Georgia: Coweta County: Biography of HENRY T. SHORES ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Nel Rocklein TAROCKLEIN@aol.com ==================================================================== HENRY T. SHORES, a prosperous farmer and native of Coweta county, was born in 1842, his parents, Daniel and Elizabeth (Kilgore) Shores, being also natives of the state of which his grandparents on both sides were among the pioneer settlers. His paternal grandparents, Planner and Nancy (Dorman) Shores, were natives of Maryland and settlers of Putnam county, Ga., while his mother's parents, John and Priscilla (Wood) Kilgore, were born in Pennsylvania. Daniel Shores settled in Coweta county after the death of his father, and here his son Henry was reared with but limited educational advantages, having attended school only four weeks in all. In July, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Eighth Georgia regiment, under Capt. Howard, upon whose death Capt. Malone was put in command. Mr. Shores took an active part in many of the fiercest engagements of the war. He was in the second battle of Manassas; in that seven days of almost continuous conflict that culminated in the furious struggle of Malvern Hill, scenes the like of which "had never before been enacted on the American continent;" he fought along the Rappahannock, and at Spottsylvania courthouse; he was all through the Wilderness campaign, and in the fiercest and most bloody battles, or series of battles, of the war, the fierce strife at Gettysburg, when more than 50,000 brave men were numbered among the killed, wounded or missing. Mr. Shores was wounded by a shell in the abdomen, from the results of which injury he has been a suffered all his life, and obliged to wear a truss. He was at Charleston for about four months, but as soon as sufficiently recovered returned to his regiment, then at Chattanooga, with which he remained until the close of the war. He was present at the surrender of Appomattox, and then set out for home, walking more than half the way. On reaching home he began work, receiving $8 per month for the first five months; his second employer was Dr. Reese. In 1867 he had saved enough to purchase a mule, by the aid of which he began farming for himself. Thus he continued by industry and close economy to gather wealth, and is now the owner of a fine farm of 800 acres in a good state of cultivation, and is one of Coweta county's most valued and beloved citizens. His wife, whom he married in February, 1868, was Miss Della Latimore, born in Oglethorpe county in 1846, and the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Jordan) Latimore. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Shores have two daughters, Leila and Lillie T. The former is the wife of Jack Croley, and they have two children, Forest G., and an infant. Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical Association, 1895.