John Lackey - Great grandfather
John Franklin Lackey (great grandfather, CSA)
John was born Jun 17,1826 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. In April 1853 he married Elizabeth Miller and had four children, one of which died in 1861. He was drafted into Company D, Virginia 27th Infantry Regiment on Mar 19, 1862 at the age of 35. He returned home in Nov 1862 because his wife and children contracted diphtheria and they all died. In Jan 1863 he enlisted in Company D, Virginia 14th Cavalry. In Jan 1865 he was sent home to find a new horse but it is uncertain whether or not he returned. On Nov 19, 1863 he married Rebecca Agnes Leech with whom he had six children. John died Jan 28, 1894 in Fancy Hill (a few miles north of Natural Bridge), Rockbridge County and was buried in the Broad Creek ARP Church Cemetery.
Isaac Anderson Lackey (great great uncle, CSA)
Isaac was born Mar 17, 1822 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Leech and they had eight children between 1851 and 1860 including two sets of twins. In Nov, 1863 at age 41 he enlisted in Company E, Virginia 26th Cavalry Regiment. He died Sept 17, 1870 and was buried in the New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Raphine, Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Thomas T. Lackey (great great uncle, CSA)
Thomas was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1824 or 1825. He married Margaret Decker in Aug 1848 who died in 1860. At the time of his enlistment in Apr 1862 he was a widow with five children between 3 and 13 years. He served in the Virginia Botetourt Light Artillery Battery but was mustered out in Jun 1863. He would marry again in May, 1869 to Susan McCrory and have one more child. Thomas died in 1877 at Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County. [Thomas also had two brother-in-laws who served for the CSA: Edward Hughes McCrory and William Thomas MCrory.]
Nathan A. Lackey (1st cousin, twice removed - CSA), son of Samuel Lackey (great great uncle)
Nathan was born March 11, 1842 in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Apr, 1862 he enlisted. He served with Company I, Virginia 4th Infantry and was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, south of Washington, D.C., in May 1863.
William Robert Lackey (1st cousin, twice removed - CSA), son of Samuel Lackey (great great uncle)
William was born Dec 1, 1844 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Feb, 1864 he enlisted in Company H, 14th Cavalry Regiment. In Jan 1881 he married Ida Parker and they had seven children. William died Apr 1926 in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County.
Robert W. Cochran (great great uncle by marriage, CSA)
Robert was born in 1829 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He married Phoebe Elizabeth Lackey (great great aunt, sister to John Lackey). In Mar 1864 he was drafted to Company D, Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment. He was captured while serving with the Army of Northern Virginia and was sent to POW Camp Lookout in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He died there June 16, 1864, reportedly from disease, and was buried in the Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery.
Elizabeth was born July 6, 1833 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Apr 1853 she married John Franklin Lackey and they had four children. One died as a toddler, the other three children and Elizabeth died of diphtheria. While her brothers are not blood relatives to my family, they were certainly a part of the Lackey extended family. [Elizabeth also had three brother-in-laws that served in the CSA: James W. Alexander, George William Watkins and Alexander Gibson Brown.]
William B. Miller (brother-in-law of John Lackey, CSA)
William was born 1833. He enlisted in Apr 1862 and served in the Amherst Light Artillery Battery until Aug 1862. He died in Jan 1907 and was buried in the Broad Creek ARP Church Cemetery in Rockbridge County.
John Pressley Miller (brother-in-law of John Lackey, CSA)
John was born Aug 15, 1837. He enlisted in Aug 1861 in Company E, Virginia 52nd Infantry Regiment and served with the Army of Northern Virginia. He was mustered out Apr 9, 1865 at the confederate surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. (While the records of most of the soldiers on this list do not indicate when their service ended, John was one of the longest serving soldiers on this list.) He died Aug 12, 1916 and was buried in the Broad Creek ARP Church Cemetery in Rockbridge County.
Samuel Henry Miller (brother-in-law of John Lackey, CSA)
Samuel, born Dec 10, 1840, served in the Virginia 52nd Infantry Regiment. On Aug 5, 1862, he died from typhoid fever in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Thomas was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia in 1824 or 1825. He married Margaret Decker in Aug 1848 who died in 1860. At the time of his enlistment in Apr 1862 he was a widow with five children between 3 and 13 years. He served in the Virginia Botetourt Light Artillery Battery but was mustered out in Jun 1863. He would marry again in May, 1869 to Susan McCrory and have one more child. Thomas died in 1877 at Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County. [Thomas also had two brother-in-laws who served for the CSA: Edward Hughes McCrory and William Thomas MCrory.]
Nathan A. Lackey (1st cousin, twice removed - CSA), son of Samuel Lackey (great great uncle)
Nathan was born March 11, 1842 in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Apr, 1862 he enlisted. He served with Company I, Virginia 4th Infantry and was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville, south of Washington, D.C., in May 1863.
William Robert Lackey (1st cousin, twice removed - CSA), son of Samuel Lackey (great great uncle)
William was born Dec 1, 1844 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Feb, 1864 he enlisted in Company H, 14th Cavalry Regiment. In Jan 1881 he married Ida Parker and they had seven children. William died Apr 1926 in Timber Ridge, Rockbridge County.
Robert W. Cochran (great great uncle by marriage, CSA)
Robert was born in 1829 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. He married Phoebe Elizabeth Lackey (great great aunt, sister to John Lackey). In Mar 1864 he was drafted to Company D, Virginia 25th Infantry Regiment. He was captured while serving with the Army of Northern Virginia and was sent to POW Camp Lookout in St. Mary's County, Maryland. He died there June 16, 1864, reportedly from disease, and was buried in the Point Lookout Confederate Cemetery.
Elizabeth Lackey Miller - first wife of John Franklin Lackey
Elizabeth was born July 6, 1833 in Kerrs Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Apr 1853 she married John Franklin Lackey and they had four children. One died as a toddler, the other three children and Elizabeth died of diphtheria. While her brothers are not blood relatives to my family, they were certainly a part of the Lackey extended family. [Elizabeth also had three brother-in-laws that served in the CSA: James W. Alexander, George William Watkins and Alexander Gibson Brown.]
William B. Miller (brother-in-law of John Lackey, CSA)
William was born 1833. He enlisted in Apr 1862 and served in the Amherst Light Artillery Battery until Aug 1862. He died in Jan 1907 and was buried in the Broad Creek ARP Church Cemetery in Rockbridge County.
John Pressley Miller (brother-in-law of John Lackey, CSA)
John was born Aug 15, 1837. He enlisted in Aug 1861 in Company E, Virginia 52nd Infantry Regiment and served with the Army of Northern Virginia. He was mustered out Apr 9, 1865 at the confederate surrender at Appomattox, Virginia. (While the records of most of the soldiers on this list do not indicate when their service ended, John was one of the longest serving soldiers on this list.) He died Aug 12, 1916 and was buried in the Broad Creek ARP Church Cemetery in Rockbridge County.
Samuel Henry Miller (brother-in-law of John Lackey, CSA)
Samuel, born Dec 10, 1840, served in the Virginia 52nd Infantry Regiment. On Aug 5, 1862, he died from typhoid fever in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Rebecca Agnes Leech Lackey - Great Grandmother, second wife of John Lackey
Rebecca was born Apr 28, 1831 in Rockbridge County. She married Thomas Preston Lackey in Nov 1852 and they had three children. Thomas died in 1860 at the age of 34. In Nov 1863 she married John Franklin Lackey. They had six children including my paternal grandmother, Fannie Drucilla Lackey. Rebecca died in Jan 1900.
John Addison Miller (great great uncle by marriage, USA)
John was born April 28, 1829 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Aug 1851 he married Mary Malinda Leech (sister of Rebecca Leech). They had six children. In 1864 they moved to Iowa. John enlisted in Company G, Iowa 4th Infantry Regiment. He was killed in the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, the opening battle in the effort to capture Vicksburg, Mississippi and control the Mississippi River.
William D. Leech (great great uncle by marriage, CSA)
William was born Apr 19, 1833 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. In Dec, 1857 he married Isabella C. Leech (sister of Rebecca Leech) and had four children. He enlisted in Company F, Virginia 27th Infantry Regiment. William died Sept 30, 1881 and was buried in the High Bridge Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Natural Bridge, Rockbridge County.
John Preston Leech (First cousin, twice removed, USA)
John was born July 8, 1837 in Rockbridge County, Virginia (son of James H. Leech who, by a common father was a half brother of Rebecca Leech). In 1855 he and his parents moved to Lucas County, Iowa and in Sept 1861 he married Mary Jane Cooper in Scotland County, Iowa. They had two children. He enlisted in Company G, Missouri 3rd Cavalry Regiment. John died Oct 12, 1865 in Memphis, Scotland County and was buried in Afton, Union County, Iowa.
James G. Leech (First cousin, twice removed, USA)
James was born Mar 4, 1842 in Rockbridge County, Virginia (son of James H. Leech who, by a common father, was a half brother of Rebecca Leech). In 1855 he and his parents moved to Lucas County, Iowa. In Oct 1862 James enlisted in Company G, Iowa 34th Infantry Regiment. He was mustered out Mar 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri [according to his obituary] "at the Good Samaritan Hospital, having contracted heart trouble and tuberculosis". He married Sarah Elizabeth Whitten in June, 1867 and they had ten children. He died on Aug 25, 1919 in Humeston, Wayne County, Iowa and was buried in the Derby Cemetery, Derby, Lucas County, Iowa.
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