John James Elder

In 1860 he was a 17 year old on his parent's farm at Griffin, Spalding County, GA. He enlisted as a Private in Company I, 13th Georgia Infantry on 3 May 1862 in Griffin.

He was wounded by a gunshot to his left hip in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was admitted to the CSA General Hospital in Charlottesville, VA on 26 September and transferred to Lynchburg on the 29th. He was wounded again, by a gunshot to his left thigh, probably at Fredericksburg, VA on 29 April 1863. He was surrendered and paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA on 9 April 1865.

By 1870 and to at least 1910 he was a farmer in his own right near other Elder farms at Griffin, GA. By 1920 he had retired and was living with his son James Edmond Elder (1874-1947) and his family, still in Griffin.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3, and from Henderson.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Francis Harp "Fannie" Hightower (1850-1927) in January 1867 and they had 4 children; two daughters died at ages 3 and 17, two sons lived into their 70s.

11/07/1842 in GA

08/22/1921; burial in County Line United Methodist Church Cemetery, Spalding County, GA