Winnie Davis Camp No. 108 UCV Records from Membership Register   Thomas B. Criddle Ent Conf Serv 10 April 1861, Co F Wm Jeffrey's Marmaduke's Brigade; surrendered to Gen Canly May 1865 at Shreveport, La. [on original form "Died Nov. 1917] Obituary The Reverend Thomas Bradley Criddle was born in Cape Girardeau Co. Missouri April 19, 1841, the son of J. B. Criddle and Catherine Robinson, natives of Virginia. His grandfathers were natives of England  and his grandmothers came from Scotland.  Both grandfathers were Revolutionary War soldiers. Thomas pursued his education at St. Louis and at Union, Mo. until the outbreak of the Civil War.  He enlisted in Gregg's Cavalry on his birthday in 1861, being then only nineteen years of age.  His principal service was with Marmaduke's Division, General Sterling Price's jurisdiction, Trans--Mississippi Department of the Confederacy.  He participated in the Battle of Pea Ridge in Arkansas before being wounded twice - at Belmont and Island Mo. 10 in the Mississippi River  -  where he was captured. He came to Ellis County in 1867, taught school and further pursued his studies, graduating from Marvin Collage in 1870.  He married Miss Hannah Quaite the same year and five children were born to the marriage: Mary Kate, Ernest D., Lucy (married Terry Green), Thomas and John. Rev. Criddle's popularity is attested  to by the fact that he was probably called on more often than any other local minister of his time to perform marriage ceremonies.  He served as pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church at Waxahachie from 1873 to 1878, and died at Waxahachie Oct. 27, 1917. [From A History of the Central Presbyterian Church, compiled Sept. 1950]   Copyright © 2002-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Thursday, 01-Jul-2021 13:18:42 MDT