John C Womack (1829 - 1862)

Born 20 Mar 1829 in Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Woodruff (Allen) Womack — married 17 Feb 1853 in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States

Died 26 May 1862 at age 33 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States

Biography

John was born in March 1829 in Alabama. He was the son of Nathan Womack and Louvicia Womack. He died while a prisoner of war in May 1862 in Indianapolis and is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.^[1] This is a reburial; remains of Confederate soldiers and sailors were moved here in 1933 from Greenlawn Cemetery.

John married Julia Woodruff Allen on 17 February 1853 in Itawamba, Mississippi.^[2]

John served as a Private in Company H, 26th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate States Army.^[3] He was captured along with two of his brothers-in-law on 16 February 1862 in connection with the battles over Ft. Donnellson, Tennessee. Transferred to a POW camp in Indiana, he suffered from the extreme cold and died of Typhoid Fever there in May 1862. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #9907012
2. ↑ "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZP-WD8 : 10 February 2018), John Womach and July Woodruff, 17 Feb 1853; citing Itawamba,Mississippi; FHL microfilm 901,648.
3. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSCR-M3Y : 4 December 2014), John C. Womack, Private, Company H, 26th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M232 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 45; FHL microfilm 821,882.
4. ↑ 26th Mississippi Infantry, Company H

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4L8-W9T : 12 April 2016), John Womack in household of Nathan Womack, Itawamba county, part of, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States; citing family 689, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6G8-9WL : 14 December 2017), John C Wonmack, 1860, Itawamba, Mississippi, United States.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 July 2019), memorial page for John C. Womack (20 Mar 1829–26 May 1862), Find A Grave Memorial no. 9907012, citing Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Bob Trapp (contributor 46998499) .