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Charles Frederick Vanderford (3047)
Father: Charles Frederick Vanderford
(2015)
Mother: Eliza Duett
b. 1833 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina [C.Vet]
d. January 3, 1899 in Knoxville, Tennessee [C.Vet]
m. Dec. 16, 1858 in St. Louis, MO, Florence Anderson of
Nashville, Tennessee, daughter of Harry Innis Anderson
[Stanley,1984]
b. Aug. 1838 in
Tennessee, d. 1906 in Rutherford County, TN [RC will
2:88-90]
Issue: [RC will 2:88-90]
Eugene Spencer (4102), b. May 4, 1860, d. 1940
Charles Rutledge (4103), b. Dec. 12, 1861, d. July 8, 1951
Henry Anderson "Harry" (4104), b. 1866
Mary Florence (4105), b. 1868
Silas Massey (4106), b. Sep. 1869, d. 1964
Bertha Eliza, b. Mar. 1871 in Tennessee
1907: Bertha was living in Genesee County, New York [RC deed 47:477-83]
1909: Bertha was living in Monroe County, New York [RC deed 50:578-81]
Jan. 25, 1910: Bertha sold her 40 acre share (Lot 4 or the Home-Place) of her mother's estate for $400 [RC deed 51:292-3]
1913-24: Bertha was an assistant librarian at the Carnegie Library in Nashville. [Nashville Dir]
1937-42: Bertha was a department head at the Nashville Public Library. [Nashville Dir]
Description:
In 1865 Charles was 5' 6", had a fair complexion, dark hair and hazel eyes. [NA - Mil Rec]
Information:
1850:
Charles was a student in Robeston County, North
Carolina. He was living with four other students at Margaret Smith's.
[census-NC]
1858:
When Charles married he was residing in St.
Louis, Missouri. [Stanley,1984]
1860:
Charles was an agent for Hillman Brothers and
lived at 325 Chestnut in St. Louis, Missouri.
[St.Louis Dir]
Charles served in the 45th Tennessee Infantry, was severely wounded and discharged. Charles then commanded a battery of artillery and was again wounded. He then transferred to the ordinance department under General J. E. Johnston. [C.Vet]
November 2, 1862:
Charles was serving as Captain and
Ordnance Officer to Col. J. B. Palmer, Commander, 2nd Brigade Breckenridge's
Division, Army of Tennessee. [NA - Mil Rec]
February
26, 1863:
Charles was assigned as Captain and Chief Ordnance Officer
to General Cleburne's Division, Army of Tennessee by command of General Bragg.
[NA - SO 51/III]
July 17, 1863:
"Capt. Vanderford, Chief of Ordnance
Cleburne's Division is hereby temporarily assigned to duty as Chief of Ordnance
of Hardee's Corps. By command of General Bragg." [NA
- Mil Rec]
September 11, 1863:
Charles of Missouri was
recommended by the Board of Examiners for appointments of Artillery Officers
for Ordnance Duty. His appointment to Captain was approved by Jefferson Davis
on October 5, 1863. (His rank was made retroactive to May 2, 1863. He had
unofficially been appointed to Provisional Army Captain on October 12, 1862 by
General Forest.) [NA - Mil Rec]
October 10, 1863:
"Captain Charles F. Vanderford
Artillery PACS will incur without delay to Meridian, Mississippi and report to
Joseph J. Johnston Commdg for assignment to Ordnance Duty."
[NA - Mil Rec]
January 28, 1864:
Charles was assistant to the Chief
of Ordnance of Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee. [NA
- Mil Rec]
March 4 to June 27, 1864:
Captain Charles was listed
as Chief of Ordinance for Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, Army of Mississippi.
[NA - Mil Rec]
August 8, 1864 to February 2, 1865:
Captain Charles
was listed as Chief of Ordinance for Alexander P. Stewart, Lieutenant General,
Army of Tennessee. [NA - Mil Rec]
January 27, 1865:
"I have the honor to request that
Capt. C. F. Vanderford PACS Arty for Ornance duty now Chief Ordnance Officer
Stewarts Corps Army of Tenn be relieved from that duty and assigned to duty as
assistant to Lt Col J M Kennard Chief Ordnance Officer Army of Tenn. This
application is made at the request of Lt Col Kennard and with the consent of
Gen. Hood. Very respectfully, G. Gorgas" [NA - Mil
Rec]
Richmond, March 17, 1865:
"I have the honor to
recommend that Captain C. F. Vanderford be promoted to the rank of major in the
Artillery Corps for Ordnance duty. Captain Vanderford has rendered long and
faithful service in this corps and in every position has evinced conspicuous
energy and capacity - for some time past he has been assistant to the Chief of
Ordnance of the Army of Tennessee. As a reward for past services, and to
provide him with rank in some degree commensurate with the duties in which it
is devised to employ him hereafter. Respectfully recommend his promotion to
date from the 4th March the date of the vacancy. I am general, very
respectfully, your obdt servant, Gorgas, Brig. Gen., Chief of Ord.
[NA - Mil Rec]
April 26, 1865:
Captain Charles was listed as
Assistant to Chief of Ordnance Officer, Army of Tennessee, for Joseph E.
Johnston, General, C.S.A. [NA - Mil Rec]
1870:
Charles was farming his father-in-law's farm in
Rutherford County, Tenenssee. The assessed value of the farm property was
$25,000. [census-Tenn]
September 9, 1871 (recorded September 26, 1871):
Charles
loaned Andrew S. Ferrell $200 on his cotton crop. The loan was due December 1,
1871. [RC Tdeed A:623-3]
August 27, 1872 - September 4, 1891:
Charles was the
postmaster at Florence Station, Tennessee. [Frazier]
December 29, 1873:
Charles had a merchant bond of
$119.47 for the year 1872 and of $647.27 for the year 1873.
[RC Merch Bond]
June 17, 1874 - August 1, 1874:
Charles loaned $1,025 to
5 different people on their cotton and corn crops. All the loans were due
December 1, 1874. [RC Tdeeds
C:154-4,157,159-60,164-5&250-1]
March 22, 1875:
Charles had a merchant bond of $500 for
the year 1874 and of $100 for the year 1875. [RC Merch
Bond]
January 18, 1878:
Charles quit his merchant business.
[RC Merch Bond]
1880:
Charles was farming with his family in
Rutherford County, Tennessee. His father in law Harry Anderson was living with
them. [census-Tenn]
1885:
Charles became a voluntary meteorological observer
at Florence Station, Rutherford County for the Tennessee State Board of Health.
He also gave reports on the prevalence of diseases in the locality.
[Sims]
1887:
Charles' property was valued at $7,610 and he paid
state, county, school, road and jail taxes amounting to $82.18.
[RC Tax Book]
1889:
Charles accepted the Chair of Professor of
Agriculture at the University of Tennessee. [Monograph]
1897:
Charles was Secretary of the University of
Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station and wrote a paper titled "The Soils
of Tennessee" for the Bulletin. [Soils]
1898:
Charles' property was valued at $9,500 and he paid
state, county, school, and road taxes amounting to $74.10.
[RC Tax Book]
1900:
Florence, Charles' widow, was living on the
family farm in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Her son Eugene (a widower) was
doing the farming and her daughter Bertha was living with them.
[census-Tenn]
1900:
Charles was awarded, posthumously, a gold medal
for his soils exhibit at the Universal Exposition (World Fair) in Paris,
France, 1900. [Monograph]
1901:
Florence's property was valued at $9,500 and she
paid state, county, school and road taxes amouting to $97.85.
[RC Tax Book]
June 3, 1902 (probated October 29, 1906):
Florence
stated in her will that "Cliff Springs" be sold within a year of her death and
the proceeds split equally among her children. The children petitioned the
court to allow them to split the land amongst themselves rather than selling
it. [RC will 2:88-90]
1906:
Florence's property was valued at $10,900 and she
paid state, county, school, road and bridge taxes amounting to $95.00.
[RC Tax Book]
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