City: Nashville
MOSES, Frank Armstrong, Special Examiner Tennessee Pension Board; born Knoxville, Tenn., June 19, 1845; Scotch-Irish descent; son of James C. and Susan W. (Parks) MOSES; paternal grandparents John F. and Mary (Pearson) MOSES, maternal grandparents William and Jane (Armstrong) PARK; educated University of Knoxville; engaged in hardware business before war; entered army before age of 17; married Elizabeth M. MITCHELL, October 20, 1870; served one term as Clerk in House of Representatives, State of Tennessee, 1875; member of the Board of Railroad Tax Assessors by appointment of Gov. Porter, 1877-78; joined C. S. A. May 6, 1862, Company D, Sixty-third Tennessee; appointed Color Sergeant June 19, 1863; was offered rank of Captain, but declined; was in Bragg’s campaign from Tullahoma back to Chattanooga; in Chickamauga campaign, September, 1863; served with Longstreet in East Tennessee campaign; served under Beauregard at Drury’s Bluff (Va.), in 1864, in which battle he was wounded May 16, 1864, but rejoined command in October, 1864; saw service in numerous battles in and around Petersburg; appointed Ensign with rank of First Lieutenant April, 1864; surrendered and was paroled at Appomattox courthouse; has devoted twenty years to cause of pensioning Confederate soldiers, having been a member of the Pension Board since 1891; he has also engaged in banking and newspaper work at divers times; residence, Knoxville, Tenn.
Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.
