Notes |
- In the 1850 census, 3rd Civil District, Blount County, James was described as a
blacksmith aged 30, wife Mary aged 25, children Elizabeth aged 7 and Calvin
aged 3.
During the Civil War Calvin McTeere lost his index finger as the result of a
wound suffered 14 May 1864 at the Battle of Recaca, Georgia, while he was
serving as a private soldier in Company I 5th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers; he
enlisted at Sale Creek, Tennessee on 1 October 1863 and was mustered out at
Nashville, Tennessee on 30 Jun 1865. After the War he was a blacksmith in
Gordon County, Georgia (1878), Ranger, Georgia (1915) and his last years were
spent at the home of his daughter in East Point (a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia).
----------
Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 116.
|