Reuben Lafayette "Fate" Sullivan 1841–1892 – Genealogical Records

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Genealogy Event 1
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 23 Aug 1841
Event Place: , Autauga, Alabama
Record Source:
[1] U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Mississippi; NAI: 586957; Record Group Title: Carded Records Showing Military Service of S
[2] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Center Point, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: 660; Page: 106A; Enumeration District: 028
[3] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockford, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M593_11; Page: 367B; Family History Library Film: 545510
[4] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 4, Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: M653_585; Page: 374; Family History Library Film: 803585
[5] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: M432_375; Page: 387A; Image: 329
[6] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
[7] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: , Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: M432_375; Page: 387; Image: 326.
[8] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockford, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
[9] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Center Point, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: T9_660; Family History Film: 1254660; Page: 106.1000; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 0071.
[10] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 4, Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: M653_585; Page: 0; Image: 375.

Genealogy Event 2
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: , Lauderdale, Mississippi
Record Source: Listed in home with parents, Elisha and Mary Sullivan.

Genealogy Event 3
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: M432_375; Page: 387A; Image: 329

Genealogy Event 4
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: , Lauderdale, Mississippi
Record Source: Living with father, Elisha Sullivan

Genealogy Event 5
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Beat 4, Lauderdale, Mississippi, USA
Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 4, Lauderdale, Mississippi; Roll: M653_585; Page: 374; Family History Library Film: 803585

Genealogy Event 6
Event Type: Occupation
Event Date: 1861
Record Source: «b»20th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry «b»
20th Infantry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1861 with men from Bolivar, Monroe, Noxubee, Adams, Scott, Carroll, and Newton counties. The unit moved to Virginia, then Tennessee where in February, 1862, it was captured at Fort Donelson. In this engagement it lost 19 killed of the 31 officers and 469 men present. The regiment was exchanged and assigned to Tilghman's and J.Adams' Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. For a time it served in the Vicksburg area, then transferred to the Army of Tennessee. Placed in J.Adams' and Lowry's Brigade, the 20th was involved in the Atlanta and Tennessee Campaigns and ended the war in North Carolina. Only a remnant surrendered on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels William N. Brown and D.R. Russell; Lieutenant Colonels D.H. Maury, Horace H. Miller, and Walter A. Rorer; and Majors William M. Chatfield, Thomas B. Graham, and C.K. Massey.

«b»8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry «b»
8th Infantry Regiment was organized at Enterprize, Mississippi, during the spring of 1861. Many of its members were from Jones, Wilkinson, and Clarke counties. The unit served in Florida and Mississippi, then was assigned to General J.K. Jackson's, Gist's, and Lowry's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It participated in the campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. This regiment lost forty-seven percent of the 282 at Murfreesboro and twenty-three percent of the 375 at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, it totalled 287 men and 169 arms. Its casualties at the Battle of Atlanta were 13 killed, 71 wounded, and 3 missing, and few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels G.C. Chandler, Guilford G. Flynt, and John C. Wilkinson; Lieutenant Colonels James T. Gates, Aden McNeill, and John F. Smith; and Majors Andrew E. Moody, George F. Peek, and William Watkins.

Genealogy Event 7
Event Type: Occupation
Event Date: 4 May 1865
Event Place: Citronelle, AL
Record Source:
[1] Civil War Records
[2] Roll of Prisioners of War of divers companines and regiments (detatched) of the Confederate States Army, commanded by Lt. Col. R. H. Lindsay, surrendered at Citronelle, AL, by Lieut. Gen. R. Taylor C.S. A., to Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A., May 4, 1865, and paroled at Meridian, Miss, May 12, 1865.

Roll dated Meridian, Miss, May 12, 1865

Genealogy Event 8
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1867
Event Place: Coosa, Alabama, USA
Record Source: Alabama, Voter Registration

Genealogy Event 9
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1870
Event Place: , Coosa, Alabama
Record Source: Sullivan R L 26 abt 1844 Male White Mississippi Rockford, Coosa, Alabama
Sullivan Margaret 25 abt 1845 Female White Alabama Rockford, Coosa, Alabama
Sullivan M E 4 abt 1866 Female White Alabama Rockford, Coosa, Alabama
Sullivan S E 2 abt 1868 Female White Alabama Rockford, Coosa, Alabama

Source: Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockford, Coosa, Alabama; Roll M593_11; Page: 367B; Image: 168; Family History Library Film: 545510.

Genealogy Event 10
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1870
Event Place: Rockford, Coosa, Alabama, USA
Record Source:
[1] U.S., Selected Federal Census Non-Population Schedules, 1850-1880, Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockford, Coosa, Alabama; Archive Collection Number: M279; Roll: 27; Page: 53; Line: 14; Schedule Type: Agriculture
[2] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Rockford, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M593_11; Page: 367B; Family History Library Film: 545510

Genealogy Event 11
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Center Point, Noxubee, Mississippi
Record Source: Sullivan «tab»Rueben L. «tab»White «tab»Male «tab»38 «tab»abt 1842 Self (Head) «tab»Married «tab»Alabama South Carolina South Carolina
Sullivan «tab»Margaret«tab» «tab»White «tab»Female «tab»34 «tab»abt 1846 «tab»Wife «tab» Married «tab»Alabama «tab»South Carolina South Carolina
Sullivan «tab»Sarah «tab»«tab»White «tab»Female «tab»12 «tab»abt 1868 «tab»Dau«tab»«tab»«tab»Single «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama
Sullivan «tab»Frances «tab»«tab»White «tab»Female «tab»10 «tab»abt 1870 «tab»Dau «tab»«tab»«tab»Single «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama
Sullivan «tab»Bettie An«tab» «tab»White «tab»Female «tab»7 «tab»abt 1873 «tab»Dau «tab»«tab»«tab»Single «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama
Sullivan «tab»Elisha «tab»«tab»White «tab»Male «tab»5 «tab»abt 1875 «tab»Son «tab»«tab»«tab»Single «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama «tab»Alabama

Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: Center Point, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll 660; Family History Film: 1254660; Page: 106A; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 0071.

Genealogy Event 12
Event Type: Residence
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Center Point, Noxubee, Mississippi, USA
Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Center Point, Noxubee, Mississippi; Roll: 660; Page: 106A; Enumeration District: 028

Genealogy Event 13
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1885
Event Place: Beat 4, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Record Source: 1885 Lauderdale Co. MS School Census - Beat 4
Sullivan, R L
---, Sarah E«tab» 17
---, Fannie E«tab» 14
---, Bettie«tab» 12
---, Elisha J«tab» 10
---, George W 7

Genealogy Event 14
Event Type: Occupation
Event Date: 1892
Event Place: Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Record Source: Name: Sullivan, R. L. Burial No. [blank]
Home Address: Bonita, Miss.
Next of Kin: [blank] Address: [blank]
Born: 8-29-1841 At: [blank]
Date of Death: 1-8-1892 Cause: [blank]
Buried: [blank] At: Oak Grove Cemetery
City: 1 mi. S.E. Bonita, Miss. County: Lauderdale
Grave No. [blank] Lot. no.: [blank] Block: [blank] Section: [blank]
War Record: Co. I, 20th Miss. Inf.
Branch of Service: Army CSA Pvt.: Pvt
Enlisted: 4-27-1861 Discharged: 4-26-1865
Information given by: [blank]
Remarks: [blank]
Card assigned to Post No.: [blank]
Headstone: Pvt. Legion marker placed: [blank]

Source: Mississippi Confederate Grave Registration M-Z by Betty Couch Wiltshire copyright 1991
published by Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, Maryland
p. 131 Sullivan, R.L. 20th MS Inf. 1841-1892 Laud

Genealogy Event 15
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 8 Jan 1892
Event Place: , Lauderdale, Mississippi
Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

Genealogy Event 16
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: Jan 1892
Event Place: Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi
Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current