WESLEY RUFUS BULLINGTON
1 stTENNESSEE MOUNTED INFANTRY
USA
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: 8 November 1846 in Rockingham County, North Carolina (Tombstone says 8 March 1847)
Died: 16 April 1916 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Bullington Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Josiah and Sarah "Sallie" (Mahan) Bullington
1st Married: Nancy Eveline Bray on 27 Apr 1864 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 13 October 1844 in Tennessee
Died: 3 January 1879 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried:
Parents: Moses and Catherine (Unknown) Bray
Children:
- Mary Virginia Bullington
- Sarah Alice Bullington
- Robert E. Lee Bullington
- Henry Clay Bullington
- Julia E. Bullingtoon
- Andrew Jackson Bullington
- George Washington Bullington
2nd Married: Louise Tennessee Garrison on 13 October 1881 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 1 March 1860 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Died: 15 November 1921 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Morgan Pippin Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Samuel and Frances (Finn) Garrison
Children:
- Jefferson Sewell Bullington
- Pruda Frances Bullington
- Charles Dibrell Bullington
- Samuel Butler Bullington
- Harriett Elizabeth Bullington
- Ewing V. Bullington
- Virgel Bullington
- Garlen Bullington
RELATIVES WHO SERVED
- Brother-in-law: Alexander Kinnaird - 8th Tennesseee (Dibrell's) Cavalry - CSA
MILITARY INFORMATION
1 stTennessee Mounted Infantry
Company I
ABSTRACT:
- Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Corporal
- Born: Rockingham County, Tenn
- Age: 18
- Occupation: Farmer
- Enlisted 1 Jan 1865 at Carthage, TN
- Eyes: Blue
- Hair: Light
- Complexion: Fair
- Height: 5' 6"
- Mustered In 1 Jan 1865 in Gallatin, TN
- Promoted to Corporal on 7 Jan 1865
- Enlistment Papers state born in Rockingham County, NC
US PENSION APPLICATION
- 25 July 1890 - Invalid Application #824,063; Certificate #649619
- 1 May 1916 - Widow's Application #1066227; Certificate #812896
- Download Pension Application
CENSUS DATA
- 1850 Census: Rockingham County, NC, Page 22
- 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 16
- 1870 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 112
- 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 86A
- 1900 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 197A
- 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 18B
OBITUARY
Putnam County Herald
27 April 1916
Vol. XIV, No. 17, Page 5
- Wesley Bullington died at his home two miles southwest of town Saturday, April 22, 1916 after an illness of several weeks.
ADDITIONAL DATA
- Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1916) - #362 - Wesley Rufus Bullington
Wesley R. and Tennessee Bullington
Photo Source: Siftings from Putnam County, Tennessee, Page 90