Pearly Dunaway (1842 - 1862)

Born 28 Sep 1842 in Pike, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Died 27 Feb 1862 at age 19 in Livingston, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Purley Dunaway served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Aug 22, 1861
Mustered out: 1862 KIA
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co H 7th Mississippi Infantry Regiment (Dahlgren Rifles)

Purley Dunaway was Killed in Action during the United States Civil War.

Pearly or Purley Dunaway was born in Pike County, Mississippi in 1842 to Fielding Harrison Dunaway (1811–1895) and Annis Tulline (Greer) Dunaway (1817–1867). He is listed with his parents on both: the 1850 Census^[1] and the 1860 Census.^[2]

Research Notes

BURIAL SITE NOT FOUND. Pvt. Pearlie/Pearley/Purley Dunaway (b. Pike County, MS, 1842-d. in service, Ponchatoula, Livington Parish, LA, 1862), Co. H ("Dahlgren Rifles," raised in Pike County, MS), 7th MS Infantry. Enlisted ca. Aug. 22, 1861, in Pike County, MS, at age 18.^[3]

Company was enlisted into Confederate service on Oct. 3, 1861, at Camp Clark, Bay St. Louis, Hancock County, MS. Present on Oct. 31, 1861, company muster roll. Killed in service in a train wreck ("a collision of [the] cars on the New Orleans & Jackson Railroad") at Ponchatoula, (then) Livington Parish, LA, on Feb. 27, 1862. According to an undated list of deaths in the 7th MS Infantry, Pvt. Dunaway "left no effects," i.e., he died with no personal possessions or money on his person or in his possession. Southern Patriot! ^[4] Burial site not found, but his father, Fielding Harrison Dunaway, is buried in the Enon Cemetery, Enon Cemetery Road (which branches off of Hwy. 583 at 1443 Hwy. 583 North), Enon, Walthall County, MS, so he might be buried in that cemetery in an unmarked grave. [Note: Pvt. Dunaway is not the same person as the Pearlie Dunaway (1809-1896) who is buried in the Sims Cemetery (location unknown), Walthall County, MS.]

Note

Note: #N100

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-C3G : 22 December 2020), Pearly Dunaway in household of Fielding Dunaway, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GD-RCT : 18 February 2021), Pearley Dunay in entry for Fielding Duray, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FS25-135 : 24 August 2021), Purley Dunaway, 1861-1865.
4. ↑ "Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFL1-GF4 : 4 December 2014), Purley Dunaway, 1862; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Seventh Infantry, C-E, NARA microfilm publication M269 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 160.

Notes

Note N100Notes DEATH: Pearly Dunaway was killed in a train collision in Ponchatoula, LA. He was a member of the Dahlgreen Rifles.