1st Sergeant Asa Castleberry Stephenson
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1st Sergeant, Company C, 4th Battalion, Georgia Infantry State Guards:
Asa fought from Lookout Mountain to the Battle of Peachtree Creek. He came down with Typhoid Fever on the last day of the battle at Peachtree Creek. He was out for the remainder of the War. During his service years, Asa acted as the chaplain for the troops. He received the Southern Cross of Honor for his service.
BIRTH: 25 Mar 1835 -- Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH: 19 Nov 1916 (aged 81) -- Fredonia, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL: Fredonia Baptist Church Cemetery -- Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
Husband of Mary E. Walker Stephenson (1835-1922)
Son of George Alexander (1809-1891) & Caroline Castleberry Stephenson (1809-1898)
Asa fought from Lookout Mountain to the Battle of Peachtree Creek. He came down with Typhoid Fever on the last day of the battle at Peachtree Creek. He was out for the remainder of the War. During his service years, Asa acted as the chaplain for the troops. He received the Southern Cross of Honor for his service.
BIRTH: 25 Mar 1835 -- Anderson County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH: 19 Nov 1916 (aged 81) -- Fredonia, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL: Fredonia Baptist Church Cemetery -- Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, USA
Husband of Mary E. Walker Stephenson (1835-1922)
Son of George Alexander (1809-1891) & Caroline Castleberry Stephenson (1809-1898)
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Children: Cicero L. Stevenson (1857-1922), George walton Stephenson (1860-1926), Sallie C. Stephenson (1860-1937), Laura Ellen Stephenson Sherrod (1862-1939), Cyrus Johnson Stephenson (1866-1940), W. C. Stephenson (1866-1940), Mary Virginia Stephenson Kennedy (1872-1925), and Asa Lawrence Stephenson (1873-1955).
Source:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25954719/asa-castleberry-stephenson: accessed 25 January 2023), memorial page for Elder Asa Castleberry Stephenson (25 Mar 1835–19 Nov 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 25954719, citing Fredonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Sons of Confederate Veterans (contributor 51152750).