Mark R Sullivan (abt. 1822 - aft. 1865)

Born about 1822 in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States of America

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Biography

Mark R. Sullivan, Jr. served in the Confederate States Army as a private in Company A, 32d Alabama Infantry, having enlisted 20 Jan 1862 at St. Stephens, AL. He was captured 25 Nov 1863 at Missionary Ridge, TN and taken to prison at Louisville KY then removed to Rock Island, IL. He was mustered in on 31 Oct 1864 with the federal troops as a US Volunteer Recruit in Company H, 3d US Volunteer Infantry "credited to the town of Cornplanter, County of Vernango, Pennsylvania." Federal records at that time indicate Mark was a farmer who was 6'1" tall, 42 years old, born in Smith County, MS and had hazel eyes, dark hair and a dark complexion. He is listed present in this duty during 1865, appearing as post teamster that summer. He was mustered out at Ft Levenworth, KS on 29 Nov 1865.

On 18 Oct 1842, in Washington County, AL, Mark married Julia Richardson.^[1][2][3] The couple had the following children:^[4][5]

1. Louisana Sullivan (1842- )
2. James Sullivan (1845- )
3. Ophelia "Emaline" Sullivan (1849- ); m. 15 Aug 1868, Washington, AL, Isaac K. Lane^[6]
4. Thomas S. Sullivan (1850- )
5. Walter A. Sullivan (1854-aft. 1910); m. 14 Nov 1876, Greene, MS, Napsie A. Ezell^[7]
6. George Washington Sullivan (1856- ); m. 15 Feb 1883, Greene, MS, Ester Jane Mizel^[7]
7. Julia M. Sullivan (1868- ); m. 31 Dec 1884, Greene, MS, John W. Lane^[7]

10 Mar 1843. Mark R. Sullivan, Jr., Washington Co., AL purchased 39 acres. Meridian: St. Stephens; Township: 6-N; Range: 1-W; Section: 25. Accession no.: AL1460_.462.^[8]

In the 1870 census, Julia is recorded with her children: James, Walter, George and Julia. The census that year did not collect marital status, so she is not recorded as a widow, but Mark's absence suggests he was deceased prior to the collection of census data on 14 August.^[5]

In 1880, George Washington and Julia M. are living with their sister Emaline Lane, suggesting that their mother died prior to the census of 15 Jun3 1880.^[9]

Research Notes

There is a Louisana Savannah Sullivan who died in Washington County, AL in April 1924.^[10]

Sources

• CSA Service Records.
• US Federal Troops, Service Records, Civil War

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriage Indexes, 1814-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: WPA Indices to Marriage Records, by County, 1814-1935. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Select Marriage Indexes, 1816-1942 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. FHL film no.: 1293900 V. A-D. Original data: Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1850; Census Place: Washington, Alabama; Roll: 16; Page: 343A. Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1870; Census Place: Saint Stephens, Washington, Alabama; Roll: M593_44; Page: 129A; Family History Library Film: 545543. Original data: 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
6. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Dodd, Jordan R., comp.. Early American Marriages: Alabama, 1800 to 1920.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Ancestry.com. Mississippi, Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935. Mississippi marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Many of these records were extracted from copies of the original records in microfilm, microfiche, or book format, located at the Family History Library.
8. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S. General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Original data: United States. Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records. Automated Records Project; Federal Land Patents, State Volumes. General Land Office Records. Springfield, Virginia: Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States, 2007.
9. ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Year: 1880; Census Place: State Line, Greene, Mississippi; Roll: 647; Page: 109C; Enumeration District: 136. Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of Alabama. Index of Vital Records for Alabama: Deaths, 1908-1959. Montgomery, AL, USA: State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Record Services Division.