Joel Allen Battle
Born: September 19, 1811
Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee
Father: Isaac Battle 1775 – 1846
(Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Mother: Lucinda Atkinson Mayo 1788 – 1832
(Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
1st Wife: Sarah M. Searcy 1816 – 1835
(Buried: Searcy Cemetery Rutherford, County, Tennessee)
2nd Wife: Adeline Mosely 1814 – 1883
(Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Children:
Adeline M. Battle
(Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
William Seary Battle 1834 – 1862
(Buried: Shiloh Confederate Burial Trench, Hardin County, Tennessee)
Lt. Joel Allen Battle Jr. 1838 – 1862
(Buried: Shiloh Confederate Burial Trench, Hardin County, Tennessee)
Francis Marion Battle 1841 – 1917
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Fannie Battle 1842 – 1924
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Elizabeth Stancil Battle Scales 1847 – 1920
(Buried: North Belton Cemetery, Belton, Texas)
Anne Watson "Annie" Battles Giles 1849 – 1916
(Buried: Manor Cemetery, Manor, Texas)
Mariah Josephine Battle 1851 – 1852
(Buried: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Occupation before War:
Davidson County, Tennessee Farmer
1851 – 1852: Tennessee State Representative
General in Tennessee State Militia
Served in the Seminole War
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Company C, 20th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 20th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Wounded and Captured during the Battle of Shiloh
1862: Prisoner of War held at Johnson's Island Union Prison
1862 – 1865: Tennessee State Treasurer
Occupation after War:
Hotel Owner in Nashville, Tennessee
Superintendent of Tennessee State Prison
Died: August 23, 1872
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Battle Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
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