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by Alfred Lord Tennyson
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I felt it, when I sorrow'd most,
'Tis better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all.
In memory of
Stephen Brice Quarles
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Brice Winnell Quarles
1923 - 2008
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Roy Clifton Phillips
1912 - 2004
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William Braxton Quarles
1842 - 1916
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Martha Delene Belle Quarles
1871 - 1950
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Mary Dollie Quarles Phillips
1878 - 1979
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  Quarles, John S. - 8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA  
Category: Confederate Veterans
Last Updated on Saturday, 30 March 2013 16:07
Published on Saturday, 30 March 2013 16:07

John S. Quarles

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 3 January 1838 in Jackson  County, Tennessee
Died: 18 June 1921 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Cookeville City Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: James Tompkins and Mary Diana (Simpson) Quarles

Married: Amelia Fanny DeWitt on the 14 November 1876 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Born: about 1853 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Died: Between 1882 - 1900 in Jackson County, Tennessee
Buried: 
Parents: Allen Wakefield and Dicey E. (Davis) DeWitt

Children:

  1. James T. Quarles
  2. John S. Quarles
  3. Luke C. Quarles

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

  • Brother-in-law: Leonard John Lowe - 18th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
  • Brother-in-law: William H. DeWitt - 28th Tennessee Infantry Regiment

MILITARY INFORMATION

8th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
Company G, CSA

ABSTRACT:

  • Entered as a Private and left as a Captain
  • Enlisted 27 May 1861
  • Entered the service of the Confederacy 31 Aug 1861
  • Elected as 2nd Lieutenant om 8 May 1861 and promoted 1 Jan 1863
  • Promoted to Captain 1 Jan 1863
  • Severely wounded in the First Battle of Murfreesboro
  • Mar & Apr 1862: Present
  • May & June 1862: Elected at the Reorganization on 18 May 1862
  • Wounded at Murfreesboro and in the Hospital 31 Dec 1862
  • Mar & Apr 1863: Promoted to Capt 8 Mar 1863
  • Age: 26 (9 Jan 1864)
  • Promoted to 3rd Lieutenant
  • Various Vouches and Registration Form

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

S15428

ABSTRACT:

  • Filed: 15 July 1919
  • Accepted
  • Residence: Cookeville
  • Member: Company K later Company G of the 8th TN Infantry Regiment
  • Born: Jackson County on 3 January 1838
  • Enlisted: as a Private at Gainesboro on 6 May 1861 in Company K later Company G of the 8th TN Infantry. He served a year until the re-organization at Corinth, MS. He was a Lieutenant from the reorganization until the Murfreesboro Battle. He was made Captain 31 Dec 1862 and served until the surrender.
  • Battles: He was in every battle that the 8th TN Infantry Regiment was in plus Sugar Creek near Pulaski. He was wounded in all, over 20 times. He was shot once through the head. His left leg was fractured below the knee. He was shot in the neck. He was shot in the side.
  • Battles: He was in the Battle of Chickamauga and was wounded in the left arm; Battle of Atlanta was wounded in the side; Battle of Murfreesboro, he was shot through the left ear (he is now deaf). He kept fighting.
  • He is a widower. He has two aged sisters, a niece and one son living with him.. His son is Captain James T. Quarles.
  • Attest: S. S. Stanton and G. R. Glover

Supporting Documents:

  • Ernest H. Boyd (3 Jul 1919) - Supports his claim
  • John S. Quarles (6 Jul 1919) - He gives a list of his wounds
  • 11 wounds from fragments of shells while charging what was sid to be the Loomis Battery of 16 guns of which 8 are captured.
  • Wounded several times during the 100 Days Battle
  • Around Atlanta, he was struck three times with bullets
  • Also in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville
  • He covered Hood's Regiment at Sugar Creek below Pulaski.
  • Regiment was consolidated. Then General Cheatham ordered JSQ to report to General Dibrell.
  • Secretary (26 May 1921) - The Legislature increased all pension to $20. JSQ's September check will be for $60 but the June will be for $45.

CENSUS DATA

  • 1850 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 166
  • 1860 Census: 
  • 1870 Census:
  • 1880 Census: Jackson County, TN, Page 188B
  • 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 85A
  • 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 27A
  • 1920 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 37B

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald
23 June 1921
Vol. XIX, No. 25, Page 1

CAPT. JNO. S. QUARLES PASSES AWAY
At His Home On East Broad St. Saturday Afternoon June 18th
Cookeville lost one of her oldest and most highly esteemed citizens, on last Saturday afternoon, about five o'clock, when Capt. John S. Quarles passed away at his home on East Broad St. Capt. Quarles had been in failing health for some years, but was able to walk up town and take his usual exercise up to a month ago, but since then he had been gradually growing weaker. The sad news of his demise was received with a feeling of genuine regret by his many friends and relatives in this and adjoining counties, for he was widely known and admired by a large circle. The funeral services were conducted at the residence by Rev. A. J. Cole and attended by a large and representative body of friends and relatives of the deceased. The remains were interred in the city cemetery at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. Capt. Quarles was 83 years of age and had spent his entire life in Jackson and Putnam counties, with the exception of the four years spent in the service of the Southern Confederacy. He had been a resident of Cookeville for the past 15 years, having moved here from Gainesboro, his native town.  He was married in 1875 to Miss Fannie DeWitt of Gainesboro,; who died several years ago. He is survived by three sons, John S., and Capt. James T. Quarles of Cookeville and Luke  C. Quarles of Gainesboro; also by two sisters, Mrs. L. T. Robinson and Miss Susan Quarles, both of whom made their home with him, as did Miss Annie Trigg Robinson, his niece. Capt. Quarles enlisted as a private in the 8th Tennessee Infantry of the Confederate army, April 24th, 1861, and was paroled at Washington, Ga., four years and sixteen days later. He was promoted to the office of lieutentant soon after his enlistment, and after the battle of Murfreesboro, in which engagement he received eleven wounds, was promoted to the rank of captain. He was in Johnston's Division, under the direct command of Gen. Cheatham of Nashville, and when this division surrendered, he with a number of others were allowed the option surrendering, on transferring to Gen. Dibrell's command for the purpose of escorting President Jefferson Davis to the Mexican border, and he chose the latter. He refused the parole offered him at Washington, Ga., in 1864, until he and his comrades in arms were allowed to retain their equipment. He loved the South and the cause for which he fought, and a more valiant soldier, nor a more modest one, ever marched to battle. He will be greatly missed in his community, and will long be remembered for the gallant part he played in his country' history during the dark days of the Sixties. He was a kind and loving father and a real friend to all with whom he came in contact.

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  Stephen Decatur Quarles - 8th Tennessee (DIBRELL'S) Calvalry, CSA  

STEPHEN DECATUR QUARLES
8th TENNESSEE (DIBRELL'S) CAVALRY
CSA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: 19 May 1843 in Overton County, Tennessee
Died: 10 March 1920 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Quarles Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: William Hawes and Ruth (Hyder) Quarles

1st Married: Zarelda M. Jones
Born: 1840
Died: 26 October 1877 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Quarles Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents:

Children:

  •    Daniel Quarles
  •    Mary Quarles











2nd Marriage: Mary Ann King on 18 August 1878 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Born: 4 January 1859 in Roane County, Tennessee
Died: 17 October 1937 in Putnam County, Tennessee
Buried: Quarles Cemetery, Putnam County, Tennessee
Parents: Joseph Calloway and Fannie (Qualls) King

Children:

  1. Emily Quarles
  2. Lou Ellen Quarles
  3. Kate Quarles
  4. James Quarles
  5. Ida Lee Quarles
  6. Brice S. Quarles

RELATIVES WHO SERVED

  • Father-in-law: King, Jospeh Calloway- 8th Tennessee Infantry
  • Nephew: Quarles, William Braxton - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry
  • Niece's Husband: Terry, Hugh Riah - 25th Tennessee Infantry
  • Brother-in-Law: Enoch Buck - 84th Tennessee Infantry & 28th Tennessee Infantry
  • Brother: William Jacob Quarles - Shaw's Battalion of Tennessee Cavalry
  • Brother: James Quarles - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry
  • Twin Brother: Joseph Lafayette Quarles - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry
  • Cousin: Hyder, Joseph Nelson - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry

MILITARY INFORMATION

13th (Gore's) Tennessee Cavalry
(also known as 8th Tennessee Cavalry)
Company H

ABSTRACT:

  • Entered the service as a Private and left the service as a Private
  • Enlisted 15 Sep 1862 at White County
  • 12 Oct 1862: Present
  • 31 Jan 1863: Prisoner of War at Camp Butler, IL
  • 31 Dec 1862: Captured at Parkers Cross Roads
  • 11 Jan 1863: Captured at Ark Post, AR
  • 31 Jan 1863: Prisoner of War at Camp Butler, IL

PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

  • Filed 4 April 1905
  • Rejected
  • Resident of Algood, TN
  • Member: Co H 8th TN Regiment
  • Born: 1843 in Putnam County
  • Enlisted in Summer in 1862; George Dibrell's Command Company H; Col. Dibrell, Lt. Col. Dantley; Captain James Barnes, Lt. Colonel John Hill; Jobe Ray & Joe Bartlett
  • Wife is 45 or 48 years old
  • One son and 2 daughters
  • Attest: Hudgens, Joseph - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry & Sliger, William Lafayette - 25th Tennessee Infantry

Supporting Documents:

  • No Supporting Documents

WIDOW'S PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

  • Filed 10 April 1924
  • Accepted
  • Resident: 19th Civil District of Putnam County, Post Office Algood
  • Resident of TN all her life
  • Stephen Decatur Quarles was born 19th Civil District of Putnam County.
  • They were married 18 August 1878 in Putnam County by Esq J. J. Peek, JP.
  • SDQ died 10 March 1920 at home in Putnam County.
  • She has two sons and three daughters.
  • She is living with her son-in-law Carol Jones.
  • Witness: Hyder, Joseph Nelson - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry
  • JNH lives in Algood, TN.
  • He was acquainted with her since her marriage to SDQ.
  • Mary Ann Quarles was born in Roane County and moved with her parents to Putnam County about 1860.
  • Joseph Nelson Hyder and Stephen Decatur Quarles were first cousins.
  • SDQ died 10 March 1920 at his home in Algood.

Supporting Documents:

  • MAQ (28 Apr 1926) - Please consider her pension and let her know if additional evidence is required.
  • Special Examiner (30 Apr 1926) - Your pension is disallowed. War Records have no account for his time after August 1863. He said he quit the army in the Fall of 1864.
  • Special Examiner (20 Aug 1926) - The board is not in session. Her application will be considered in the next session.

WIDOW'S PENSION APPLICATION ABSTRACT

  • Filed 1 September 1927
  • Accepted
  • Died 17 October 1937
  • Resident of Algood in the home of C. V. Jones
  • Maiden Name: Mary Ann King
  • Born 4 January 1859 in Roane County
  • Husband was Stephen Decatur Quarles who was born 19 May 1842 in Putnam County
  • They were married 18 August 1878 in Putnam County by Joseph Peek, Justice of the Peace
  • SDQ enlisted at Farley's Store in White County in George G. Dibrell's Regiment and Captain Jim Barnes Company H.
  • After serving one year, Col. Dibrell disbanded his regiment at Sparta. The men could go home. SDQ was cut off by enemy troops and was unable to return to his command.
  • SDQ died at his home in Putnam County on 20 March 1920.
  • Children: A daughter who died in infancy in 1879; James Lafayette Quarles - 46 years old; Diella Quarles Burton - 43 years of age; Ida Lee Quarles Jones - 39 years of age; Stephen Brice Quarles - 33 years of age
  • Witnesses: Hyder, Joseph Nelson - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry and James N. King
  • J. Nelson Hyder - Algood, TN and James N. King - RR#5 Cookeville
  • MAQ resides at Route 2 Algood and has been a resident of TN all her life
  • She was born in Roane County in 1859.
  • They were married 18 August 1878 by Joseph Peek

Supporting Documents:

  • J. N. King (???) - SDQ called JNK to his home to dictated and asked him to write this letter to the board. SDQ is in very bad condition.
  • SDQ tried to get back to his command. Some of them lost their horses in the attempt. Jas Terry was one of them. Both Mr. Farrises and their widows are receiving a pension. SDQ, Terry, and the Farrises were all cut off from their command. SDQ feels that they should all be pensioned. Mr. Hickmand please present these facts to the board.
  • SDQ (???) - One son is very poor. The other son was drafted into the army. SDQ is down with heart trouble. His wife is not stout. He needs the pension and feels that he deserves the pension. He was with Dibrell in the same company as John Pharris, Tom Pharris and James Nicholas. They all came home and got cut off from their command.
  • Algood Moore (????) - He certifies that the marriage records for part of the year 1878 were destroyed by court house fire.
  • Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners (10 Sep 1908) - Request Service Records
  • War Department (15 Sep 1908) - Sent Service Records
  • SDQ (22 Sep 1908) - He came home to Putnam County in the latter part of the war. He came home under the direction of his First Lieutenant John Hill and Captain James Barnes (Hill was in command when captured. They were ordered on a scouting expedition to round up scattered recruits. When first captured, he got a chance to get away from the enemy. Rather than run the risk of being killed or sent to prison, he surrendered and took the oath, as did his officers. Also John Farris, Thos. Farris, Jas Nichols and other who are now getting a pension. His only alternatives were to join the Federal army, go to prison, lay in the mountains hidden or take the oath. He chose the latter as the war was almost over. He was never an able bodied man. He went into the service at the age of 18.
  • J. H. Verble, Trustee (22 Sep 1908) - Sent Tax Records
  • S. F. Carr, Register (22 Sep 1908) - Lands are listed in the Mortgage Records for $900.
  • Nichols, James M. - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry (14 Feb 1909) - He and SDQ were in the same company. Men who lived in Putnam County were permitted to visit their homes. Before they could get back to their command, General Dibrell left Sparta, and his men were cut off the enemy. SDQ was in bad health at the time.
  • Moore, George Monchoates- 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry (14 Feb 1909) - GMM belonged to General Dibrell's command when they came to Sparta in 1863. SDQ was permitted to go to his him. GMM remained with the command at that time. SDQ was not in good health.
  • Hyder, Joseph Nelson - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry (14 Feb 1909) - JNH belonged to General Dibrell's command in the same regiment as SDQ. When Dibrell came to Sparta in 1863, SDQ and others were permitted to come home. SDQ had a bad cough at that time. JNH was sick at that time and was given a permit to come home. He was sick for 4 months.
  • O. D. Holladay (23 Feb 1909) - Request a Status Report
  • Mrs. Francis Henry (21 Jan 1913) - She has known SDQ all her life. She is 68 years old. SDQ was in the Confederate army for about two years. He came home about the close of 1863. SDQ was sick when he came home from the army. He had a bad cough, and it was believed that he would not live long. He has had a bad cough ever since.
  • Lucinda White (21 Jan 1913) - She said that she knew SDQ was a Confederate soldier. When he came back from the war, he had a bad cough and has coughed ever since.
  • Hudgens, Joseph - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry (20 Jul 1915) - He was in the same command as SDQ. General Dibrell intended to disband his army when he came to Sparta. He told the men to go home, get some clothes and return. When SDQ got home, he was captured and never got back to his command. The men that did not get captured found Major Hughes and Major Bledsoe and did the best service that they could.
  • Hyder, Joseph Nelson - 8th Tennessee (Dibrell's) Cavalry (20 Jul 1915) - He was in the same command as SDQ. He came to Sparta with him under Dibrell. He was furloughed home on a sick furlough the day they arrived in Sparta and left SDQ there with the command. He understood that Dibrell had planned to disband at Sparta, go home and see folks. He understood that the applicant was captured and his horse taken from him. He further states that the applicant and no other member were able to return to their command.
  • SDQ (20 Jul 1915) - Restatement of the facts.
  • SDQ by J. N. King (12 Aug 1915) - He wants to know if his proof is not sufficient what additional evidence is required. SDQ came home on orders of General Dibrell. He was unable to return to his command. He joined Col. Hughes here in the mountains. Most of the men were forced by circumstances to take the oath, be killed, or go to prison. All but 2 or 3 are getting pensions. Some are drawing pensions but were not captured as he was. They took the oath at Carthage while he was a prisoner. He never took it until the last part of his company took it. After escaping, they burned Uncle Jim Eldridge house. He was without a horse and all his army taken from him. He was forced to take the oath, be killed or go to prison.
  • J. N. King (2 Apr 1924) - Mary Ann Quarles is his sister. Please mail a widow's application so she can file without delay.
  • Algood Moore (9 Apr 1924) - He certifies that the marriage records for 1878 were destroyed by a court house fire.
  • Mary Ann Quarles (22 Apr 1925) - Under the new pension bills, she believes that she is entitled to a widow's pension.
  • Mary Ann Quarles (18 Aug 1925) - She has no means of support except a small amount of rent from the old place that SDQ gave to his children. She is his second wife. Please let her know what additional proof is required.
  • Mrs. S. Brice Quarles (11 Dec 1937) - She was informed that burial expenses for Mrs. Mary A. Quarles was paid to Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Jones, none of which has been paid on the burial expense. Mrs. Quarles doctor, J. A. Butler of Algood, also says that he has not been paid for two years except when her husband paid him. "What I dould like to know is why was it paid to this one child and not applied to burial expenses. They (Mr. and Mrs. Jones) have received all her nineteen dollars and also the income form her farm in the last severla years of which she was only invalid about a year. I think you should see that this matter is straightened out before legal assistand is sought."
  • Mary B. Gamble to Mary Quarles (13 Dec 1937) - We have received your letter.

CENSUS DATA

  • 1850 Census: Overton County, TN, Page 62
  • 1860 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 7
  • 1870 Census:
  • 1880 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 82D
  • 1900 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 75A
  • 1910 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 36B
  • 1920 Census: Putnam County, TN, Page 208B

OBITUARY

Putnam County Herald

  • Stephen Decatur Quarles obituary was published in the Putnam County Herald right after his death. It was referenced in later editions of the paper. Unfortunately, the TN State Library & Archives Newspaper collection does not have a copy of that particular issue.

Putnam County Herald
21 October 1937
Vol. XXXV, No. 42, Page 3

  • Mrs. Qualls Dies - Mrs. Mary Ann Qualls, 78, died Sunday after a long illness. She is survived by two sons, Brice of Madison, and James L., of Waverly; two daughters, Mrs. Carve Jones and Mrs. A. O. Burton of Algood; two brothers, Will King of Cookeville and Roley King of Monterey. Funeral services were conducted at the home of Mrs. Jones by the Rev. J. T. Majors. Burial was in the familly cemetery near Algood.

WILL

Putnam County, TN
Will Book 6
Page 307

  • Written: 26 Jan 1917
  • Recorded: 17 Mar 1920
  • Executors: Mary Ann Quarles
  • Widow: Mary Ann Quarles
  • Heirs: J. L. Quarles (son), S. B. Quarles (son), Lou Ellen Burton (daughter), Ida Lee Jones (daughter)

ADDITIONAL DATA

  • Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1920) - #326 - Steve D. Quarles
  • Death Certificate: Putnam County, TN (1937) - #23688 - Mary Ann Quarles
  • Three Quarles Brothers, by Maurine Quarles Cassetty

Quarles Family

Left to Right: Stephen Decatur Quarles, Stephen Bice Quarles, Mary Ann (King) Quarls
2nd Row: James Lafayette Quarles, Lou Ella Quarles, Ida Quarles

James Lafayette Quarles
Twin Brother to Stephen Decatur Quarles

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The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power
To tell just where the hands will stop, at late or early hour.
The present is our own, to live, love, and toil with a will;
Place no faith in tomorrow, for the clock may then be still.

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