Family Group Sheet


Name Absolom Semones
Birth 1825, Carroll Co., Virginia
Death 1877/1889, Floyd Co., Virginia
Father Isaac Semones
Mother Mary Mickle
Other spouses Hannah Goad, 3C6R
Marriage 4 Sep 1873, Floyd Co., Virginia
Spouse Sarah ("Sally") Jane Cox, 2C5R
Birth 1835, Beauford, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death aft 1890
Father William "Braxton" Cox (1806->1890)
Mother Nancy ("Patsy") Phillips (1796->1860)
Other spouses Lewis C. H. Quesenberry, 1C5R
Children
1 F Virginia Francis Semones, 3C4R
Birth 15 Oct 1874, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death 1896/1897
2 F Nancy Matilda Semones, 3C4R
Birth 26 Jul 1876, Floyd Co., Virginia
Death 1 Mar 1950, Floyd Co., Virginia
Notes for Absolom Semones
The Genealogy of William Tobias Phillips, p. 17, states that Absolom joined the Civil War on 16 Sept 1861, in Co. G, 54th Virginia, under Capt. George Turman. Reinlisted on 24 Oct 1862, served with the Light Artillery Company of Jackson's Battalion at the Virginia state line. Signed up with Co. G, 22nd Virginia Calvary for a thrid tem. Captured by the Union army at Waynesboro on 2 Mar 1865, while serving with Co. A, 45th Virginia; released from prison on 21 June 1865.
Notes for Sarah ("Sally") Jane Cox
Listed in the 1890 census of Floyd Co., VA (which survives in an alphabetized copy made by the County Clerk), in the Indian Valley district, as Sarah Simons, 56, with Nancy M., 14.
Last Modified 28 Feb 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh