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Confederate Soldier Pvt. Phillip McSherry

Confederate Soldier Pvt. Phillip McSherry[1, 2, 3]

Male Abt 1830 - 1880  (~ 50 years)

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  • Name Phillip McSherry 
    Title Confederate Soldier 
    Prefix Pvt. 
    Born Abt 1830  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1880  Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery, Caswell Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14087  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2017 

    Family Nancy Emeline Carter,   b. 20 Dec 1832, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1906, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married 17 Oct 1854  Person Co., North Carolina (near Cunninghams) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Luther Green McSherry,   b. 17 Apr 1854, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1931, South Boston, Halifax Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     2. Cora McSherry,   b. 16 Nov 1870, Halifax County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1951, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     3. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McSherry,   b. 1858, Halifax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1931, Caswell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     4. George Eddie McSherry,   b. Jun 1874, Halifax, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1937, Person, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years)
    Last Modified 15 Jan 2017 
    Family ID F518494996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Philip McSherry
    Philip McSherry
    PhilipMcSherry.jpg
    Photo
Phillip McSherry
    Photo Phillip McSherry
    PhilipMcSherry.jpg
    Headstone Cora Meeler (nee McSherry), d/o Nancy Emeline Carter & Philip McSherry
    Headstone Cora Meeler (nee McSherry), d/o Nancy Emeline Carter & Philip McSherry
    HSCoraMcSherryMeeler.jpg
    Danville, Virginia Civil War Prisoners Held in Warehouse
    Danville, Virginia Civil War Prisoners Held in Warehouse
    Henry Van Der Weyde, Civil War Artist.jpg
    McSherry Meeler Family
    McSherry Meeler Family
    McSherry-MeelerFamily.jpg

    Documents
    1860 Virginia Census Halifax Co., Southern District
    1860 Virginia Census Halifax Co., Southern District
    cen1860Carters.jpg

    Headstones
    Headstone Phillip McSherry
    Headstone Phillip McSherry
    hsI14087PhillipMcSherry.jpg

  • Notes 
    • 11 [50] Luther Green MCSHERRY 1865 -
      .... +Malinda Jane Carter
      ....12 Grace May MCSHERRY 1902 - 1993
      ...... +Fitzhugh Lee YEAMAN 1897 - 1960
      ......13 Ralph Lee YEAMAN 1932 -
      ....... +Ann THAXTON 1932 -
      .........14 Ralph Lee YEAMAN, Jr. 1955 -
      .........14 Leonard Eugene YEAMAN 1957 -
      .........14 Hugh Brian YEAMAN 1960 -
      .........14 Stuart Roy YEAMAN 1964 -
      ....12 Luther Linwood MCSHERRY 1905 -
      ...... +Elizabeth Blankenship
      *2nd Wife of [50] Luther Green MCSHERRY:
      ............. +Lucy EPPERSON
      ....12 James Philip MCSHERRY
      ....12 Maude MCSHERRY 1892 - 1988
      .........+Claude Henderson
      ......13 Mae Henderson
      ......13 Myrtle Henderson
      ......13 Allen Henderson
      ......13 Mildred Henderson
      ......13 THELMA Henderson
      ......13 Tom Henderson
      ......13 [54] William Edgar Henderson 1919 - 1978
      ..........+[53] Nancy Leigh MCSHERRY
      ............14 [55] Sherry Anne Henderson
      ............14 [56] William Leigh Henderson
      11 Sallie Lee MCSHERRY 1868 - 1946
      .... +James M Pulliam 1858 - 1944
      .... 12 Edith Pulliam
      .....12 Ruby Pulliam
      11 Cora Leigh MCSHERRY 1869 - 1951
      .. +William Jackson MEELER 1863 - 1937
      .....12 Sallie Fannie MEELER
      ....... +Eldridge BLANE
      .... 12 Pearl MEELER
      ....... +Walter GUILL - 1980
      ......13 Willie May GUILL
      ......13 Virginia GUILL
      .....12 Lorraine MEELER
      ........ +George HANCOCK
      ......13 George HANCOCK, Jr
      ......13 MEELER HANCOCK
      .....12 [51] THELMA MEELER
      .......... +Talmadge HOLT
      .......13 Talmadge HOLT, Jr
      ....... *2nd Husband of [51] THELMA MEELER:
      ..........+Walter MATTOX
      .......13 Charles MATTOX
      .....12 Wallace MEELER
      ....... +Jewell COATES
      .....12 Jessie MEELER
      .....12 Willie Floyd MEELER 1892 - 1969
      .........+Mary Murray
      .......13 Willie Floyd MEELER, Jr
      .......13 John Lee MEELER
      .......13 Clarence Wright MEELER
      .......13 Mary Louise MEELER
      .......13 Charles Murray MEELER
      .......13 Francis Owen MEELER
      .......13 Jesse Allen MEELER 1922 -
      ..........+Ann M Barksdale 1929 -
      .......13 Eldridge McArthur MEELER 1942 -
      .....12 Alfrey MEELER 1905 - 1997
      ........+ Gordon Murray
      .......13 Peggy Ann Murray
      .....12 Lottie May MEELER 1910-
      ........+Frank Paschal PASCUCCI 1908 - 1985
      .......13 Betty Jo PASCUCCI 1936 -
      ........... +Phillip NEUMANN
      .......13 Donald Franklin PASCUCCI 1944 -
      ...........+Barbara O'MARA
      11 Aurelia MCSHERRY 1872 -
      ....+Allen Venable Hudson 1868 - 1929
      .....12 Mabel Hudson

      Ellen Graves McSherry d/o Nancy Eveline Carter and Phillip
      McSherry m. Peter Layton Yarbrough
      11 Ellen Graves MCSHERRY 1860 - 1936
      . +Peter Layton YARBROUGH 1860 - 1940
      .....12 Fletcher John YARBROUGH 1884 - 1967
      ....... +Mary Virginia Floyd
      .....12 Virgie Emerson YARBROUGH 1886 - 1924
      ....... +Oscar HUDGINS
      .....12 [48] Ashley YARBROUGH 1888 - 1958
      .........+Minnie Willis
      ..........*2nd Wife of [48] Ashley YARBROUGH:
      .......... +Mamie Cheek
      .....12 Artie James YARBROUGH 1889 - 1963
      .........+ Branch
      .....12 Madie Taylor YARBROUGH 1892 - 1972
      .........+Eugene Pulliam
      .....12 [49] Robert Marvin YARBROUGH 1895 - 1977
      .........+Sue Chandler
      .........13 Margaret YARBROUGH
      .........13 Robert M YARBROUGH, Jr
      .........13 Virgie YARBROUGH
      .........13 Ashley G YARBROUGH
      ......... *2nd Wife of [49] Robert Marvin YARBROUGH:
      ...........+Ola VAN HOOK
      .........13 David YARBROUGH 1923 - 1995
      ...........+Edith DILLARD

      Evelin Carter, d/o William George "Buck" and Elizabeth
      Patience Turner Carter, married William Watkins 24 Dec 1867
      Halifax County, Virginia (MB3/47)

      11 Virginia Eveline MCSHERRY 1862 - 1939
      .. +James Anderson SOLOMON 1862 - 1939
      .....12 Annie Miles SOLOMON 1885 - 1947
      .........+Joseph Isaac Murray 1876 - 1936
      .........13 Virginia Cornelia Murray 1906 - 1906
      .........13 James Winfrey Murray 1908 -
      .............+Sally Bet TERRY
      ......12 Willie Harvey SOLOMON 1886 - 1967
      ..........+Lelia Mae OAKES 1890 - 1970
      ..........13 James Addison SOLOMON 1914 -
      ..............+Mary Anne BASS 1915 -
      ...............14 James Addison SOLOMAN, Jr 1935 -
      ...................+Lucy Belle WADE 1937 -
      ...................15 Charles William SOLOMAN 1957 -
      ..........13 Willie Odell SOLOMON 1915 -
      ..............+Agnes Alease TUNE 1917 -
      ...............14 Carroll Anderson SOLOMAN 1939 -
      ...............14 Wayne Cralle SOLOMON 1942 -
      ..........13 Sallie Virginia SOLOMAN 1917 -
      ..............+Andrew Belt LOFTIS 1914 -
      ..............14 Allen Belt LOFTIS, Jr 1943 -
      ..........13 Wallace Jordan SOLOMAN 1919 -
      ..............+Margaret Frances CHANEY 1922 -
      ..............14 Margaret Rebecca SOLOMON 1944 -
      ..........13 Margaret B SOLOMAN 1923 -
      ......12 James Hurley SOLOMON 1888 - 1965
      ..........+ADDIE Mae Carter 1895 - 1977
      .........13 Virginia Frances SOLOMAN 1915 -
      ..............+Horace Albert DAVIS 1893 - 1975
      ..............14 Ella Mae DAVIS 1952 -
      ..................+Robert Raymond ADAMS 1944 -
      ..................15 Charis Dawn ADAMS 1978 -
      ..........13 Joseph Hurley SOLOMON 1919 -
      ..............+Esther Marie LONG 1916 -
      ......12 Mattie Lee SOLOMON 1889 - 1961
      ..........+Robert Benjamin HUDGINS 1884 - 1963
      ..........13 Robert Keith HUDGINS 1909 - 1969
      ..............+Minnie Estelle HUNT 1915 -
      ..............14 Robert Keith HUDGINS, Jr 1946 - 1952
      ......12 Mertie Mae SOLOMON 1891 - 1973
      ..........+Richard Jehue SOLOMON 1885 - 1954
      ..........13 Willard Creath SOLOMAN 1910 -
      ..............+Linnie Estelle HAZELWOOD 1912 - 1969
      ..........13 Willie Mae SOLOMAN 1912 -
      ..........13 Richard Frederick SOLOMON 1914 -
      ..............+Sara Kathleen Vernon 1917 -
      ..............14 Sara Faye SOLOMON 1946 -
      ..........13 Virginia Doris SOLOMAN 1924 - 1954
      ......12 George Eddie SOLOMON 1893 - 1958
      ..........+Lucy Bernice OAKES 1892 - 1963
      ..........13 Mary Bernice SOLOMAN 1918 -
      ..........13 George Edward SOLOMAN 1921 -
      11 [50] Luther Green MCSHERRY 1865 -
      ..........+Malinda Jane Carter


  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
      Luther Green McSherry, s/o Phillip and Nancy Emeline Carter, married 2nd Lucy Epperson; Lucy Epperson is the d/o Sallie Fanny Green Epperson Carter and her first husband James Epperson. Phillip, Luther's father is married to the sister of George Turner Carter who later married James Epperson's widow, Sallie Fanny Green.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McSherry&GSfn=Philip&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=67566929&df=all&.
      Philip McSherry
      Spouse:
      Nancy Emeline Carter McSherry (1832 - 1906)
      Children:
      Annie Thomas McSherry Wells (1855 - 1929)
      Mary Elizabeth McSherry Vernon (1858 - 1931
      Ella Graves McSherry Yarbrough (1860 - 1936)
      Luther Green McSherry (1865 - 1931)
      George Eddie McSherry (1874 - 1937)
      Burial: Lebanon Christian Church Cemetery
      Semora, Caswell County, North Carolina
      Birth: 1829, Ireland
      Death: 1880
      Caswell County
      North Carolina

      Served as a private in Company E, 23rd Regiment, Virginia Infantry, C.S.A.

    3. [S38] Headstone, Phillip McSherry, Pvt. Co. E 23 VA Inf, CSA.