Atha, Clifton S.

Item

Title
Atha, Clifton S.
Alias
Atha, Clifton Steele
Gender
Male
Biography
On August 26, 1913 Clifton Atha filed an application for confederate pension. Atha wrote that he was a prisoner of war at Stone River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Clifton Atha also listed he was assigned to Co. A, 2nd Battalion, Tennessee Calvary, under General Wheeler, Buford's Cavalry.
The family moved to Missouri following the end of the Civil War. In 1870 they were living in Lafayette, Clinton County, Missouri. Clifton's mother Celia lived with them.
By 1920 Clifton and Mary were living in the home of their married daughter, Emma Ferry, in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
Member
Atha family
Birth date
8 Jan 1837
Place of birth
Gallatin County (Ky.)
Father
Atha, John Jackson "Jack"
Mother
Rogers, Celia "Sally"
Life event(s)
Marriage: 22 Aug 1861; Warsaw (Ky.)
Warsaw (Ky.)
Spouse(s)
Hornback, Mary Elizabeth
Child(ren)
Atha, William Steele
Atha, John Lee
Atha, Robert Keene
Atha, Omar D.
Ferry, Emma Lucretia Atha
Atha, George Washington
Atha, Richard Edgar
Atha, Earnest Albert
Fletcher, Addie May Atha
Death date
16 Oct 1920
Place of death
Buchanan County (Mo.)
Death and burial information
Cause of death: Apoplexy due to cerebral hemorrhage
Frazier Cemetery (Buchanan County, Mo.)
Occupation(s)
Farmer
Teamster (1893)
Military service
Co. F, 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
8th Regiment, Kentucky Calvary
Held rank
Private
Place of enlistment
Verona (Ky.)
Service began
1 Jun 1862; Verona (Ky.)
Verona (Ky.)
10 Sep 1862; Boone County (Ky.)
Boone County (Ky.)
Service ended
25 Sep 1862; listed as absent without official leave
Resided in
Gallatin County (Ky.)
Lafayette (Mo.)
Bibliographic citation(s)
St Joseph, Missouri, City Directory, 1893, page 59
Findagrave.com, memorial #24560404
"Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications, 1911-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HM1B-9SN2 : 12 November 2020), Clifton S Atha, 26 Aug 1913; citing Missouri, United States, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City.