Thomas Benton David

DAVID, Thomas Benton, of Clyde, Arkansas, was born January 28, 1843 at Jacksboro, Campbell County, Tennessee, the son of Sampson, who was the son of James and Elizabeth David. Maiden name of subject’s mother was Mary Brown David, daughter of John Bridgman, who lived at Jacksboro, Campbell County, Tennessee. Subject was educated at Jacksboro, Tennessee and in Walker County, Georgia. He was a farmer and carpenter, a Democrat and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. He was Drum Major, Co. F, 27th Arkansas Infantry, serving from May 19, 1862 to June 3, 1864 in Tappan’s Brigade. He married Prudence Magnolia Whittenburg, September 13, 1868, at Cane Hill, Arkansas. Their children are: William Jefferson David, of Lincoln, Arkansas; Mrs. Maggie May Maples, of Westville, Oklahoma; M. Belle David, of Huntington, Arkansas; Eliza Mary David, of Clyde, Arkansas; Thomas Henry David, of Greenwood, Arkansas; Reney Harraldton David, of Clyde, Arkansas and Mrs. Magnolia Glenn of Dutch Mills, Arkansas. [1911 Arkansas Confederate Census]

T.B. David filed Veteran Application #23410 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed August 16, 1916 at the State, citing service with Company F, 27thArkansas Infantry from 1862 thru 1865. Mr. David died January 16, 1921. Prudence Magnolia David, Mr. T.B. David’s widow, filed Widow Application #23410 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed September 12, 1921 at the State. [State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives]