John Alexander Hemrick (1845 - 1895)

Born 18 Sep 1845 in Jackson, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Irena (Wigley) Hemrick — married 1 Mar 1866 in Athens, Georgia

Descendants

Died 8 May 1895 at age 49 in Oconee, Georgia, United States

Biography

Alex Hemrick served in the United States Civil War.
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Lumpkin's Artillery Company

• Alex was born in 1846 in Jackson County, Georgia. He was the son of John M Hemrick and Mary Elizabeth Buchanan .^[1]
• In 1850, John was four years old and living in Jackson, Georgia with parents and nine siblings.^[2]
• In 1860, Alex was fourteen and living with his family in Clarke County, Georgia.^[3]
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSP-DYT : 28 May 2021), John W Hembrick, 1870.
• He enlisted in Lumpkin's Artillery Company with his brother Charles, when they came of age and both served as privates until the end of the war. ^[4]
• Shortly after returning home at the end of the war, he married Irena Wigley. They had five children.
• After the war, he was fanatically partisan about the south and refused to take the oath of allegiance to the United States. He had no citizenship or franchise until general amnesty was granted all CSA veterans. ^[5]
• In 1882 Alex and his family were living in Clarke County, Georgia. His application for tax relief which was dated 1 Feb 1882 was filed in Clarke County. The law at that time was granted to heads of families with minor children. This is described in detail in the Jarvis book.^[6]
• He passed away on 08 May 1895 in Bogart, Oconee, Georgia. He is buried in the Bogart United Methodist Church. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Jarvis, Grace. The Hemrick and Allied Families (Germany to Georgia), 1727-1974. Baltimore, MD: Deford & Company, 1975. pp 125-134] .
2. ↑ 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009.Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 45, Jackson, Georgia; Roll: M432_74; Page: 44B; Image: 327
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMJ-3KR : 30 December 2015), John A Hemrick in entry for John Hemrick, 1860.
4. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/29702256/?terms=Hembrick
5. ↑ Jarvis, p126
6. ↑ Jarvis, pp. 127-128
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #52773555 (accessed 13 December 2015), Alexander Hemrick, 1895; Burial, Bogart, Oconee, Georgia, United States of America, Bogart United Methodist Church

See also:

• Jarvis, Grace. The Hemrick and Allied Families (Germany to Georgia), 1727-1974. Baltimore, MD: Deford & Company, 1975. pp 125-134] .