14. | Henderson French Gore was born on 29 Dec 1833 in Island Creek, Giles Co., VA (son of Isaac Gore and Ida Belle Woodrum); died on 30 Oct 1913 in Pride, Mercer Co, WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery. Notes:
Lived in Speedway, WV. per Pete Gore.
Listed in the 1860 Mercer County Census
Henderson served during the Civil War as a Private in Co . D , 8th VA Cavalry and later as a Corporal in Co. A, 17t h V A Cavalry (James L. Gore, "Gore Family History", manusc rip t for the New River Heritage, Vol. 3): Private, Co. A , 17t h VA. Cavalry; enlisted on the 15th of Jan 1864 in Me rcer C ounty; promoted to Cpl. in Nov 1864; paroled at Char lesto n 11 May 1865 at age 31. (17 Virginia Cavalry; Nelso n Harri s, 1994)
Cemetery: Eroded stone with faint initials: H.FG, born 1 8 28, died 20 Oct 1918; by L. W. Gore. Eroded stone in th e G ore-Caperton Cemetery at the SE end of Bent Mountain. ( NRH , V3, p. 218).
NRH is the abbreviation of New River Heritage publication.
Henderson married Serepta Rosetta Caperton on 25 Jan 1854 in Mercer Co., VA. Serepta (daughter of Augustus William James Caperton and Rachel Kelly Wiley) was born on 29 Oct 1834 in Pride, Mercer Co., VA; died on 2 Feb 1919 in Huntington, Cabell Co., WV; was buried in Speedway, Mercer Co., WV, Gore Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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