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)

Daniel and Sarah Elizabeth Tickle

I realized I never hit "publish" on this post! Rather than back post it, I have simply replaced this week's scheduled post with what was supposed to be last week's post. Sorry for the technical glitch!

The last few weeks' posts have featured families and topics in North Carolina. This week, I thought I would take us back to Virginia.

Sarah Elizabeth ("Betsey") Lineberry was born about 1802 in North Carolina. She was the third of 12 children born to Jacob Lineberry, IV and Mary Elizabeth Fanning. 

Betsey married Daniel Tickle on 22 November 1819 in Guilford County, North Carolina. Daniel was born about 1800 in North Carolina to John W. Tickle, Jr. and Elizabeth Cockelress.

Daniel and Betsey's Marriage Record

Betsey and Daniel had at least the following children:

• Salome Tickle, born about 1820
• Hezekiah C. Tickle, born about 1825
• Peter Conrad Tickle, born 25 August 1830
• Solomon Tickle, born about 1831
• Daniel Lineberry Tickle, born 13 October 1833
• Mary Tickle, born about 1835
• Harvey Bennett Tickle, born 26 November 1839
• Molly Adaline Tickle, born about 1840

All of the children were born in North Carolina, but it seems the entire set of children moved to Virginia when Daniel and Betsey did. (Salome is the only child that stayed in North Carolina since she was married by 1848.) Family legend says they moved to Bland County, Virginia in 1846. In reality, it looks as though they moved around a little bit before finally ending up in Bland County.

For the 1850 census, they were living in Giles County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1850 Census

In 1860, they are living in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1850 Census

Then, in 1870, they finally end up in Seddon, Bland County, Virginia. By 1880, they have settled in Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia.

Clipping from 1880 Census

Betsey is listed in the Virginia Deaths and Burials Index as having died 15 January 1880 in Bland County, Virginia. If that is the case, however, that would leave me to believe the Elizabeth, age 70, living with Daniel in the 1880 census is actually a second spouse of Daniel's. (It is possible that Elizabeth died in June instead of January if it was a mis-transcription. I have not been able to locate a copy of the actual record yet, so I can not say one way or the other what the situation is.)

I have not found a death record for Daniel yet. I assume he died some time between 1880 and 1900. Without a copy of the 1890 census, I think that may be as narrow as I can get that date range for now.

Sources:

• 1850 Giles County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Wythe County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1860 Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia U.S. Federal Agricultural Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1870 Seddon, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• 1880 Mechanicsburg, Bland County, Virginia U.S. Federal Census (accessed on Ancestry)
• Guilford County North Carolina Marriage Records, Daniel Tickle and Betsey Linebury (accessed on Ancestry)
• Orange County North Carolina Marriage Records, John C. Low and Sally Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)
• Virginia, Deaths and Burials Index, Elizabeth Tickle (accessed on Ancestry)