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PVT John Thomas "Jack" Lesley

17 Apr 1848 – 17 Mar 1929

Birth	17 Apr 1848
Death	17 Mar 1929
Cemetery	Carlock Cemetery McMinn County , Tennessee , USA
Added by	Glenda Rowland on 05 Mar 2021
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8966898

Bio

John Lesley enlisted with the Union army at age 15. He was being held prisoner in Alabama when he was put on the Sultana to be taken up the Mississippi River to be paroled. He survived the explosion on the ship that took place on 27 April 1865. Of the 2500 men onboard the overcrowded ship, Lesley was one of 800 who survived the disaster. Mr. Lesley's middle name of Thomas provided by Shad Wilde #48333508.

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Family

Parents

• Nancy Shadden Lesley 1804–1857 FaG
• Thomas Lesley III 1805–1881 FaG

Spouse

• Martha Jane Cass Lesley 1848–1888 FaG
• Lucretia Haseltine Payne Lesley 1859–1926

Siblings

• William Harris Leslie 1839–1879 FaG
• Mary Leslie Shadden 1842–1902 FaG
• James Wiley Leslie 1843–1913 FaG
• Thomas Leslie 1845–1902 FaG
• Jane Ann Leslie McClellan 1866–1899 FaG

Children

• Minnie Etta Lesley Corbet 1869–1945 FaG
• Mary V. Lesley 1873–1888 FaG
• Benjamin Burchard Leslie 1877–1940 FaG
• Grace Lesley Green 1881–1961 FaG
• Thomas L. Brient Lesley 1886–1887 FaG
• Ray Starritt Leslie 1888–1946 FaG
• Sallie E. Lesley 1892–1975

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