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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Ronald Bridges ================================================================================ October 1998 Biography of Thomas Jefferson Youngblood - Pike Co., AL Thomas J. Youngblood,(9) a successful farmer of Pike County, Ala. And at present a public weigher of Troy, was born near Fariorville, Bullock county, Ala., Sept. 15, 1842. He was educated at Fariorville, and at Youngblood’s Mill, Pike county, and is known as an honest, upright and faithful citizen. He was trustee of the public schools of Pike county from 1870 to 1880, has served seven years as county commissioner of Pike county, and is a member of the county board of pensions. In politics he is a conservative, "gold standard," sound currency Democrat. He enlisted as a private in Company H, Eighteenth Alabama infantry, March 10, 1862, and during the last year of the war served as sergeant. He engaged in the battles of Chickamauga, Resaca, New Hope Church, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Columbia, Franklin and Nashville, besides other smaller engagements. At Chickamauga he was twice wounded and at the siege of Atlanta was wounded by a piece of flying shell. He served gallantly as a member of the rear guard in Hood’s army in the retreat from Nashville; was at the siege of Spanish Fort, and surrendered with Gen. Richard Taylor in May, 1865. For his gallantry at Spanish Fort, where he was given command of a picked band of men and entrusted with a perilous and difficult duty, Sergeant Youngblood received public commenda- tion from his commander, Brig. Gen. James T. Holtzclaw. Mr. Youngblood is an influential member of the Good Hope Baptist church, of Pike county. This church he joined in 1865, and served nine years as clerk. He has been a deacon for the past fifteen years. He has been a master Mason in Troy lodge, No. 56, Free and Accepted Masons, since 1885. On Dec. 23, 1863, he married Josephine Arthur Jenerett, daughter of Elias(1) and Eliza (Thomas) Jenerett, who lived near Troy. Mrs. Youngblood’s maternal grandfather, James Thomas, married Mollie Welch about the year 1785 and reared a large family in North Carolina, after which they all removed to Alabama in 1835, settling near Inverness, Bullock county. They were successful farmers and influential citizens. Her grandfather Jenerett married Margaret Portervint and reared a useful and influential family in North Carolina. He served with the artillery in the Colonial army during the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Youngblood have reared a large family. The oldest daughter, Laura, married Robert M. Davis, of Worthy, Pike county, Ala. David F. married Cannie Strowd, and lives in San Antonio, Tex. John Bunyan(2) joined the Baptist church at the age of fourteen, was ordained to preach in 1893, when twenty- three years old, and was faithful to his calling until his death, March 20, 1896. James A. and George L. live in San Antonio, Tex. There are also three younger daughters: Nora V., Eula May and Arsula Winiford. David F., James A. and George L. are, respectively, president, vice-president and secretary and treasurer of the Southern Structural Steel company, of San Antonio. This company has a paid-up capital of $100,000 and is engaged in building steel cells for jails, iron bridges, etc. The grandchildren of Thomas J. Youngblood are Thomas S., Reymond L. and Ruby Davis, of Worthy, Pike county, Ala., and Hull Bunyan, Mattie, Cannie and Josephine Youngblood, of San Antonio, Tex. Thomas J. Youngblood is descended from ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. His father, James Youngblood,(3) was born in Edgefield county, S. C., in 1809; was a successful miller and planter, and in 1837 removed to Pike county, Ala. He was the son of Jacob and Sarah (Still) Youngblood, of Edgefield county, S. C. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Lee, Jr., and Sarah (Bean) Lee, in 1834, and reared a large family: John L.,(4) Sarah,(5) David,(6) James J.,(7) Jacob B.,(8) Thomas J.,(9) Amy Jane,(10) Joseph F.(11) and George W.(12) John L., David, James J., Jacob B. and Thomas J. were all soldiers in the Civil war. David fell at the battle Shiloh, and James J. at the battle of New Hope Church. The maternal great-grandfather of T. J. Youngblood, the father of Sarah (Bean) Lee, eloped from Scotland with Sarah Cassey, whom he married in Charleston, S. C., about 1760. He was successful farmer and honored citizen, and he and his wife lived for many years and reared a family of eleven children. John Lee, Sr., also a maternal great-grandfather of Thomas J., was celebrated scout, and fought with General Marion in the Revolution war. Jacob Youngblood, Sr., another great-grandfather, married Miss Robberson, of South Carolina, and also participated in the Revolution- ary war. Mr. and Mrs. Youngblood follow the religious beliefs of their ancestors, and are members of the Missionary Baptist church. (A) (A) Hon. Joel C. DuBose, Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits, Vol. II (Atlanta, GA: Southern Historical Association, 1904) , pp. 293-294. (1) Elias Jenerett (b. 24 Oct 1812 in ? & d. 1 Oct 1852 in Pike Co., AL) married Ann Eliza Thomas(b. 2 Mar 1811 in NC & d. 13 Feb 1885 in Pike Co., AL) in 1833 in Columbus Co., NC. He is buried in Beulah Cemetery, Pike Co., AL. She is buried in Goodhope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co., AL. (2) John Bunyan Youngblood(b. 29 Mar 1869 in Pike Co., AL & d. 20 Mar 1896 in Pike Co., AL) is buried in Goodhope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co., AL. (3) James Youngblood(b. 9 Mar 1809 in Edgefield Dist., SC & d. 25 Mar 1855 in Pike Co., AL) married Elizabeth Lee(b. 4 Oct 1811 in SC & d. 21 Oct 1873 in Pike Co., AL) in 1834 in SC. They are both buried in Old Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, SE of Shellhorn, Pike Co., AL. (4) John Lake Youngblood(b. 3 Jun 1835 in Edgefield Dist., SC & d. 27 Jun 1902 in Pike Co., AL) married Margaret E. Jenerett(b. 1835 in GA & d. ? in ?) on 30 Nov 1856 in Pike Co., AL. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy. (5) Sarah Youngblood(b. 1837 in AL & d. ? in ?) married Daniel Brad Mills (b. 1832 in NC & d. 1862 in ?) 5 Jan 1853 in Pike Co., AL. He was in Civil War -Co.H, 18th AL Inf. Reg., Pvt. (6) David Youngblood was born in 1839 in Pike Co., AL & d. About 1863 Shiloh, TN. (7) James J. Youngblood (b. About 1842 in AL & d. About 1863) (8) Jacob Bean Youngblood(b. 7 Apr 1841 in Pike Co., AL & d. 20 Jan 1921 in Pike Co., AL) married Queen Ann Lee(b. 9 Jan 1851 in ? & d. 21 Dec 1922 in Pike Co., AL) in unknown. (9) Thomas Jefferson Youngblood(b. 15 Sep 1842 in Fariorville, Bullock Co., AL & d. 25 Mar 1921 in Pike Co., AL) married Josephine Arthur Jenerett(b. 6 Jan 1843 in Pike Co., AL & d. 15 Nov 1913 in Pike Co., AL) 23 Dec 1863 in Pike Co., AL. They are both buried in Goodhope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co., AL. (10) Amy Jane Youngblood was born in 1844 in Pike Co., AL and died unknown. (11) Joseph F. Youngblood(b. Abt. 1848 in Pike Co., AL & d. ?) married Sarah Marie Barnett(b. Oct 1850 in AL & d. ?) (12) George W. Youngblood(b. 19 Aug 1850 in Pike Co., AL & d. 24 Sep 1892 in Pike Co., AL) married Minnie Jane (?) (b. 23 Dec 1857 in ? & d. 5 Feb 1936 in Pike Co., AL) in unknown. They are both buried in Old Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, SE of Shellhorn, Pike Co., AL. Researched by Ronald Davis Bridges in 1997 and 1998.