Christine,I have Marthemia Tamar Martha Donaldson born November 1831 died 1901.Daughter of David D Donaldson born 1806 and Priscilla Davis born 1813.She married Benjamin Taylor.Could Martha been married twice?I see you have her married to a Lassiter Debra Maddox Wilson Greenback,Tn

She was married to Wiley Berry Lassiter in 1854. He was killed during the civil war. Wiley Berry Lassiter was born 18 Aug 1832, in Alabama. On 6 Nov 1854 he married Marthemia Donaldson, known as Tamer, at Elba, Coffee, Alabama. Tamer was a daughter of David Donaldson, Jr. and Priscilla Davis and a sister to Jemina who married Wiley's brother Ephraim. Wiley worked as a wood chopper before joining the Confederate Army. He enlisted 12 March 1862 at Camp Walton, (Now known as Fort Walton Beach). Enlisting with Berry were his brother Ephraim, two of his sisters husbands, and possibly two younger brothers. Berry was a Corporal in Company "E", lst Florida Infantry. He was captured 22 July 1864 near Atlanta, Georgia and imprisoned at Camp Chase at Columbus, Ohio. He died 6 Jan 1865 of Variola (Small-pox). The good folks in Columbus were angry to have a Confederate Cemetery within their city and set about moving it six miles out of town. There is a book about this prison in the Ohio State Library relating glowing terms of "The best food many of those poor southern boys ever ate." And how well they were treated. Jack Burns, an elderly kin of Dick's told me that his ancestor was a guard at Camp Chase and it was a deplorable institution. He remembered tales he heard as a boy about prison life. He was told the prisoners had 1/2 cup of rice a day and one cup of water. They were not medicated properly, were given one thin, ragged blanket in the harshest of winters and slept on the ground. Many froze to death, most starved to death. It appears the book on Camp Chase is mostly fiction. There are no names to make the graves only numbers. Berry is number 712. after the war a lady from Georgia went in search of her husband's grave. She found the cemetery in a terrible state of disrepair. Until her death she used her own money to keep the cemetery free of weeds, planted flowers, and made sure each grave had a number even if there were no names. None of Berry's family had ever been to his grave site so far as I know. I was there in 1988, but did not get to visit the grave and I do regret it. Tamer had a daughter when she married Berry or, at least she had a Donaldson ++child she Brought to the marriage. Married to Marthema Tamer Donaldson (6 Nov. 1854) He may have died as a prison of war More About WILEY BERRY LASSITER: Burial: ,Camp Chase, Ohio Gene (Lassiter) Kelley http://www.geocities.com/gene_pc/index.html Researching: Lassiter, Majors, Carnley, Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: <JWi4194718@aol.com> To: <ALCOFFEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 6:34 PM Subject: Re: [ALCOFFEE] Grimes from Coffee Co., Al in Walton Co., Fl. (Sol Grimes) pik... > Christine,I have Marthemia Tamar Martha Donaldson born November 1831 died > 1901.Daughter of David D Donaldson born 1806 and Priscilla Davis born > 1813.She married Benjamin Taylor.Could Martha been married twice?I see you > have her married to a Lassiter > > Debra Maddox Wilson > Greenback,Tn > > > ==== ALCOFFEE Mailing List ==== > > Come visit with us to research and know our people and history of Coffee County, Alabama..... > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=702&sourceid=1237 > >