LOGAN CO, AR - JAMES MADISON HISE & CYNTHIA ANN HAVNER HISE - Bio Submitted by: Glen & Millie Biren ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ====================================================================== James Madison Hise & Cynthia Ann Havner Hise Children - 1. Thomas Lafayette "Fate" Hise 2. Loretta Hise 3. Ida L. Hise 4. James Richard Hise 5. Edward Hise James & Cynthia Hise left Jasper, Tennessee in the early 1880's. They first went to Dutch Creek Valley in Arkansas, but when they couldn't find land they wanted, they finally settled in Sugar Grove, AR. It was told he was the first man to bring a wagon across the mountains at the present Southern Home Road, between Potato Hill and Flood Mountain. In 1881 they lived in a big log house near where they eventually built the house now called the "Grandma House", which is still standing near Hise Hill in Sugar Grove, AR. James Madison Hise and Cynthia are buried in the Sugar Grove, AR cemetery. On the headstone Cynthia's name is spelled Cyntha A. Hise. The Civil War records on James Madison Hise state he enlisted in the service of the Confederacy on 15 Aug.1861 at Bridgeport. Alabama, about 10 miles south of Jasper, TN, just over the line. He advanced to the rank of 2nd Lt. in Company A, 4th Regiment of the Confederate Tennessee Infantry. (This company was designated as: Capt. Bosticks' Company, Churchwell's Confederate Regiment Tennessee Infantry and Co. A. 34th Regiment Tennessee Infantry. Although designated the 34th Regiment Tenn. Inf. by the Confederate War Dept., it was known in the field as the 4th Confederate Regiment Tennessee Infantry, and as Churchwell's Regiment Tennessee Volunteers.) His company served a number of months guarding a Fort near the Cumberland Gap. One of his pay slips, notes that he was on extra duty supervising work on fortifications near Shelbyville in March and April 1863. However, his real test came about near Marietta, Georgia, just North of Atlanta during the months of May and June 1864. He was captured near Kenesaw Mountain on 27 June 1864 and sent to Louisville, Kentucky Military Prison by 14 July 1864. He was then sent to Johnson's Island (near Sandusky, Ohio on Lake Erie) approx. 15 July 1864. (It was told by his grandson, the late Recil Hise that he had to eat rats in order to survive there). He was released at the end of the war and took the oath of allegiance to the United States on 14 June 1865. A report made and submitted to the War Dept. by a commanding officer of one of the other regiments in the battle of Kenesaw Mtn. described the battle and stated that it appears in all likelihood that James Madison Hise was one of the pickets stationed in front of the battle line to give the alert should the enemy start coming in. As on the 3rd day the North broke through the pickets, and after that they had none...finally retreating toward Atlanta. That area was in war for approximately 3 months. There is a National Battlefield there now called the Kenesaw Mountain National Battlefield. He also fought in (according to his Civil War papers) ... these including the Battle of Stone River "Bloodiest Battle fought in the South", and the Battle of Missionary Ridge. _________________________ Millie Hise Biren gmbiren@jps.net ======================================================================