Ben F. Thrower

First Name: Ben
Middle Name(s): F.
Last Name: Thrower
Residence (County): 
Lowndes County, AL
Biography: 

Ben F. Thrower (b. ca. 1841) enlisted as a private in Co. B, 1st Alabama Cavalry in November 1861 and died at Baldwin, Mississippi sometime in 1862 (exact date and cause not specified). He was the son of Thomas W. Thrower (b. GA ca. 1801), a planter in Lowndes County, Alabama, and Elender (b. SC ca. 1808). His four brothers also served in the Confederacy.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Date Author Recipient From To
11542 Thrower4 March 16, 1862 Ben F. Thrower Starling J. Thrower Franklin County, AL Lowndes County, AL

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