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Subject: Re: [AKA] Henry Clay AKA George ALLEN (Wash, DC)
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:01:46 -0400
In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20011002134716.00a156f0@pop3.norton.antivirus>
Hmmm--
Have you tried to find an officer named George Allen? Of course the name
could be George Allen _______ (Smith, Jones, Abercrombie or whatever). Do
you know Henry/George's Civil War Unit (narrowed down a bit more than Jubal
Early)? Could the officer be one he met as a POW? Have you checked the
Civil War Soldier & Sailors web site which includes POW info for prisoners
processed at Ft. McHenry and Andersonville
<http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/prisoners.htm>;?
I did a quick check and did not find either Henry Clay McLeod or George
Allen, but I did find a Henry Clay HIBBS. Could he have used one more
name;-) ?
Good Luck!
,
Patrice
At 10/2/2001 01:47 PM, you wrote:
>Why would a man change his name and then go back to his and his family's
>city of birth with the changed name and live his life there? Why did he
>choose that name?
>---------------------------------------
>Name: Henry Clay McLeod AKA George Allen
>Birth: 12 Feb 1844 At Abt 10th & G St. DC [D.A.R.+ Helen-2 Dec 1844]
>Death: 20 Mar 1922 @406 2nd Street...stroke @ age 78
>Burial: Arlington National cem Section17, Grave B-20036
>Occ: Mil= Private 1st Class w/Signal Corp discharg 16 Mar 1891;
>Weather Bur
>Father: Christopher Columbus "Columbus" McLeod (1812-1880)
>Mother: Joanna Mountz (1815-1859)
> * Spouse: Annie Alice Owen
>Birth: 15 Aug 1856 OR...1856-15th Mar-Sutter's Fort, Calf
>Death: 21 Oct 1908 DC? Bright's Disease Complicated By Heart Disease
>Father: Lemuel Owen Mother: Lydia Gamble
>Marriage: 7 Oct 1873 Western Presby Ch, Wash, DC
>Children: William Fraber (1879-1970) Gertrude Irene (1880-)
> Helen Lydia (1890-1970) Infant (Died as Infant) (-1888)
>---------------------------------------------
>D.A.R. - "Civil Service or Material Aid as follows:
>* Company B No. of Reg. 2 Battalion INF
>* from State of Maryland; was prisoner of war from July 14th 1864 to end
>of War"
> [ ended 9 April 1865 with Surrender.]
>Mess boy with Jubel Early
>----------------------------------------------
>His father, Columbus McLeod, went to San Francisco, CA for Gold Rush.
>Joanna's father, John Jacob Mountz, opposed her marriage to Christopher.
> He sent her to South Dakota for a divorce, after Christmas "deserted"
>her and went west during the Gold Rush. Joanna (wife), Helen C.
>(daughter), Henry Clay (son) went to join him.
>* Helen {dau) married S.F. Ewer
>* Joanna taught school in DC and in Calf; died of consumption 4 Dec 1859
>* After mother's death, Henry sent by father, Columbus, to live with
>Henry's Aunt Elizabeth Tuner. Henry would have been 15 when Mother
>died. He was sent by himself. When got to Statesville, NC he joined
>up with Jubel Early.
> ABOUT JUBEL EARLY: Fought at: 1st Battle of Bull Run [Manassas, VA];
>Fredericksburg, VA; Antietam {Sharpsburg, MD]; Chancellorsville campaign
> Gen Robt E. Lee detached Early's corps in June 1864 to threaten DC.
>They bombarded the outskirts of the Union Capitol (DC) in July 1864, but
>was not strong enough to take the City. Early retreated to Shenandoah
>Valley to try to delay Gen Sheridan's Federal Cavalry, but Early was defeated.
> So, we have a young man who was born in DC and he joined a military
>group who was going to bombard DC! Or could it be that he was "drafted
>by force"? Family story states that he changed his name to honor an
>officer who he admired. Maybe he did not want his real name known since
>his family was all in DC.....all kinds of stories can be imagined, BUT
>if for protection why didn't he resume using his family name? He was
>angry at the way his father "deserted" him and did not want his name?
>Thanks for all help, Judy
>
>
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