Daniel C. Gober Jr.
Born: March 3, 1828
Birthplace: De Kalb County, Georgia
Father: Daniel Appling Gober Sr 1791 – 1868
(Buried: Campground Cemetery, Monticello, Arkansas)
Mother: Elizabeth Arendal 1797 – 1881
(Buried: Campground Cemetery, Monticello, Arkansas)
Wife: Rosella Compton McDavitt 1832 – 1901(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Children:Martha Elizabeth Gober Jones 1850 – 1942
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Dr. Edgar McDavitt Gober I 1855 – 1917
(Buried: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Kentucky)
Stella Eva Gober Northington 1856 – 1914
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee)
Education:
Attended University of Louisville Medical College
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in Fayette County, Tennessee
Medical Doctor in Opelousas, Louisiana
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain Company K, 16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Major of 16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
1864: Colonel of Gober's Regiment Mounted Infantry Regiment
1864 – 1865: Disbanded during the Winter
1865: Commander of John S. Scott's Cavalry Brigade
1865: Commander of District Southwest Mississippi & East Louisiana
Occupation after War:
Medical Doctor in Frankfort, Kentucky
Died: October 13, 1889
Place of Death: Frankfort, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 60 years old
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee (Oct. 15, 1889)
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