Pvt. (CSA), Enos Truss

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Pvt. Enos Truss

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Branchville, St. Clair County, AL, United States
Death: July 28, 1875 (39)
Dallas County, TX, United States
Place of Burial: Sunnyvale, Dallas County, TX, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Rev. James Truss and Priscilla White Truss
Brother of Marilda Asenath Lambert; Sarah Coweilla Garrett; Joel William Truss; Thomas Jefferson Truss; Martha Ann Helton and 1 other

Occupation: Co. A, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry
Managed by: Lee Vann Self, PhD
Last Updated:

About Pvt. (CSA), Enos Truss

Enos served as Private, Company A, 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry in the Confederate States Army. He spent 21 months in a Federal Army (Union) prison camp. After the war, about 1868, he and his parents loaded their belongings in four wagons drawn by horses and oxen, seated the women and children in them, and headed west.

As soon as they reached Dallas County, Enos rented a farm at New Hope for a year. He then bought 336 acres near Rose Hill and moved there. He freighted his cotton crop overland to Jefferson and the waiting river steamers during his first years in Dallas County. After he died, his widow and children moved to Mesquite.

A family story concerning the "Great Mesquite Train Robbery" of 10 April 1878. Members of the gang with Sam Bass, after robbing the west bound Texas and Pacific, came to their house and spent the night. Versions of the story conflict in whether they were prisoners or "guests" in the custom of the day to lodge and feed whomever came for the night.

Bio compiled from information provided by Diane Miller, Melba Lambert Straigis and Marilyn Kosanke.

Truss, Enos BATTLE UNIT NAME: 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry SIDE: Confederacy COMPANY: A
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M374 ROLL 45 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none

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Pvt. (CSA), Enos Truss's Timeline

1836
January 19, 1836
Branchville, St. Clair County, AL, United States
1875
July 28, 1875
Age 39
Dallas County, TX, United States
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Long Creek, Sunnyvale, Dallas County, TX, United States