Daniel Lineberry Tickle

Daniel Lineberry Tickle was born 1 October 1833 in North Carolina to Daniel Tickle and Sarah "Elizabeth" Lineberry. His son Robert's death certificate lists his county of birth as Surry, but I don't believe this is accurate.

He married Mary ("Polly") Malissie Bogle on 14 January 1861 in Wythe County, Virginia. Their marriage, unfortunately, occurred right before the American Civil War.

Daniel enlisted in the 36th Virginia Infantry with the Second Company G. He enlisted in Dublin, Virginia on 3 May 1862 for the "duration of the War."

Clipping from Service Records

For the first few years, it seems things were fairly uneventful for Daniel. The unit is seen mostly in the rolls as being in Princeton, Virginia. Then, on 5 June 1864, at the Battle of Piedmont at New Hope, he was taken as a Prisoner of War.

Clipping from Service Records

Upon investigation of this battle, a lot of soldiers, including his and other units, were taken prisoner at this particular battle. Daniel remained a POW until he was transferred to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana for parole on 4 March 1865 and sent to City Point, Virginia for exchange.

While it is normal for me to find information regarding POWs and other soldiers paroled or exchanged during the War, this is the first time I have come across an individually signed parole.

Found in Service Records - (also notice, by this time, West Virginia was finally a state!)

After the War, he and Polly were finally able to get their family started. Together, they had at least the following children:

• Ira Lozier Tickle, born 2 Jan 1867
• Edney Nye Tickle, born 19 March 1869
• Meek Bogle Tickle, born 3 Feb 1871
• Lottie Virginia Tickle, born 27 October 1872
• Robert Lineberry Tickle, born 18 February 1875

The 1900 and 1910 censuses list Polly has having given birth to one other child that had died by 1900, but I haven't found a record of that child's name or gender yet.

In 1870 and 1880, they were living with Polly's parents on their farm. They seem to have had quite a large farm judging by their 1870 real estate value of $7800. But even once Daniel and Polly moved to their own farm, they lived in the same town (Mechanicsburg) for the rest of their lives.

Polly died 3 January 1914, and Daniel died just a couple years later on 5 June 1916 of chronic gastritis.

Clipping from Death Certificate

Sources:

• 1850 Giles County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1900 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1910 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia (accessed on Fold3)
• Death Certificate, D L Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)
• Death Certificate, Polly Malissie Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)
• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, Robert Tickle Lineberry (accessed on Ancestry)
• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940 (accessed on Ancestry)