Silas Tidwell

1824 - 1862  (37 years)

• Name	Silas Tidwell  [1]
  Born	14 Dec 1824	Giles County, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Mar 1862	Saint Louis, St. Charles County, Missouri
  Person ID	I315	Full
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Vincent Tidwell,   b. Abt 1799, South Carolina, USA ,   d. Between 1868 and 1870, Tennessee, USA  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Phebe Ann Rackley,   b. 4 Jul 1799, Nash County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 15 May 1883, Giles County, Tennessee, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	10 Jan 1817	Giles County, Tennessee, USA   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F39	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel E. McMasters,   b. 27 Jan 1827, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 18 Nov 1884, Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana  (Age 57 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1845	Tennessee, USA
  Children	1. James K. Polk Tidwell,   b. 7 Mar 1846, Tennessee, USA ,   d. Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana + 2. John W. Tidwell,   b. 16 Oct 1848, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1890, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri  (Age 41 years) + 3. Elizabeth Phobe Johanna Tidwell,   b. 17 Feb 1851, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 11 Jun 1928, Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA  (Age 77 years)   4. Justin Edd Tidwell,   b. 1 Mar 1853, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 28 Aug 1936, Poplar Bluff, Butler County, Missouri  (Age 83 years)   5. Joseph C. Tidwell,   b. 26 Dec 1855,   d. 10 Sep 1856  (Age 0 years)   6. Zilpah Caladonia Tidwell,   b. 2 Jun 1857,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. William Vincent Tidwell,   b. 4 Feb 1860, Tennessee, USA ,   d. 1 Mar 1933, Weslaco, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2009
  Family ID	F129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (Research):Silas Tidwell, Civil War. Two listings in the Soldier and Sailor's Database: «b»52«/b» «u»Tidwell, Silas «/u» Confederate Infantry «u»11th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry «b»53«/b» «u»Tidwell, Silas «/u» Confederate Infantry «u»32nd Regiment, Tennessee Infantry «/u»

  
  

• Sources

  [S416] Tennessee, Giles - 1830 U.S. Census, (1830 U.S. census, Giles County, Tennessee, population schedule), Giles County, Tennessee, pg 184, line 2, Vince Tidwell household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). [S416] Tennessee, Giles - 1830 U.S. Census, (1830 U.S. census, Giles County, Tennessee, population schedule), Giles County, Tennessee, pg 184, line 2, Vince Tidwell household, jpeg image (Reliability: 3). His father, Vincent Tidwell, was enumerated in Giles Co TN in 1820 and 1830, and it is overwhelmingly likely that Silas was born in that county. [S27] Tennessee, Giles - Giles County Lineage Book, Giles County Historical Society, (Pulaski, Tennessee : Giles County Historical Society, 1982, rev. 1987). [S26] Tennessee, Giles - Early Marriages Giles Co TN, Clara M. Parker, compiler, (Pulaski, Tennessee : HBA Rapid Print, [199-?]), entry for Vincent Tidwell and Phebe Rackley, p. 53 (Reliability: 3). Vincent TIDWELL to Phebe RACKLEY 10 Jan 1817 [S28] Tidwell - Bio of Callaway Hardin Tidwell, ("Giles County, Tennessee, Tidwell Biographies," «i»Giles County Middle Tennessee«/i» (http://www.tngenweb.org/giles), GenWeb project; citing «i»Goodspeed's History of Giles County, 1886«/i»; biographical entry for Callaway H. Tidwell).