Mt. Gilead Community

     People from the First District of Henderson County have  always been active in the wars of this nation. Since Henderson County's formation in the early 1820's this district has seen many of it's men and women proudly serve.

     We must never forget the sacrifices our veterans and their families have made to give us the freedoms we enjoy today.

     "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but live by them." J. F. Kennedy

     We have complied a list of the veterans from Mt. Gilead that we are aware of. Please let us know of anyone else who has served in the military.

All Gave Some, Some Gave All

The following men died during their service:

Albert Cook          WWII                

 For more information about Albert Cook please see the link below:

 http://www.tnyesterday.com/yesterday_henderson/albert_cook/albert_cook.html

Jessie Stanford     Korean War       

Curtis Coffman     WWII                

Two Cedar Grove Men Listed Killed in Action: Cedar Grove, Tenn, Feb. 22 ---  Two service men from Cedar Grove have been reported killed in action, according to information received from the war department.

     Mr and Mrs. Luther Coffman have been notified that their son, T/5 Curtis Coffman, was killed in action in the Indo-China-Burma area January 19.

     Technician Coffman had been overseas since last June. He entered the army in March, 1943 and received his training at Camp Swift, Tex., Shreveport, La., Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., and Ft. Meade, Md. His parents are the only survivors.

Military Rites:  Military services for Technician Fifth Grade Curtis F. Coffman were conducted Thursday afternoon at Sharon Methodist Church by the Rev. Daniel Bishop and G. Tillman Stewart. The remains arrived here Wednesday and were carried to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Coffman in the Mt. Gilead Community. T-5 Coffman was killed in action in India while engaged in operations to hold open the vital Ledo Road in India against Japanese attacks. He was killed January 19, 1945. He entered the army in February 1943. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Pafford Funeral Home in charge. He was originally buried in Kalaikund Cemetery, India. Military honors at the grave were carried out by the National Guard, the American Legion and the VFW.

  Clifford Gateley, WWII

Pvt. Clifford Gateley, son of Edd Gateley of Route 3, Cedar Grove, was killed in action in Luxembourg January 25, his father has been notified.

Private Gateley had been reported missing in action on that date.

Asa Harper Gaston Meals     Civil War

A member of Company A, 7th Cavalry (US), was captured at Trenton, then again at Union, was transferred to Andersonville Prison, Georgia, paroled at Northeast Ferry on March 3, 1865; was in the hospital at Annapolis, Maryland; furloughed on March 24,1865; went  to Metropolis, Illinois on furlough. Died of small pox at Metroplis on April 5, 1865. Burial location has never been identified.

Richard Ary          WWII

Pfc Richard Ary killed in action: Pfc. Richard E. Ary, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs Lige Ary of Cedar Grove, was killed in action in France March 15th, according to a message from the War Department received by his parents March 28th. Entering service August 2, 1944 he was assigned to the infantry. Pfc. Ary received his training at Camp McPherson Georgia, Camp Shelby, Mississippi and Camp Hood, Texas, prior to leaving for overseas duty in January. In addition to his parents he survived by seven brothers and sisters, and a brother-in-law, Avon L. Coffman, of the U. S. Navy, somewhere in the Pacific.

(the Lexington Progress, April 6, 1945  copied from the book Crossing the Dark River)

James Brunt         Korean War

Jerald Rimmer      Vietnam War

Richard Gateley    WWII

Thomas W. Barrow Civil War

John McGill              Civil War

S. G. Stratton          Civil War

Daniel James Meals  Civil War

John J. Barrow          Civil War

Samuel Kinchen Spain  Civil War

Civil War

Some members from the rolls of Co. K, 27th TN Infantry Regiment, CSA. Copied from the works of Johnathon Smith on Henderson County, TN.

Many are listed but these are some I think were from District 1 of Henderson Couny.

John J. Barrow, age 29, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; killed at Shiloh "when fighting gallantly" April 7, 1862.

Thomas W. Barrow, age 23, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; died March 1, 1862.

William Coffman, age 35, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted in April 1862.

William James Campbell, age 20, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; discharged in spring of 1862.

William A. B. Gately, age 40, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted spring 1862.

William T. Gately enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted spring 1862.

John Hemphill, age 25, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted spring 1862.

Samuel Hemphill, age 27, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted Spring 1862.

James Lizenby, age 17, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted at Bacon Creek, September 19, 1862.

Samuel Meals, age 18, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; absent "being physically and mentally unqualified."

John McGill, age 22, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; died Aug. 1, 1862, Tupelo, MS.

James Kirk, age 20, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted July 1862 during the "night of retreat from Tupelo."

F. M. Smith enlisted Oct. 6, 1861, Trenton; deserted April 1862 "pretended of being wounded which was false."

Lemuel A. Stanford, age 23, enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted April 1862.

Samuel Kinchen Spain, age 25, enlisted Aug 7, 1861, Trenton; deserted June 1, 1862 during the march from Corinth to Tupelo, MS.

S. G. Stratton enlisted Nov. 2, 1861, Columbus, KY; died April 10, 1862, Corinth, MS.

     Also serving were:

Issac Coffman                     Columbus Meals

William H. Coffman             F. A. Wilson

Sam McCoy                        Daniel James Meals

WWI

Sam Coffman                     John Thomas McKee

Logan Meals                       Cecil Page

Feek Peterson                    Charlie Rainey

George Shelton                  Coy Tucker

Sherman Hunley                Lucian Gateley

WWII

B.D. Barr                           Richard Ary

J. D. Barr                           William Barrow

George Byrd                      Charlie Coffman

Curtis Coffman                  Leroy Coffman

Albert Cook                       Vernon Douglas

Willis Leo Douglas              Clifford Gateley

Leon Gateley                     Lofton Gateley

Earl Jones                         Ed McCaslin

James McCaslin                 Percy Moore

Hilton O'Brien                   Virgil Stanford

E. D. Utley                       Travis Welch

Herman Stanford              Odell Stanford

J. L. Neislar                      Alfred Gourley

Odell Fesmire                   Lloyd Stanford

Thomas Stanford              Johnny Reed

Korean War

James Brunt                    Cecil Hunley

Thomas Hale                   Roy McKee

Jessie Stanford                Joel Tines

Vietnam War

Dannie Gateley               Faye Huey

Jerald Rimmer

Iraq

Jonathan Walls

Afganistan

David Essary

Others who served are:

Alfred Coffman                Houston Jordan

Larry King                       Van Duke

Wayne Blackwell              Nicky Fowler

Ronnie Reed

Those Serving Today:

Phillip Coffman, Navy

Cody Bohn, Air Force