Spouse & Children

Mary Francis Moore William M. French (1846-1904) James French (1848-) John French (1850-) Thomas French (1852-) Alexander French (1855-) Tennessee French (1855-1929) Breckenridge French (1859-1870) George W. French (1860-1937) Mollie J. French (1862-) Addison Oscar French (1863-1956)

Brothers & Sisters

Samuel Clark French (1807-1895) Henry Allison French (1809-1889) Lardner Newton French (1812-1901) William Carroll French (1815-1862) Thomas Anderson French (1817-1895) Darcus Angeline French (1820-1838) James Parly French (1825-1885) John Agusta French (1827-1904)

FRENCH, RICHARD E(LY), Co B, pvt, enlisted for 3 years in Carroll Co, TN on 8/10/62 and mustered in Benton Co, TN on 8/17/62 at age 29 (muster roll) or 38 (census). He was 5'9 Ùb" tall, fair complexion, blue eyes, dark hair, a farmer, born in Stewart Co, TN and a resident of Carroll Co, TN in 1860. He was captured and paroled in Henderson Co, TN during/or after the battle of Lexington on 12/18/62. French was detached and serving in Paducah, KY on 3/24/64 when the regiment was captured at Union City, TN. Paducah was attacked the next day, however, and he was killed in action on 3/25/64. He is one of only three men of the 7th Tennessee known to have been killed in action. French is buried in the National Cemetery in Cairo, IL. He was the son of Gideon Richard and Rebecca Angeline Anderson French and the husband of Mary Francis Moore French (m. 1845). Mary F French had applied for a widow's pension, #141,151, in 1867 which was granted in June 1871. In 1883 she was receiving $8.00 per month, the standard allotment at the time for the widow of a private and lived in Marlborough, TN. She later moved to Van Buren, Arkansas. (Medical):See attached sources.^{4 2 5 6}

Sources:

1. Bible Records of Henry County, Tennessee Compiled by Charles E. Sanders
2. Richard E. French Civil War Service Record
3. Ancestry.com Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
4. 1890 Federal Census, Veterans Schedule
5. THE 7TH TENNESSEE CAVALRY USA (Originally 2nd West Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry) Peggy Scott Holley
6. Soldiers from Carroll County, Tennessee who died In the Civil War, compiled by Peggy Scott Holley