Brittain Chumbley

BRITTAIN CHUMBLEY was born about 1815 in Powell Valley, Claiborne County, Tennessee. He died on 20 Jan 1851 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. He married MARGARET ELLEN “PEGGY” RUSSELL in 1834 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She was born about 1817 in Claiborne County, Tennessee. She died sometime after Jun 1880 in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

In the early 1840s, Brittain and his older brother, Andrew moved to Kentucky and were in the 1850 Pulaski County Census, along with their wives and children. Brittain and Margaret had 6 children together. The first 2 children were born in Claiborne County, Tennessee. All other children were born in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

Their first child, Alexander Chumbley was born February 19, 1838, in Claiborne, Tennessee. He married Sarelda Ann Rainwater in Pulaski County, Kentucky on February 6, 1859. The couple lived and farmed in Pulaski County for thirty years and brought forth eleven children into the world. Most of the Chumbley men served in the Civil War but Alexander Chumbley was not one of them. They say that Alexander had pro-Northern sympathies and voted for Lincoln twice. He was not on active duty in either army, but evidently his pro-Northern sympathies were well known. One day, the Confederates came looking for him. Alexander hid out in the woods for a couple of months until they left. In 1893, Alexander and Sarelda moved to Texas, settling in the vicinity of Kentuckytown in Grayson County. In 1895, Alexander and Sarelda lived briefly in the tiny community of Sweat Box in Hunt County, about five miles south of present-day Ladonia. Alexander died there and is buried in Hope Cemetery. After Alexander’s death, the family returned to Grayson County. Two of the Chumbley sons, James Marion, and Lewis Milton, headed west to Arizona. The others remained to become part of the Whiteright community. Alexander Chumbley died on January 1, 1895, in Hunt County, Texas. Sarelda lived to be 106. She died on October 1, 1947, in Texas. _{[1] Article found on Ancestry.com – Pritchett88originally submitted this to Pritchett Family History – From Virginia to Utah & Arizona on 19 Jan 2009}

Their son, James Marion Chumbley was a corporal in the Kentucky 19th Regiment, Vol. Inf., Co. H on January 2, 1862, at Harrodsburg. The Kentucky 19th Infantry had been organized at Harrodsburg in the fall of 1861 by Col. William J. Landrum and Lieutenant Col. John Cowan. The regiment soon marched to Somerset where they destroyed the entrenchments of General Zollicoffer and recaptured some of the property lost at the Battle of Mill Springs. From March 29 through June 18, they participated in movements which resulted in the capture of Cumberland Gap. Later in the year they suffered from a lack of food when they marched through eastern Kentucky to the Ohio River; mainly they subsisted on corn meal. In the spring of 1863, the regiment was transferred to the Department of the Gulf and was with General Banks on the Red River Campaign. At the battle of Sabine Crossroads, Louisiana, the regiment repelled five charges, but then the Confederate troops broke through its lines and on April 8, 1864, James was taken prisoner. The 19th returned to Baton Rouge until ordered to Louisville. On October 23, 1864, James was returned and on January 26, 1865, he was mustered out with the 19th Infantry Regiment of Kentucky in Louisville. The regiment had lost a total of 198 men. But that was not the end of the battle for James. Although he had survived imprisonment and the war itself, soon after his discharge he was admitted to Nelson General Hospital at Camp Nelson, 52 10 Mar 2011 8:33 AM Ky., for treatment for smallpox. A report of a lieutenant of his company showed that at the time the regiment was mustered out, “the Smallpox was prevailing, and that this soldier contracted said disease and was sick with it at the time he was mustered out January 16, 1865.” He died on March 20, 1865. James’ mother, Margaret Chumbley, widow of Britton Chumbley, received a pension of $8 per month, admitted on June 3, 1869, but “commencing” or retroactive to March 21, 1865. _{[2] Glenda Mounger, research records on Brittain Chumbley and his family}

Brittain and Margaret’s youngest child, Lewis Chumbley was born on 18 Nov 1848 in Cains Store, Pulaski County, Kentucky. He died on 04 Nov 1931 in Somerset, Pulaski County, Kentucky. He is buried in Hopeful Baptist Cemetery in Nancy, Kentucky. He married Elizabeth C Gossett, daughter of William Brent Gossett and Martha Jane Lester, on 18 Apr 1879 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. They were married at the home of Milt Tarter. Surety A. _{[3] CHUMBLY, LEWIS 30 1st. b. PC. F.b. Tenn. M.b. Tenn. GOSSETT, ELIZABETH 23 1st. b. PC F.b. PC M.b. PC AHO Res. Milt. Tartar. Sur. A. Russell Pulaski Co. Historical Society marriage book III, page 56} Elizabeth was born on 28 Apr 1856 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. She died on 22 Dec 1894 in Pulaski County, Kentucky. _{[4] Burial: Hopeful Baptist Church Cemetery, Nancy, Pulaski County, Kentucky Find A Grave Memorial# 28172199}