Hello all,
I made a mistake when I said that John Jefferson Gaither had been in the 22nd Alabama. He was in the 18th Alabama. Below is an excerpt from my Gaither file with his military history:
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VIII. REV. JOHN JEFFERSON GAITHER, B. 8/2/1839 in Huntsville, Limestone County, Al.--D. 9/16/1915 in Ironton, Talladega Co., Al.. Note: He served in the Confederate Armed Forces, first in the C.S. Army and then the C.S. Navy during the War for Southern Independence. He first served in Co. "I", 18th Ala. Vol. Infantry. He was ill much of the time and was Medically Discharged from the Army in 1862 because of an enlarged heart and heart desease. He immediately went and joined the C.S. Navy, serving in the C.S. Shipyards of Mobile, Al.. He was paroled there in 1865. He Confederate Military Records state that he was 5' 10" tall, had black hair and grey eyes. In 1908 he was awarded the Southern Cross of Honor by the Taledega Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. In 1870 he was working on the railroad in Dallas Co., Al. and living in a boarding house. He purchased land in Taledega Co. in 1871. He had been a Confederate soldier, a C.S. Sailor or Naval enlisted man, a farmer, RR worker, etc., and later became a Baptist Minister. He died of Bright's Desease in 1915. (Kidney Desease). -M-(married 1/19/1873)

FRANCES ESTHER GUNTER ("Aunt Pete"), B. 8/22/1854 in S.C.--D.5/10/1940 in Taladega, Ala.., daughter of Josiah and Louisa Carolina (Riddelhoover) Gunter(1820-1907). Esther buried in Providence Cem. in Taledega, Clay County, Ala.. She died of Cerebral Hemorage.
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