindAGrave profile created by: Mary Ann Baggett Fergus... Record added: Sep 16, 2008

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Acknowledgments

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Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZY-NPT : accessed 9 December 2017), Thomas P Hefner, Precinct 2 Alexandria, Calhoun, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26, sheet 4A, family 60, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,005.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1X-K8Z : 5 December 2014), Thomas Peter Heifner in entry for Chester Olin Heifner, 09 Nov 1968; citing certificate number 82131, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,191.

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/53662082/person/27336632579/facts

• 1850 United States Federal Census

• 1900 United States Federal Census

• Alabama State Census, 1866

• Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865; Pension application filed in Calhoun County, August 11, 1903

• Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958

• U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; M374 roll 20

• U.S., Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865; Roll M2072_1

• U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records

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