Peter A. Honnoll

   Peter A. Honnoll, Jr. (Peter, William) was born 1812, York Co., South Carolina. Peter married (1) 21 Jan 1836, in Bolivar, Hardeman Co., Tennessee to Mary E. (Polly - Mollie) Savage, born 13 Jun 1818, Cumberland Co., Kentucky, (daughter of Hamilton Savage and Elizabeth Martin) . Mary died 14 Jan 1876, Prentiss Co., Mississippi and was buried: Gilmore Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS.

    Peter married (2) 01 Jun 1877, in Itawamba Co., Ms to Malinda C. Hartsell, born 1830, Mississippi, died after Feb 1893.

    Peter died after 1893 in Itawamba Co., MS buried: Gilmore Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., MS.

Census: 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

               Peter and Mary lived in the woods, on a bluff overlooking Brown's Creek bottom, due
east of Gilmore's Chapel where Mary and her son William Cacy are buried. Peter is probably there too, but he does not have a marker.

               According to the memoirs of James Wiseman Honnoll, son of Peter and Mary, their home beginning in February 1850 was located "about six miles south of Kossuth and six miles northwest of Rienzi." One wonders if they could hear the roar of the cannons during the battles at Shiloh and Corinth.
               Shiloh, the name haunts history like morning mist drifting over Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Near here, General Grant, fresh from Fort Donelson, marshaled some 35,000 troops for a push toward the strategic railroad town of Corinth, Mississippi. Confederate forces, about 40,000 strong, moved north to attach Grant's army before it could be reinforced. At dawn on Sunday 06 Apr 1862, the foes collided near Shiloh Church a few miles from the river, in a hail of flying metal that raged for two days. When echoes of the last shot faded away, almost 20,000 men had bloodied the ground at Shiloh.

               Children by Mary E. Savage:

             i James Wiseman Warren Honnoll

              ii Mary Elizabeth Honnoll born Jan 1840. She married 16 Jun 1855, in Tishomingo Co., Mississippi, to John McElhannan. He was born 1834, Georgia, died 29 Jun 1905, Talihina, Indian Territory. Mary died ca 1904, Indian Territory.

               iii Margaret Jane Honnoll was born 28 May 1841, Hardin Co., Tennessee.

             iv Maranda Frances ( Fannie ) Honnoll

                v William Cacy Honnoll b. 27 Dec 1845, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, d. 21 Jan 1864, Richmond, Mississippi, buried: Gilmore Chapel Cemetery, Itawamba Co., Mississippi. Private Honnoll, of Co. C, Ham's Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry, was killed in action on 21 Jan 1864 in Richmond, MS. His brother and commanding officer, 2nd Lt. James Wiseman Honnoll, brought his body home.

               vi Sarah Ann Luisar Honnoll born 1849, Hardeman Co., Tennessee, married 05 Jul 1868, in Itawamba Co., Mississippi, Samuel F. Lowery, born circa 1848, Mississippi, (son of John Blanton Lowery and Martha Ann Walker).

         vii Mary Honnoll b. 1849, Hardeman Co., Tennessee.

           viii Moses Hamilton Honnoll b. 9 May 1850.

             ix Nancy Eleanor Honnoll Walker

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