Person:John Claiborne (8)

Name	John Alexander Claiborne
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	1844	Gibson County, Tennessee
Marriage	16 Dec 1866	Haywood County, Tennesseeto Elizabeth Adelaide Taylor
Census^[3]	1870	Shelby County, Tennessee
Census^[4]	1880	Haywood County, Tennessee
Death^[1]^[2]	8 May 1918	Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee
Burial^[1]	1918	Tabernacle Cemetery, Allens, Haywood County, Tennessee

He was a Confederate soldier and married Addie Taylor after his return from the War. For a few days after their wedding he was extremely ill with pneumonia. He moved his new bride to Arlington, Shelby County, Tennessee where he cleared land adjacent to his sister, Martha (Mattie), and her husband, Dr. Fred Battle. After the death of Addie in 1895, he lived with his younger sons, Fred Battle Claiborne and William Anthony Claiborne, in Bolivar, where Fred owned a dairy farm. He was blind in his last years, and died 1918 shortly after his son, William, was drafted into the army.

Shelby County, Tennessee, 1870 census:^[3]

Claybourne, J. A. 26 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee

Addie 26 yrs "R. L." b. Tennessee

Elick [m] 12 yrs b. Tennessee

J. T. [m] 5/12 yr b. Tennessee

Haywood County, Tennessee, 1880 census:^[4]

Claborne, Jno. A. 35 yrs Farmer b. Tennessee (parents, b. Virginia)

E. Adelaide 35 yrs Wife Keeping house b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee/North Carolina)

Alex 12 yrs Son School b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee)

Jno. T. 10 yrs Son School b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee)

Fred B. 6 yrs Son School b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee)

Louis E. 4 yrs Son b. Tennessee (parents, b. Tennessee)