As we noted last time, Salathiel was hospitalized on September 30, 1863 immediately following the Battle of Chickamauga. His pension application records state that he was sent to the hospital in Stevenson, Alabama. This would have been Fort Harker, where General Rosecrans established his headquarters. It was about 50 miles away from the Chickamauga battlefield. […]
The Burkey’s Sod House
Dale and I are much indebted to Sister Marie Gerard, a granddaughter of Joseph and Ottilia, for sharing her memories about her parents and grandparents. We took notes from our discussions with her and it has been so fun to find records that verify what she told us. One of her stories was about Joseph […]
New feature on website
You may have noticed a lack of posts lately… I’ve been tinkering around with a new software product that can be used to create your own online family tree. Most genealogy software programs allow you to publish your family tree on a website, but it results in hundreds of files that all have to be […]
Salathiel Timmons: Typhoid and Rheumatism
When we last left off, Salathiel had contracted Typhoid Fever sometime around the time of the Battle of Chickamauga (September 18-20, 1863). He spent several months in a hospital and then returned to his unit on March 22, 1864. When he later applied for a disability pension, he claimed that it was during this hospitalization that […]
Annie Rademacher and the Burkey sisters
Annie (Burkey) Rademacher was one of eight children. She had three brother (Aloys, Vincent and Gerard) and four sisters (Hattie, Matilda, Bertha and Mary). The five Burkey sisters were very close and their lives were closely intertwined even beyond their childhood years. Annie was the oldest of the five. Both she and Hattie were born […]
