Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Memo1836? 1837?
Census1840, Bath County, VA43309
Census1850, Highland County, VA43313
Memo25th District
ResidenceMay 1865, Neola, Greenbrier County, WV43324
BurialTrainer Family Cemetery, Pocahontas County, WV43325
Military
Prior to the Civil War, John Trainer worked as a farmer in Highland and Greenbrier Counties. He enlisted at Hevener's store on 11 Jun 1861 and eventually rose in rank to the position of Sergeant. His career in the Confederate States Army was often interupted by periods of absence due to illness or to wounds suffered at Antietam and the Wilderness. After suffering a gunshot wound at Fort Stedman in late March 1865, Trainer was sent to Chimborazo Hospital where he remained until Richmond fell. He then returned home and was later pardoned in May 1865 at Staunton, Virginia.
Letter, 10 Feb. 1865, sent from John Jehu Trainer (1836-1927), Sergeant in the 25th Virginia Regiment, Company F, Confederate States Army, at Camp Ewell in Virginia to his sister. The letter contains a description of the Battle of Hatcher's Run, 5-7 February 1865, in Dinwiddie County. He also mentions camp conditions, the death of William Youell, ill and wounded soldiers, and the weather.
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Spouses
Memo1848?
Census1850, Bath County, VA43329
Memo8th District
Residence1866, Greenbrier County, WV43328
Misc. Notes
John Jehu Trainer Letter 10 Feb 1865, Accession 38652, The couple reared fifteen children.
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