1901, The Lame Lion's Cub...John Warwick Daniel Jr

In 1901, James Henderson Moran III received an invitation to attend the wedding of his good friend John W. Daniel Jr.

John Warwick Daniel Jr was the son of John Warwick Daniel Sr, a prominent attorney and politician of Lynchburg, Virginia.  John Sr. had served as a Major in the Confederate States and received a debilitating wound at the Battle of the Wilderness which is where he got his nickname, The Lame Lion of Lynchburg.  He represented the state of Virginia in the US House and Senate. He ran for Governor for the state of Virginia but failed to win the election.  

John Jr. was engaged to Mary Edna Bishop, the daughter of a prominent physician in Washington D.C.  They were married in 1901 and had a daughter in 1907 named Mary Edna Eleanor Daniel.  Cadet John Warwick Daniel Jr was photographed by renowned Lynchburg photographer, Adam H. Plecker. Another photograph, done in profile, of John Jr resides at the Lynchburg Museum.

John Warwick Daniel Jr.
Photographed by Adam H. Plecker

   

Gaines William Adams, 1837 - 1892

Original image by Steve McCray and posted with his permission.
I've tweaked the coloring a bit.
He is buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery.

Gaines William Adams was born in Kentucky, most likely Pulaski County, in 1837.  He is the son of Absalom Adams (1803 - 1862) and Cyntha Evans (1805 - 1879) and the brother of my husbands great great grandfather, Cyrennus (Cy) W. Adams (1826 - 1893).  While Cy and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Cummins (1843-1881) stayed in Kentucky some of the other Adams' moved to Missouri.

Absalom and Cyntha Evans are buried in the Old School Presbyterian Cemetery in Clinton County Missouri as is Rachel S. McWilliams Adams, Gaines' wife.  In addition, their son William (Willie) S. Adams (1870-1887) is also buried in this cemetery.  

During the Civil War, Gaines William Adams was appointed Sergeant in Company H, 4th Regiment Missouri State Militia Cavalry, April 1862.  He enlisted in March 1862 and was discharged April 1865.  We don't usually have a physical description of people but according to the records from the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Soldiers when he was age 52 he was 5'8" tall, light complexion, blue eyes and light colored hair.  He was listed as a farmer.

Appointed Sergeant, April 1862.

It seems that as fast as you get appointed you can get reduced back to private.  In November, 1862, a few days shy of 6 months, Gaines was reduced from Sergeant and sent back to the ranks.

Reduced back to private, Nov. 1862.

Then in January 1865, Gaines receives a Special Order.  He is detailed as an orderly and is to report immediately to Jefferson City for duty.

Special Order, detailed as an orderly and to report immediately to Jefferson City.

Civil War Service Application, 1888

This record comes from the U.S. National Homes for Disabled Veterans. He was admitted in January 1888.  He died there November 19, 1892 from a ruptured left ventricle. He left behind "letters and trinkets" and forty cents which were all sent to Mary.

Gaines William Adams is buried at the Leavenworth National Cemetery and was provided with a military headstone.

Military Headstone provided for a deceased veteran.

Mrs. Simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky 1831-1873

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Mary Jane Kingsbury was the daughter of Major Julius Kingsbury and Jane Stebbins of Connecticutt.  She and Second Lieutenant Simon Bolivar Buckner (my husbands first cousin thrice removed) met at Sackett's Harbor when both he and her father were stationed there during the mid to late 1840's.  Buckner went off to the Mexican War and kept up a correspondence with Miss Kingsbury. When he returned they were married in Old Lyme on May 2, 1850. The couple had two children, Lily and Henry.  Henry (1860 - abt 1861) died sometime before the age of two.  Lily (1858-1893) grew to adulthood and married Morris B. Belknap. After suffering from tuberculosis for five years Mary Jane Kingsbury Buckner succumbed to the disease in January 1874.

From the book Simon Bolivar Buckner Borderland Knight by Arndt M. Stickles

Simon Bolivar Buckner was a military man and politician.  He rose to the rank of General in the Confederate States Army and in 1887 was elected Governor of Kentucky. Eleven years after the death of his wife, Mary Kingsbury Buckner, he married Delia Claiborne.  Their son, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr, went on to have his own impressive military career even reaching the rank of General as did his father.