Alexander KIDD 1838 - 1907

CIVIL WAR SOLDIER: Corporal, in 3rd TN Cavalry, Company A (Union Army) Joined 11/10/1862, Knoxville, TN., Knoxville, TN. Captured by Confederate troops at the battle of Sulphur Branch Trestle in Alabama, 9/24/1864. Sent to Cahaba Prison, a prisoner of war camp in Dallas County, Alabama. Was paroled on 4/21/1865. Alexander survived the disastrous Sultana (steamer) explosion in which his brother James William and cousin James Franklin were killed.
Discharged from the Union Army on 6/10/1865, Nashville, TN.
Source: Military record.


DESCENDANTS OF ALEXANDER (1838, TN-1907, TN) & MARGARET (MCBATH/MCBETH) KIDD

Child 1: Arlinia/Arlina KIDD DOB: ca 1868, TN per 1870 Blount Co., TN Census. Living with parents at the time of the 1900 Census

Child 2: Charles Andrew KIDD DOB: ca 1870, TN per 1870 Blount Co., TN Census DOB: 5/27/1870 per memorial stone. Died: Nov 30, 1941 per memorial stone. Married: Sarah Tennessee 'Tinnie' McReynolds, DOM: 1894, DOB: 1875, DOD: 1937
Both Buried: Carpenters Campground Cemetery, Maryville, TN Blount County.

Child 3: Cora KIDD DOB: ca 1874 per 1880 Blount Co., TN Census. Note: This would appear to be the Cora KIDD who married William McReynolds, 12/18/1895, Blount County, TN.
Married by James H. McConnell, M.G.

Child 4: Lowry R. KIDD (Male) DOB: ca 1877 per 1880 Blount County, TN Census; DOB: 8/ /1876 per 1900 Census; 1876 per grave marker.
Living with parents at the time of the 1900 Census; Died: 1933 per grave marker
Buried: Clarks Grove Cemetery, Blount County, TN

Child 5: Dick KIDD DOB: after 1870 Note: This may/may not be the Richard KIDD who married Minnie KIDD. ‘Dick’ could be a nickname. See Note below per Child 6

Child 6: Horace? ("Pete"?) KIDD DOB: 7/ /1880 per 1900 Census
Note: Dick and Horace (#5 & 6) may be one and the same, perhaps listed by different names in the different census.

Child 7: Rubie KIDD DOB: 1884 per memorial stone (per daughter Alex & M. E.) Died: 1898 per memorial stone. Buried: Clarks Grove Cem., Maryville, TN

Child 8: Blanch KIDD DOB: 9/ /1887, TN per 1900 Blount Co., TN Census
Note: This may be the Blanch Edith KIDD who married Frank Allison,
8/2/1908, Blount County, TN, Edwin W. Hall, MG.


Child 9: Frida (Freda?) KIDD DOB: 8/ /1890, TN per 1900 Census.
Note: This may be the Ferada Lindsay who married Walter S. McConnell, 8/2/1908, Blount Co., TN, John S. Craig, MG.


 



 


 


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