{"id":3278,"date":"2022-01-10T15:56:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3278"},"modified":"2022-01-10T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:56:10","slug":"oldham-e-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/oldham-e-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Oldham, E. R."},"content":{"rendered":"

E. R. Oldham<\/strong> was born at Eylau, the residence of Dr. Samuel Oldham, which was
\nthen in Haywood County, but is now in Lauderdale County, on 24th of April,
\n1844. His father was James Oldham, son of Dr. Samuel and Cornelia C. Oldham,
\nboth of whom were native Virginians. Cornelia C. Oldham was a Miss Honyman.
\nJames Oldham came with his parents to Tennessee in 1835, and they settled the
\nfarm so well known as Eylau. E. R. Oldham’s mother was a Miss Helen C. Owen,
\ndaughter of Rev. Thos. and Mildred Owen (a Miss Nelson). Rev. Thos. Owen
\nmoved from Virginia to Tennessee about the year 1830, and settled near
\nBrownsville, in Haywood County. E. R. Oldham’s father and mother were married
\nat her father’s residence on the 16th of February, 1843. They had four
\nchildren, only two of whom, James Oldham of Ripley, Tenn., and the subject of
\nthis sketch, are now living. His father’s family were prominent
\nEpiscopalians, and his grandfather, Dr. Samuel Oldham, contributed largely
\ntoward establishing the present Episcopal Church at Ripley; his mother’s
\nfamily were Baptists; his grandfather, Rev. Thos. Owen, being a prominent and
\nmuch beloved minister of that denomination. His father favored the old Whig
\nparty, while all the rest of the family were Democrats. A few years after his
\nparents’ marriage, they settled on their farm, situated on Hatchie River, near
\nDurhamville. His education was acquired mostly under the teaching of Judge
\nByars, of Covington. In 1862 he stopped school and entered the army. He was
\na member of Company M, Seventh Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. The principal
\nbattles in which he participated were Briton’s Lane, Corinth and Franklin. He
\nwas in Vicksburg during the Federal siege of that place, and with Forrest’s
\ncommand during many of his raids and smaller battles and skirmishes. While he
\nwas never wounded, still he always kept his place and served with credit. He
\nwas married at Fulton, Tenn., on December 8, 1876, to Mattie Lindsay Bacon;
\nhis wife was born in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on February 24, 1858. They have four
\nchildren, all living: Edward Lindsay, born November 4, 1877; Thomas, August
\n30, 1879; James Honyman, September 21, 1881; and Rosa Lea, May 21, 1885. His
\noccupation is milling, ginning and farming, in the pursuit of which he has
\nattained moderate success.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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