Hall of Honour

Salathiel W. Kynerd
1821-1912

2nd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company C
Confederate States Army

Honoured by Adjutant Scott Rose

Parents:                 Jacob Kynerd and Rosannah Taylor

Place of Birth:       Marion, Perry County, Alabama

Date of Birth:         January 15, 1821

Marriage:               January 16, 1845 to Martha Anne Wilkerson, daughter of John Wilkerson and Lucy Penick, later to Sarah Irene Pace
                                on  February 23, 1869                             

Children:  

• Matthais Newton Kinerd (1845-1930) married Abby H. Galleaspie, later Martha (Nancy) A. Cox, last Ellen M. Vinson
• Lith (Eliza) Ann Kynerd (1847-1931) married Jasper N. Brown
• Jacob Burton Kinerd (1849-1930) married Martha R. Hobgood
• Christopher Columbus Kinerd (1855-1934) married Virginia J. Richardson
• Samuel David Kynerd (1860-1915) married Sarah Jerusha Murphy

Military Service: Enlisted August 5, 1863 (age 42) at Enterprise, Clarke County Mississippin in Gen. Frank C. Armstrong's Brigade, 2^nd Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Company C - The regiment was also listed as the 4th and 42nd in official reports - Muster roll dated December 23, 1863 lists Pvt. S.W. Kinard at hospital in Marion (Alabama?) - Roll dated November 3, 1864 has Pvt. Kinard at recruiting camp by order of Gen. William H. Jackson - Discharged May 4, 1865 after the army was surrendered at Citronelle, Alabama by Gen. Richard Taylor.

Religion:             Baptist

Burial Location: Kinard Cemetery on Van Zyverden Drive in Marion, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

Residences:       Marion, Perry County, Alabama from birth to 1851 – Lauderdale County, Mississippi -  Lived in The Jefferson Davis Beauvoir Soldiers Home in Gulfport, Mississippi at time of death at age 92

Occupation:        Farmer

Other:                  Son Matthais, also served the Confederacy in the same company as his father - Salathiel's family name is seen spelled Kynerd, Kinerd, Kynard, and Kinard on various documents.