Wilson Absher (1836 - 1865)

Born 1836 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Susanette (Alvis) Helton — married 27 Dec 1859 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Apr 1865 at about age 29 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States

Biography

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179171622/wilson-absher^[1]

Name: Wilson Absher

Birth Date: 1836

Birth Place: Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America

Death Date: 27 Apr 1865

Death Place: Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America

Cemetery: Jim Alvis Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place: Striggersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America

Has Bio?: Y

Spouse: Susanette M. Helton

Children:

Henry Wilson Absher

Armenda Sizemore

Wilson Absher was the son of John & Sarah Robinson Absher. Wilson married Susanette Alvis 27 December 1859 in Hawkins County, TN

Children:

Amanda Absher Sizemore 1860 - 1935

Henry Wilson Absher 1864 - 1916

Wilson served in Co. I, 3rd Tennessee Cavalry - Union Army He was captured at Vicksburg, MS July 4, 1863 and was imprisoned at the Confederate Cahaba Prison near Cahawba, AL there he remained until he was released as a Union prisoner of war and placed on the Sultana to return home to his wife & children. The Sultana was a Mississippi River side-wheel steamboat. On April 27, 1865 the Sultana exploded in the worst maritime disaster in U. S. history exceeding that of the Titanic.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179171622/wilson-absher : accessed 21 May 2022), memorial page for Wilson Absher (1836–27 Apr 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 179171622, citing Jim Alvis Cemetery, Striggersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Haynes Alvis (contributor 46903789) .