★★★ Ballentine, John Goff Sr.

John Goff Ballentine Sr.​

Born: May 20, 1825

Birthplace: Pulaski, Tennessee

Father: Andrew Mitchell Ballentine 1791 – 1863

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

Mother: Mary Tuttle Goff 1805 – 1890

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

Wife: Mary Elizabeth Laird 1832 – 1917

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

Children:

Sallie Leverette Ballentine 1856 – 1944​

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

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John Goff Ballentine Jr. 1863 – 1919​

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

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Adelaide Ballentine 1868 – 1950​

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

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Margaret Palmer Ballentine 1870 – 1871​

(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee)​

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Andrew Mitchell Ballentine 1873 – 1943​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Sardis, Mississippi)​

Education:

1845: Graduated from University of Nashville​

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1848: Graduated from Harvard University Law School​

Occupation before War:

Faculty Member at Livingston Law School​

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Attorney in Pulaski & Memphis, Tennessee – Sardis, Mississippi​

Civil War Career:

1861: Private of Company C, 7th​ Tennessee Cavalry Regiment​

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1861: Captain of Company C, 7th​ Tennessee Cavalry Regiment​

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1862 – 1865: Colonel of Ballentine's Mississippi Cavalry​

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1864: Wounded during the Atlanta Campaign​

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1865: Paroled in Memphis, Tennessee​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Pulaski, Tennessee​

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1883 – 1887: United States Congressman from Tennessee​

Died: November 23, 1915

Place of Death: Pulaski, Tennessee

Age at time of Death: 90 years old

Burial Place: Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tennessee

 

[Lubliner]

From a Private to a Captain in one year, and then a Colonel the next. That is a quick climb up the ranks.
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