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Person Info

Name: JOSEPH BANKS WALLEN
Sex: M
Birth: 18 FEB 1840 in Hancock Co, TN
Death: 12 AUG 1912 in Hancock Co, TN
Burial: Farmer; Primitive Baptist Elder.
Baptism: in CSA & Union Army, U.S. Civil War.
Person Id: I21594543
Tree Id: 496245

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Parents

Father:

WILLIAM J. "BIG SANDY" WALLEN: Birth: 14 JUL 1816 in Kyles Ford, TN. Death: 7 SEP 1886 in Hancock Co, TN

Mother:

JANE BANKS: Birth: 24 NOV 1818 in Kyles Ford, TN. Death: 26 NOV 1881 in Hancock Co, TN

Family
Marriage:

Married: Susan Baker on 8 OCT 1865 at Hancock Co, TN.
Susan Baker: Birth: 15 OCT 1844 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 28 SEP 1868 in Hancock Co, TN

Children:

Luther Wallen: Birth: 18 SEP 1866 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: ABT. 1903 in Hancock Co, TN
Eliza "Aunt Lizzie" Wallen: Birth: 25 APR 1868 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: in Illinois

Family
Marriage:

Married: ELIZA E. TIGNOR on 29 JUL 1869 at Hancock Co, TN.
ELIZA E. TIGNOR: Birth: 13 DEC 1848 in Russell Co, VA. Death: 26 JUL 1914 in Hancock Co, TN

Children:

Sarah Josie Wallen: Birth: 7 JUN 1870 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 13 JUL 1913 in Hancock Co, TN
Cordelia Wallen: Birth: 15 JUN 1871 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: FEB 1910 in Lee Co, VA
Martha J. Wallen: Birth: 8 AUG 1872 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 24 JUL 1901 in Hancock Co, TN
Malinda Ellen Wallen: Birth: 6 JAN 1874 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 22 MAR 1956 in Hancock Co, TN
John Wesley Wallen: Birth: 22 JUL 1875 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 13 MAR 1955 in Hawkins Co, TN
Leander Wallen: Birth: 17 FEB 1877 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 24 JUN 1957 in Hancock Co, TN
WILLIAM HENRY WALLEN: Birth: 22 MAY 1879 in Kyles Ford, Hancock Co, TN. Death: 6 OCT 1958 in Sullivan Co, TN
Phebe Tennessee Wallen: Birth: 4 JUN 1880 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 8 OCT 1905 in Hancock Co, TN
Mary P. Wallen: Birth: 21 JAN 1884 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 3 JUN 1940 in Hancock Co, TN
Rufus Isaac Wallen: Birth: 19 OCT 1885 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 28 APR 1953 in Hancock Co, TN
Joseph Loyd Wallen: Birth: 10 AUG 1887 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 15 JAN 1975 in Hancock Co, TN
Arthur D. Wallen: Birth: 7 JUN 1890 in Hancock Co, TN. Death: 9 JAN 1897 in Hancock Co, TN
Stillborn Child: Birth: 1892.

Notes

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Note: Joseph B. Wallen grew up on the farm of his father, William J. "Big Sandy" Wallen near Kyles Ford, Tennessee. When the Civil War began, Joseph B. Wallen was forced to join the Confederate Army, even though East Tennessee favored the Union. He was placed in the 43rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry and taken to defend Vicksburg, Mississippi. After the fall of Vicksburg, the captured Confederates were paroled and Joseph B. Wallen returned to Kyles Ford.
On October 1, 1863, Joseph B. Wallen enlisted in the Union Army at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. He was in Company L, 8th Tennessee Volunteer Calvary and achieved the rank of Sergeant on February 6, 1864. On September 11, 1865, Joseph B. Wallen was discharged from the Union Army.
Shortly after his War service, Joseph B. Wallen experienced the call to preach the Gospel. He became an Elder in the Primitive Baptist Church and traveled great distances on foot and on horseback to minister to all his churches. He was frequently away from home for days at a time.
Joseph B. Wallen was a charter member of the Freemasons at Blackwater, Virginia. He was buried with Masonic honors.

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