Confederates, Yankees, and Galvanized Relatives....

[Nathanb1]

Good grief. It gets ever more complicated. Now I've found my great grandfather's older brother who enlisted in 1862 as a Confederate, deserted, then galvanized. He also managed to have three wives... no problem, except his first wife was still alive when he married again, never mind the raft of kids he left her with.

Anyhow, I would appreciate some help with the old bugger.

Nathaniel J. Powers, born 1834 in Callaway Co., Missouri. Lived in Cook Co. Texas when he enlisted, possibly 30th TX Cavalry, but I'm not sure....

He lived a long, long time. Just found a descendant who kinda swallowed Nathaniel's story as told by his dad... but no enlistment or service records. I am not sure of enlistment dates except for the 1862 date...a couple of months before his brother James was hoisted in the Great Hanging. Apparently he was either smarter or less of a Unionist than his brother.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

If he had Texas women upset with him, I'm unclear how he managed to pull off living a long, long time.

 

[realevergreen]

Sorry, not picking on anyone's relatives, BUT I think that I would rather face some Indians than the wrath of some Texas women.

 

[Nathanb1]

If he had Texas women upset with him, I'm unclear how he managed to pull off living a long, long time.

Stayed in Kansas and Oklahoma, mostly.

 

[mcfb50]

Here's the record from Fold3. Sounds like a rascal.

 

[Nathanb1]

Here's the record from Fold3. Sounds like a rascal.

Thank you so much!
Wow.... rascal is an understatement. I can't blame him for saving his neck.... but he sure laid it on thick for his descendants!

My husband and I were laughing about the value of the horse. Nathaniel's father had two mares stolen by the Comanche on a raid in town and valued them at $75 each. Lol. Nathaniel must have taken the stud horse....$175?!?

 

[Nathanb1]

Well, there he is. God's gift to women.

 

[nc native]

We all find interesting characters in our family trees if we look long and hard
enough. Thomas Lamm in my signature married a woman after the Civil War
in 1866 and then started another household with her sister. Between the two women,
he had nineteen children. He became one of the richest men in Wilson County, North
Carolina and left all nineteen of his children property and money when he died.

 

[KansasFreestater]

Stayed in Kansas and Oklahoma, mostly.

 

[KansasFreestater]

We all find interesting characters in our family trees if we look long and hard
enough. Thomas Lamm in my signature married a woman after the Civil War
in 1866 and then started another household with her sister. Between the two women,
he had nineteen children. He became one of the richest men in Wilson County, North
Carolina and left all nineteen of his children property and money when he died.

Good grief, and I thought Newt Knight's marital situation was "irregular"!

 

[Nathanb1]

If he had Texas women upset with him, I'm unclear how he managed to pull off living a long, long time.

I can only assume Margaret (his first wife) was happier without him. She had land, the help of her in laws, and enough kids to do the work.