**Information courtesy of Lee Cooke
ELISHA RHINEHART entered the
Civil War in May, 1862 as part of the 41st
Alabama Infantry,
Company E. Wounded in the small of the back by a rail
that was hit and broken
by a Cannon ball at Murfeesboro, Tennessee.
Captured December 4, 1864 and sent to
Rock Island, Illinois. Released
June 18, 1865. In 1896 he was
farming three hundred and
three acres of hill land at
Jericho in Perry Co. Alabama. He
also had two cows and a few
sheep. In 1900,
two of his daughters Margaret Elizabeth "Mag" and Harriet Clamander
"Callie"
and their children were living
with him due to the deaths of their husbands. At age 66,
E.B.
Thompson M.D. reported that the resultant back wound
was" painful all the time".
Additionally, Dr. Thompson
reported " Has Rheumatism frequent attacks--has
piles at times and suffers from tumeral breakdown and
debility". Farmed in the Heiberger, Alabama
area and
had approximately 40 acre farm at the time
of his death. On May 21, 1914 after he
reached 80 years old, he
applied for an
increased pension for
support and
maintenance.
His land was probated
to his second wife over the objection of some
of his children. He died on
August 29,
1914.
Obit:
DEATH OF ELISHA RHINEHART
Mr.
Elisha Rhinehart, age 70 years, died
at his home in the Heiberger community, in the
northern section of the county,
Saturday morning August 29th, after only a few days illness.
The remains
were interred Sunday afternoon in the Bethlehem cemetery, Dr.
Byrd Moore conducting the
funeral service.
Mr.
Rhinehart was an active member
of the Methodist church, a good
neighbor and a good friend. He was a confederate
veteran and fought the battles of his country with valor
and zeal.
Another of Perry's old landmarks has been called to his
reward leaving a record of good deeds
that will long live after him. His cortege was perhaps
the largest that ever assembled in this
part of the county to pay
the last sad rites to the deceased citizen. Mr Rhinehart's
posterity and relatives permeate the entire county. There
lived no man in the county more highly
esteemed and his death brings sadness and sorrow to the hearts of all
our
people.
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