Civil War Veterans Buried in Wise County, Texas  

This study by David Smith is in alphabetical order by last name. 
Only Section one is below.
Several additions have been sent in and added to this list.
There is SO MUCH good information if you find a relative here!
(Civil War 1861-65 - From Cliff D. Cates' book Pioneer History of Wise County, Page 126 - "Out of a voting population of about 700, upwards of 400 had sought service in the Confederate Army, with only a paltry few left to stand guard against the Indians.")

Click here to go back to the "Searcher" that finds names on all of these pages

David Smith of Baytown Texas spent several years researching the Civil War Veterans buried in Wise. The whole paper is 322 pages.

Version:  Thur., 7/28/2005  

Goals: Create as complete a list possible of the Civil War veterans buried in Wise Co., TX and locate the graves of those veterans.

Appreciation:  I would like to applaud the efforts of Rosalie Gregg (of the Wise County Historical Museum in Decatur, TX), LaDarla Keith and Sue Tackel for their outstanding work and help with this project. Without their efforts this project would not have been possible for me.

Apology: This work is far complete and is “stopped in midstride.” It has proved to be simply too big a project for me given the little time I am able to give to it and my geographic distance from resources in Wise County, TX and Austin, TX. So I am passing it on with the hope that others can take it and further it on from here.

Author:  David Smith – 7114 Seminole St. – Baytown, TX – 77521; sccwvets@yahoo.com

Outline of paper:

1.       Known Civil War veterans buried in Wise Co., TX (alphabetical with complete info).

2.       Known Civil War veterans buried in Wise Co., TX (by cemetery & with unit info only).

3.       Veterans buried in Wise Co., TX (sorted by allegiance).

4.       Men buried in Wise Co., TX, but which I know nothing regarding their military status (whether they were veterans or not).

5.       Men buried in Wise Co., TX who I know were not Civil War veterans.

6.       Civil War veterans who lived in Wise Co., TX late in life, but as of yet their graves have either not yet been found inside the county or they have been located outside of Wise Co., TX (those located outside the county appear in italic type).

7.       Cemeteries in Wise Co., OK.

Abbreviations:

·         1890 TVC = "1890 Texas Veterans Census Index " (Sterling Public Library in Baytown, TX -  R929.3764 D579).  

·         BMC  =  Membership list of the Ben McCulloch Camp # 30 UCV in Decatur, TX (as listed in the

Wise County Messenger, 7/18/1902).

·         CDHTB = Chaplain Davis and Hood's Texas Brigade - edited by Donald E. Everett (Principa Press, 1962) [Sterling Public Libray in Baytown, TX - 973.742 D263].

·         CICSRCS  =  Microfilm Consolidated Index to Compiled Service Record of Confederate Soldiers.

·         Crute = "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute (Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston, TX - 973.742 C957 USA).

·         CV  =  Confederate Veteran magazine.

·         FBR = * Funeral Book Records for Wise Co., TX (http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum).

·         HSC = History of Stephens County by Stephens County Historical Society, 1983 (Sterling Public Library in Baytown, TX -  R929.376653 H673).

·         PHWC = * Pioneer History of Wise County by Cliff D. Cates, 1907.

·         RCS  =  The Roster of Confederate Soldiers – Janet B. Hewett, editor.

·         RUS  =  The Roster of Union Soldiers – Janet B. Hewett, editor.

·         TNCPA = "Index to Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications” (Sterling Public Library in Baytown, TX - R929.3768 i38).

·         TVMW = Texas Volunteers in the Mexican War - Charles D. Spurlin (Eakin Press, 1998) [Sterling Public Library in Baytown, TX - 973.624 S774]

·         TW = "Texas in the War" - Marcus Wright & Harold Simpson (Sterling Public Library in Baytown, TX - R976.405 W952).

·         TXCPA = "Index to Applications for Texas Confederate Pensions” (Sterling Public Library in Baytown, TX - R929.3764 K55).

·         Woodruff = Letter (8/20/2004) from W.B. Woodruff, Camp Adjutant of the A.S. Johnson SCV Camp # 983 in Decatur, TX listing the men buried in Wise Co., TX for whom that camp has provided grave markers, plaques, ceremonies, etc.

·         Remarks in orange indicate places where further work needs to be done.

1. CW veterans buried in Wise Co., TX (alphabetical & complete info)

Akin, Stephen Lewis

b.10/28/1843; d.5/12/1911.

CSA, 8^th Georgia Infantry Battalion, Co.C; Private.

Keeter Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Stephen’s first marriage may have been to “Martha Timmons” on 10/10/1865 in Cherokee County, Georgia. His second marriage was to “A.C. (Ellis) Wilson,” a widow. He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application.  His grave has a military marker at this time. 

The CSA, 8th Georgia Infantry Battalion was organized with six companies in the early spring of 1862 at Savannah, Georgia with some of the men being from Adairsville, Bartow, Gordon and Thornburgh Counties. It became of States Rights Gist’s Brigade and was a part of things at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta, Franklin and Nashville. Late in the war it was consolidated with the 2^nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion and the 65^th Georgia Infantry Regiment and was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. It was commanded by Lt. Colonels Asahel Littlefield, Leroy Napier, Jr., J.T. Reid and Zachariah L. Watters.

Sources:

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

·         http://www.rootsweb.com/~gacherok/marriage/query250.htm

·         http://www.gencircles.com/users/nellh/1/data/49

Akin, William Boone

b.3/16/1816; d.1/13/1894.

USA?  or  CSA?

Keeter Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

W.B. married “Nancy Ellenor Ellis” about 1841 in Cass County, Georgia. He was a Mason. He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application. His grave does not have a military marker at this time. 

A very wild guess follows: there is a "William B. Akin" who served in the USA, 30^th KY Infantry Reg., Co.F -  could that be this man???

Sources:

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

·         http://www.gencircles.com/users/nellh/1/data/50

Albritton, Asa Travis

b.1832; d.1909.

CSA, 55^th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

A.T. may have been born in Randolph County, Georgia. He is listed on the company roll as of 5/1862, but there is no later record of him. His TX CSA pension application ("Asa T. Albritton") for Wise Co., TX was rejected, but I have not seen it so I do not know why it was rejected. His grave has a military marker at this time. 

The CSA, 55th Georgia Infantry Regiment was organized on 5/17/1862 with most of the men having come from Hall, Jackson and Walker Counties. C. B. Harkie being elected as Colonel in command with A.W. Persons to serve as Lt. Colonel. The 55th was active in East Tennessee in mid-1862 and as a part of Heth's division it entered Kentucky. Returning to East Tennessee, it served in that department until it was surrendered with the rest of the garrison of Cumberland Gap on 9/9/1863. The portion of the regiment that was not captured served as prison guards at Andersonville (Georgia), Salisbury (North Carolina) and Florence (South Carolina). By a Special Order dated 2/26/1864, Lt. Col. Alexander W. Persons was assigned to duty as Commandant of the Post at Andersonville. This order also included the command of the prison guard and charge of the Federal prisoners at Camp Sumter, near that post.

Yet to do: check this pension and see why it was rejected.

Sources:

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

·         http://home.earthlink.net/~bwjohnson/csa/ra_aveng.htm

Allen, John M.

b.2/10/1843; d.8/13/1902.

CSA, 5^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (McKenzie's), Co.F (or "Co.A" according to marker); Sergeant.

Willow Point Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

John served from 8/15/1862 to 1865. He was a Mason. He married a woman with the initials "S.A." (b.4/19/1846; d.8/6/1923). He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application. His grave has a military marker.

The CSA, 5th Tennessee Cavalry (McKenzie’s) Regiment was organized in 12/1862 with the 13th Tennessee Cavalry Battalion serving as its core. Most of the men were from Blount, Bradley, Cocke, Hamilton, Hawkins, Meigs, McMinn and Polk Counties.  McKenzie’s 5^th served in Scott's, Humes', H.B. Davidson's, and H.M. Ashby's Brigade. After skirmishing in Kentucky it fought at Chickamauga, McMinnville, Shelbyville and Philadelphia. It later saw action in Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky and went on to see service in the Carolinas campaign. At the surrender, McKenzie’s 5^th surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Colonels George W. McKenzie and John B. McLin served as commanders of this unit.

Sources:

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

Allen, Thomas R.

b.10/23/1846; d.4/2/1928.

CSA, Well’s Texas Cavalry Battalion; Co.I

Sycamore Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Missouri, Thomas was brought to Denton County, TX when he was just over one year old (1847). Enlisted in 10/1861. He states that he was “transferred in 1864 to the CSA, Colonel Beard’s Cavalry regiment, was captured and made a POW” and was a prisoner of war at the time of the war’s end.  Note: Scanland’s Squadron, Co.A., Texas Cavalry became Wells’ Battalion, Texas Cavalry, Co.A.  After the war, he served as a justice of the peace, sheriff, tax assessor and county commissioner. Graduating from the St. Louis College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1891 he went on to become a doctor.  He was married to “Rhoda C.” (b.6/17/1846; d.3/4/1908). Guess - there is a “Thomas R. Allen” who served in the CSA, 12^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.I – could this be the same man as the one buried in Wise Co., TX?

“I enlisted in October 1861 and surrendered . . . to General Reynolds of the U.S. Army at Ft. Gibson in April 1865 and was released from custody at Fort Leavenworth, KS in June 1865. . . . I first enlisted in Captain Scantlin’s Company, which was Co.A. in Welles Battalion Cavalry . . . was transferred to Capt. Shoemake’s Company in the fall of 1863 and served one year and was transferred to Beard’s Company [W.A. Beard – Well’s Texas Cavalry Regiment; Co.I], with which I surrendered. . . . I was detailed to work in the hospital during the winter of 1862.” (from his TX CSA pension application)

“The CSA, Wells' Cavalry Battalion [also called CSA, 34th Battalion) completed its organization at Doaksville, Indian Territory, during the fall of 1863. Attached to the Trans-Mississippi Department, the unit primarily skirmished the Federals in the Indian Territory. During March, 1864, part were stationed at Fort Arbuckle and part at Fort Washita. Early in 1865 it was reorganized as Wells' Cavalry Regiment, but it was soon dismounted and ordered to Houston. It was included in the surrender in June. Lieutenant Colonel John W. Wells was in command.” (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.htm)

Sources:

Allison, James William

b.1844; d.1903.

CSA.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

James married "Elizabeth" (b.1849; d.1939). James has a "rejected" TX CSA pension application from Wise Co., TX.  His grave does not have a military marker at this time.

Yet to do: check this pension and see why it was rejected.

Sources:

·         BMC (listed as "J.W. Allison")

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

Allison, Samuel Gillaspie

b.1/14/1834; d.3/22/1905.

CSA, 28^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (aka: 1^st Lancers; Randal's), Co.C (on 4/26/1862); Corporal.

CSA, 11^th Texas  Infantry Regiment (Robert's), Co.E.

Garvin Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Samuel entered the CSA, 28^th Texas Cavalry Regiment at Carthage, TX on 4/26/1862. Later he transferred to the 11^th TX Infantry (Robert’s) Regiment and served with that unit for the duration of the war. He married a woman with the initials "K. J." (b.10/2/1843; d.2/2/1929).  Samuel moved to Texas about 1883.  He was a Mason. His widow, K. J., has a TX CSA pension application (Wise County, TX - #39254). Samuel’s grave has a military marker at this time. 

The CSA, 28th Texas Cavalry (Randal’s) Regiment (aka: 1st Texas Lancers) was organized in the late spring of 1862 with about 1,000 men divided into twelve companies (one of these companies being transferred in 1864 to the 19th Texas Infantry Regiment). Some of the 28^th’s members were from Fairfield and Shelby Counties. Soon after organization, the unit was dismounted and assigned to Polignac's, Randal's, and Maclay's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. Consequently, it was active in a variety of conflicts in Louisiana and Arkansas. The 28^th was heavily engaged at both Mansfield and Pleasant Hill in addition to seeing combat at Jenkins’ Ferry. The 28th did not surrender, it having disbanded before the end of the war. The 28^th was commanded by Col. Eli H. Baxter and Col. Horace Randal.

In the winter of 1861-1862, the CSA, 11th Texas Infantry (Robert’s) Regiment was assembled in Houston, Texas, many of the men having been recruited in the towns of Clarksville, Henderson and Marshall, as well as from Cherokee and Shelby Counties. Having first been assigned to the Army of New Mexico, it went on to serve in H. Randal's and Maclay's Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department. The 11^th skirmished in various places in Louisiana, suffering 4 killed, 15 wounded and 32 missing at Bayou Bourdeau. During the Red River Campaign, Company A (comprised of 3 officers and 42 men) was captured. The 11^th moved to Arkansas and fought at Jenkins’ Ferry. Moving on from there, it was  stationed at Shreveport, Louisiana, and later Hempstead, Texas. The 11^th disbanded at Hempstead in 5/1865. Colonels A. J. Coupland, James H. Jones and O.M. Roberts commanded the 11^th.

Sources:

·         TX CSA pension application # 39254

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

Appling, James H.

b.8/16/1828; d.3/10/1914.

CSA, 9^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Co.A; Private.

Crafton Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

James’ grave marker states that he was a "Sgt." He was probably related to two other men named "Appling" who served in the 9^th Arkansas Infantry. He married “Ellen J.” (b.?; d.1/16/1899).  His grave has a military marker at this time.

In 7/1861, the CSA, 9th Arkansas Infantry Regiment was organized at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It soon became known as the "Parson's Regiment" because it had forty-two ministers on its roster. Its companies were primarily composed of men from Ashley, Bradley, Drew, Jefferson and Union counties. The 9th fought at Belmont and then moved east of the Mississippi, seeing an active role in the conflicts at Shiloh (where it suffered 17 killed and 115 wounded), Corinth and Coffeeville (where it suffered 16 more casualties). Later, it saw action at Champion’s Hill and Jackson before being captured at Port Hudson on 7/9/1863. After being exchanged and assigned to General D. H. Reynold's Brigade, the unit participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee at Kennesaw Mountain, Nashville and Bentonville (it losing many men as disabled in these last two actions). The 9^th surrendered on 4/26/1865 having been led by Colonels John M. Bradley and Isaac L. Dunlop.

Sources:

Arwine, David L.

b.4/24/1844; d.10/26/1930.

USA, 145^th Indiana Infantry Regiment, Co.H (or "K"?); Private.

West Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

David was born in Brown County, Indiana. At the time of his enlistment, he stood 5 ft., 10" tall and had a fair complexion with dark hair and blue eyes.  His wife’s name was "Amanda E." (b.11/26/1866; d.3/25/1904). During the war, David was assigned to permanent garrison guard duty in Indiana. He died in Lubbock County, Texas. His grave does not have a military marker at this time.

The USA, 145th Indiana Infantry Regiment mustered in on 2/16/1865. It served in Nashville (Tennessee), Chattanooga (Tennessee) and Dalton (Georgia) in 2/1865. It skirmished at Spring Place on 2/27/1865 and 4/20/1865. A detachment of the 14^th also skirmished near Tunnel Hill on 3/3/1865.  It served on railroad guard duty at Dalton, Marietta and Cuthbert (Georgia) until 1/1865.The 145^th mustered out of service on 1/21/1866. During the course of its service, the 145^th suffered the loss of 70 men from disease.

Sources:

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

·         1890 TVC, p.2b (living in Bridgeport)

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA

      pension application).

·         e-mail correspondence with Theresa Weddell (< bweddell@prodigy.net >) in 12/2002.

Auvenshine, Elias

b.6/15/1830 (original grave marker says "1827"); d.7/14/1889.

USA, 2^nd Arkansas Cavalry, Co.F; Private.

Bethel -Rhome Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

His wife’s name was "Gatsey" (b.2/24/1830; d.2/22/1882).  His grave does not have a military marker at this time. 

The USA, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment was organized at Helena, Arkansas and Pilot Knob, Missouri in 7/1862. It was on duty at Helena (Arkansas) until 4/1863, at Fayetteville (Arkansas) until 7/1863 and at Cassville (Missouri ) until 9/1864. It’s work of scouting and rooting out of guerillas caused it to be involved in many skirmishes. It was involved at Little Blue, Big Blue, Marais des Cygnes, Charlot and Newtonia. The 2^nd was mustered out on 8/20/1865.

Sources:

Bailey, Horace Coleman

b.10/19/1840; d.1/4/1903.

CSA, 18^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.K,L; Private.

Rush Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 1861 till end of the war.  Moved to TX in 1876.  Worked as a farmer in Wise Co., TX.  Married to "A.E."  He (#09369) and his wife (#18559) both have approved TX CSA pension applications in Wise Co., TX.  His grave does not have a military marker at this time. 

The CSA, 18th Alabama Infantry Regiment was completely organized in 9/1861 at Auburn, Alabama. The men were recruited from Butler, Coffee, Coosa, Covington, Jefferson, Pike, Shelby, Talladega and Tuscaloosa Counties. It was first attached to the Department of Alabama and West Florida, but then was moved to Tennessee in 3/1862. Assigned to J.K. Jackson's Brigade, the 18^th took an active part in the first day of the fight at Shiloh, suffering the loss of about 20 men killed and 80 wounded (out of 420 engaged). The 18th fought with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville. At Chickamauga, the 18^th lost 22 of its 36 officers and about 300 out of its 527 men in killed and wounded. At Missionary Ridge, the 18^th lost around 90 men, most of them captured and lost about 100 more at Franklin, most of them being captured. Returning to Mobile in 1/1865, the 18^th participated in the defense of Spanish Fort. It was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana on 5/4/1865 at Meridian, Mississippi. Its field officers were: Colonels E.C. Bullock, James T. Holtzclaw, Eli S. Shorter, and James Strawbridge.

Sources:

Bailey, William F.

b.12/25/1828; d.9/13/1908. 

CSA.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Sarah A." (b.6/1/1836; d.5/2/1899). Does not have a military marker.  Note, he is not the man who has a TX CSA pens. appl. [#18548] from Wise Co., TX.

Baits, George Edward

b.1841; d.1903.

CSA.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Martha Jane" (b.1849; d.1943).  Here is a wild guess - there was a "George E. Baits" who served as a Private in the CSA, 44^th Tennessee (Consolidated) Infantry Regiment, Co.B – could this the same man???  His grave does not have a military marker at this time.

Yet to do: check the pension and see why it was rejected.

Sources:

pension application from Wise County, TX)

Baker, Andrew J.

b.4/9/1841; d.5/8/1914.

CSA.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Member of "U.C.V." (b.1841; d.1925). He has a TX CSA pension application from Wise Co., TX (#20112) and his wife, “Martha,” has one, too from Wise Co., TX (#27900). His grave does not have a military marker at this time.

Yet to do: check these pensions.

Sources:

Banks, Andrew H.

b.8/24/1844; d.7/4/1915.

CSA, 1^st Arkansas Cavalry (Stirman’s) Battalion, Co.K; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Washington County, Arkansas. Claimed to have served from Spring 1862 to May 1865 (having been discharged at Fort Smith, Arkansas) and that the company he served in was formed in Washington County, AR. Married "Alice H. Baker" (b.about 1848 in New Bufflow, Indiana; d.?) on 8/6/1871 near Fayetteville, Arkansas.  A farmer by occupation. Moved to TX about 1877. Moved to Paradise, TX about 1889 or 1890. His grave does not have a military marker at this time. [[587]]

“The CSA, 1^st Arkansas Cavalry (Stirman’s) Battalion (aka: 1st [Stirman's] Battalion Sharpshooters; formerly “Brooks' 1st Arkansas Cavalry Battalion”) was organized during the summer of 1862. The unit fought at Port Gibson and Vicksburg. It was captured at Vicksburg on 7/4/1863. After being exchanged, it returned to Arkansas and became known as “Stirman's Arkansas Cavalry Battalion.” The unit was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Bridges and Ras Stirman.”

Yet to do: check this pension.

Sources:

Barnes, Joseph Bennett – b.7/21/1835; d.10/22/1888.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry (Gould’s) Regiment, Co.E.

Hyde Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

The CSA, 23rd Texas Cavalry (Gould’s) Regiment was formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Centerville, Denton, Cooper, Palestine, and Clarksville, and Bowie and Hopkins counties. It was assigned to H. Bee's and DeBray's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and fought in various conflicts in Louisiana. In January, 1864, the unit contained 33 officers and 451 men, and later took an active part in the engagements at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. It was included in the surrender in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Nicholas C. Gould, Lieutenant Colonels J.A. Corley and Isaac A. Grant, and William R. Caton.

Sources:

Barnett, Elisha Green – b.6/1/1848; d.3/21/1939.

CSA, 5^th TX Cavalry Reg., Co.K (“Cathey’s Co.”).

East Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in “West Tennessee.” Moved to Texas about 1856. In his TX CSA pension application he claimed to have served “Company K, Cathey’s Company, under whom I served in the Military Service, disbanded during the latter part of year 1864” and that this was a “Cavalry” unit.  His two witnesses (Mrs. B.F. Simmons of Oklaunion, TX [his sister] and G.W. Barnett of Pontotoc, OK) in the TX CSA pension appl. state that he “was located in Texas and helped protect the people on the frontier from Indians and other marauders.” He said he enlisted in Acton (Hood County), Texas.  However, a letter from the AG’s office in Washington (enclosed in his TX CSA pens. Appl. file) states: “No record has been found of his service, capture or parole as of Co.K, 15^th Texas Cavalry, CSA, of which organization W. H. Cathey was Captain.” The pension was, however, approved. Moved to Wise Co., TX about 1889. He owned no home or property at the time of his pension application. Married to "M. A." (b.10/10/1849; d.9/15/1925).  He has an approved (on 8/1/1929) TX CSA pension application for Wise Co., TX (#45914).  Has a military marker.

“Our home was near Acton, Texas, and my Brother’s Company under Captain Cathey was encamped near our home for some time and to my certain knowledge . . . They broke camp and left for the West to fight Indians. Two years after this time my brother Elisha Green Barnett returned home and I remember him telling us of the last engagement with the Indians on the North Concho River. They had several companies in this engagement and the captain of one of the companies named Captain Gillintine was killed and my brother with others brought his body back to the old Chism Ranch on the Colorado River and buried it. . . . Another incident I remember was the return of my brother and Henry Frasier [our neighbor] and they brought with them a horse and saddle of our neighbor Jesse Stewart who was killed in battle and I remember our family taking the horse and saddle to his people and telling them of his death.” (statement from his sister, Mrs. B.F. Simmons” of Oklaunion, TX dated 7/22/1929 found in his TX CSA pension application file)

Sources:

Barnett, William H. - b.2/20/1845; d.11/25/1922.

CSA, 1^st Mississippi Light Artillery Regiment, Co.C; Private. 

Anneville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Georgia.  Enlisted on 4/23/1862.  His military marker says "Co.E .  Captured at Vicksburg & paroled there on 7/7/1863.  Married "F. M." (b.1/?/???; d.8/??/????) on 4/25/1883.  Moved to TX in 1872.  He and his wife both have approved TX CSA pension applications.  Has a military marker.

Sources:

Barrick, Alexander H. – b.12/11/1828; d.2/25/1895.

USA, 53^rd Illinois Infantry, Co.B,H; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a military marker.

Sources:

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

·         1890 TVC; p.4a (listed as "Alexander M."; living in Paradise).

Bates, William W. – b.10/24/1843; d.5/12/1921.

USA?  or  CSA?

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a Methodist preacher ("Rev." on headstone), perhaps even before the Civil War.  Married to "E. F." (b.2/8/1849; d.4/20/1898).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:

·         PHWC, p.56; * 1890 TVC, p.4a (listed as "William W. Bates"; living in Alvord)

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (he is not the "William W. Bates" with a TX CSA pension application [#13028] from Panola Co., TX).

·         PHWC, p.56.

Baugh, A. G. – b.5/13/1834; d.1/5/1919.

CSA, 12^th Missouri Cavalry Regiment, Co.I; Private.

Thomas Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Kentucky.  Served with the 12th Kentucky Cavalry (enlisting on 8/15/1862), but was transferred to the "Engineer Corps" in 2/1864.  Said to have served in “Col. Upton Hays” outfit.   Served till the end of the war.  Married to "Mary A." (b.4/10/1837; d.5/15/1918).  Moved to TX in 1875.  Worked as a farmer in Wise Co., TX.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:

·         TX CSA pension application # 20346 (approved in 1911)

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

Bayne, Matthias T. – b.6/8/1842; d.12/10/1890.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry (Gould’s) Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Hog Branch (Stokes) Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted at the same time as C.C. Leonard (who served as a witness to Bayne’s service on on Bayne’s widow’s TX CSA pension application [#33394]). Served from 1862-1865. Note: his death year according to his widow’s TX CSA pension application is “1896.” Lived in TX since 1852.  Married “S. L.” (b.? in Gentry Co., Missouri; d.11/11/1932 in Cottle County, TX) on 11/14/1869 in Wise Co., TX.

Sources:

·         http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (widow has a TX CSA pension application [#33394] from Donley Co., TX approved on 10/9/1916)

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

Beatty, Alvin C. – b.6/5/1833; d.3/28/1899.

CSA, 17^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Griffith's), Co.E; 1^st Lieutenant.

Pella Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources:

Beauchamp, Finis Dudley - b.11/15/1825; d.6/12/1893.

CSA, 10^th Mississippi Cavalry, Co.D; Captain.

Aurora cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Lawrence Co., Alabama.  Married to Caroline (1829-1915).

Sources:

Bennett, Solomon – b.?; d.?

CSA, 9^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a military marker.

Sources:

·         http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm

Berry, John S. – b.3/10/1833; d.4/5/1893.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry (Gould’s) Regiment; Co.E; Corporal.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married "Julia A. E." (b.2/10/1833; d.2/14/1908).

“The CSA, 23rd Texas Cavalry (Gould's) Regiment was formed during the spring of 1862 with men from Centerville, Denton, Cooper, Palestine, and Clarksville, and Bowie and Hopkins counties. It was assigned to H. Bee's and Debray's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and fought in various conflitcs in Louisiana. In January, 1864, the unit contained 33 officers and 451 men, and later took an active part in the engagements at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. It was included in the surrender in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Nicholas C. Gould, Lieutenant Colonels J.A. Corley and Isaac A. Grant, and William R. Caton.” (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm)

Sources:

Blanton, James W. – b.about 1834; d.2/8/1884 (according to gravestone).

CSA, 1^st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Fagan's-Monroe's)(aka: 6th Arkansas Trans-Mississippi Cavalry), Co.E; Captain / field surgeon.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Son of Jacob Blanton (who was a doctor & a preacher).  Brother of John Burgess Blanton. Enlisted either on 5/26/1862 in Brownsville, AR or on 7/4/1861 (latter date is on widow's TX CSAPA).  Was a doctor ("Dr." on headstone).  Married on 9/24/1868.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  E-mail with kin, Lee Rottler (< lrottler6@home.com >); * TX CSA pension application #42266 (widow's); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Blanton, John Burgess – b.2/24/1839; d.4/25/1904 (according to gravestone).

CSA, 1^st Arkansas Cavalry Regiment (Fagan's-Monroe's)(aka: 6th Arkansas Trans-Mississippi Cavalry), Co.E; Sergeant (& field surgeon?).

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Son of Jacob Blanton (who was a doctor & a preacher).  Brother of James W. Blanton.  Enlisted on 5/26/1862 in Brownsville, AR (according to gg-grandson).  Dropped from the rolls on 8/20/1864.  Record states: “John Burgess Blanton Acting Assistant surgeon of Monroe’s Arkansas Cavalry having been rejected by Army Medical Board will have his name dropped from the rolls and from this day will cease to be an officer of the ?A.C.S.”  However, the TX CSA pension application states that he served in the CSA, 27^th Texas Cavalry, Co.A (aka: 1^st Texas Legion Cavalry; aka: "Whitfield's Legion").  Married on 9/24/1868 (according to TX CSAPA).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * E-mail with gg-grandson, Lee Rottler (< lrottler6@home.com >); * TX CSA pension application # 42266 (widow's); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Blythe, Edward A. - b.1830; d.1878.

CSA, 31^st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Hawpe's), Co.E; Captain.

Marker in the Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX, but body is buried in the State Cemetery in Austin, TX.

BLYTHE, EDWARD A. (1831~1922) Edward A. Blythe, Confederate veteran, was born in Tennessee in 1831. At the age of 10, in 1841, and presumably with his parents, Edward moved to Texas. The family appears to have settled in Wise County, between the city of Fort Worth and the present day Texas / Oklahoma border.

On March 20, 1862, Edward, at age 32, enlisted in the Confederacy and helped Trezevant C. Hawpe organize a Texas cavalry regiment. On April 9, Hawpe was elected Colonel of the regiment and Edward was elected Captain of his own company, Capt. Edward A. Blythe’s Company, Hawpe’s Regiment Texas Cavalry. After being mustered into the Confederate Army on May 14, 1862, Hawpe’s Regiment became the 31st Texas Cavalry and Edward’s company became Company E.

During the War, the 31st Cavalry served in Arkansas, Missouri and the Indian Territory, present day Oklahoma, and was dismounted on November 1, 1862. Hawpe, who appeared to have not agreed with the order to dismount, resigned his commission as colonel and Frederick J. Malone replaced him.

After being sent east of the Mississippi River, the unit was later remounted and fought at the battles of Poison Spring and Cabin Creek and was included in the June, 1865 surrender. Other than the above unit history, no other information is known about Edward’s experiences during the War.

After returning to Wise County, Edward worked as a merchant in Decatur. On January 17, 1913, after the death of his wife, he moved to Austin to live in the Confederate Men’s Home, where he lived for more than nine years. On March 10, 1922, at age 90, he was transferred to the Austin Lunatic Asylum, now called the Austin State Hospital, where he died on May 12, 1922. He was buried in the Texas State Cemetery the next day.

Information taken from: Confederate Home Roster; Compiled Military Service Records; Civil War Soldier and Sailor System website at http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss; "HAWPE, TREZEVANT C." The Handbook of Texas Online. [Accessed Thu Jun 26 11:31:42 US/Central 2003]; Austin State Hospital Records; and Death Certificate #15719. (http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp)

He has a military marker in Wise Co., TX (Oaklawn Cemetery).

Sources: * PHWC, pp.122,134,173,223,438-439; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (he obviously does not have a TX CSA pension application, for he died before these pensions were issued); * PHWC, p.35,122134,173222-223,320,438-439; * Woodruff; * e-mail correspondence with Jane Johnson (JJCNC@aol.com), a descendant of his, on 1/31/2005; * http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp.

Bogy, Joseph Vetoe – b.10/29/1841; d.7/25/1914.

CSA, Farris' Battery, 2^nd Missouri Light Artillery (Clark Artillery), Sergeant [having transferred sometime in 1863 from 1st Field Battery, Arkansas Artillery (McNalley's); Sergeant].

East Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Enlisted on 12/7/1861, at Little Rock, Arkansas - Captured and paroled at Vicksburg on 7/4/1863 as a Sergeant in “McNally’s Arkansas Artillery” - Paroled at Gainesville, Alabama on 5/10/1865 in Farris’s Battery, 2^nd Company Missouri Artillery (according to AG’s letter in TX CSA pension application). He states that he served with “King’s 2^nd Missouri Battery,” was “transferred from McNalley’s Arkansas Artillery to King’s” and was discharged in “April 1865 with Joseph E. Johnston.” McNalley’s 2^nd Missouri Battery was a part of Johnston’s Army, Forrest’s Cavalry, Jackson’s Division.  One of his witnesses for his first TX CSA pens. appl. (which was rejected due to his having too much property) was “J.C. Hierschapeil  of Jefferson County, Arkasnas” who served with Bogy in the 2^nd Missouri Battery (McNalley’s). Married "Ruth" (b.4/26/1843 in AL; d.2/27/1926 in Hedley, TX [Donley County] of pneumonia) on 11/1/1865 in Alabama.  Moved to TX in 1874. A farmer by occupation. "U.C.V." engraved on headstone.  He and his wife have TX CSA pension applications in Wise Co., TX (#16983 [approved on 8/31/1909] & #29231[approved on 9/1/1914], respectively).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * Woodruff.

Bourden, B. C. – b.1/12/1844; d.4/18/1903.

CSA

Lone Star Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

A wild guess – there was a "Benjamin C. Bourden" who served as a 2^nd Lieutenant in the CSA, 1^st North Carolina Heavy Artillery Battalion, Co.B – could this be the same man???  Married to "Florence" (b.10/16/1846; d.8/17/1908).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * BMC; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html  (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application).

Bowers, John Roe – b.4/2/1838; d.4/1/1918.

CSA, 43^rd Tennessee Infantry (Gillespie’s) Regiment (aka: 5th East Tennessee Volunteer Regiment), Co.F; 2^nd Sergeant (transferred from 62^nd [aka: 80^th] Tennessee Infantry Regiment).

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Tennessee (“Rone” [sic?] County). Moved to Texas in 1877. Lived in Wise Co., TX since the early 1880’s. He states that he served about one year (1862-1863), starting out in the CSA, 43^rd TN Infantry Regiment, Co.F, then was  transferred to the CSA, 62^nd TN Infantry Regiment and was captured at the fall of Vicksburg and paroled at that time. However, according to a letter from the AG’s office in Washington (included  in his TX CSA pension application file) the order is reversed: “John Bowers was mustered in as a 2^nd Sergeant of Co.G, 62^nd , also known as the 80^th, Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A., and that he was transferred January 4, 1863 to Co.F, 43^rd Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A. On the company roll for July and August 1863, the last on file, he was reported as absent on parole. . . . The Union records of prisoners show that this man was captured and paroled on July 4, 1863, at Vicksburg.” His first filing for a TX CSA pension application was rejected on 4/21/1915 because he had “too much property.” He was later approved on 5/16/1917. Married to "Mary E." (b.9/11/1842; d.12/1/1906).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#34146] from Wise Co., TX [listed as "John Bowers"] approved on 5/16/1917); * http://home.earthlink.net/~gmartin55/43tnroster.html; * http://haysco.net/brooks/.

Bowlin, Newton Rhea – b.1847; d.9/7/1926.

CSA, 25^th Virginia Cavalry Regiment, Co.H; Sergeant.

West Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 10/3/1862 and was paroled at Cumberland Gap, Kentucky on 4/28/1865 (“nothing being found on record to show when, where or under what circumstances he became a prisoner of war.”). He is listed as “Rhey Boling” in some official records. His letter stating that he would not take up arms against the Union again are included in his widow’s TX CSA pension application file and is signed “Rhea Boling.”  Married "Margaret" (b.12/19/1861 in Cuba, Missouri; d.7/27/1933 in Gaines Co., TX) on 3/29/1879 in Grayson Co., TX.  His widow has a TX CSA pension application (#43468 – widow – "M. M.") from Wise Co., TX (approved on 11/17/1927).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Bowman, James W. – b.3/11/1848; d.8/21/1926.

USA?  or  CSA?

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a minister ("Rev." engraved on headstone).  Married to "Ann" (b.3/2/1848; d.12/20/1923).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.6b (listed as "James W. Bowman"; living in Crafton); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application).

Boyd, John J. - b.6/27/1818; d.4/7/1897.

USA?  or  CSA?

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Charlotte M." (b.8/27/1825; d.?).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * PHWC, p.440.; * 1890 TVC, p.6b (listed as "John F." or "John J." Boyd; living in Decatur); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (may have a "rejected" TX CSA pension application from Montague Co., TX ["John J. Boyd"]). CHECK THIS PENSION! APPLICATION & SEE WHY IT WAS "REJECTED" & IF IT IS THIS MAN.

Boyd, Thomas B. – b.3/16/1838; d.10/16/1926.

CSA, 1^st Mississippi Infantry Regiment (Johnston's), Co.B; Captain.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in "Lauderdale, Alabama" (or Lee County, MS - there may be conflicting info in the TX CSA pension applications as to birthplace) to John Hiram & Mary Jane (Kesler) Boyd. Had light complexion, auburn hair, grey eyes, and was 5’, 10” tall.  Enlisted on 6/20/1861 as a 3^rd Lt or enlisted on 9/19/1861 as a 2^nd Lieutenant; made a "Captain" on 9/24/1962.  The War Department's AG's report (10/31/1922) states: "Thomas Boyd, 3^rd Lieutenant, Co.B, 1^st (Johnston's) Regiment Mississippi Infantry, CSA, was mustered into the service of the State of Miss. And enlisted . . . 9/19/1861, a 2^nd Lieut. He was appointed Captain on 9/24/1862. He is also shown as having entered the State service on 6/20/1861.  He was captured at Ft. Donelson on 2/16/1862, confined at Johnson's Island and declared exchanged at Aiken's Landing on 11/10/1862.  He was again captured at Port Hudson, LA on 7/9/1863, sent north on steamer ("Planet"), confined at Johnson's Island (until 2/9/1864), Point Lookout, MD (for 2 months) and Fort Delaware, Delaware (until about 8/20/1864).  He was forwarded to Hilton Head, S.C., received at Fort Pulaski, GA, sent back to Fort Delaware where he was released on oath of allegiance on 6/12/1865."  Was a POW in Ft. Delaware 1863-1865 and was one of those come to be known as “The Immortal 600.”  Had a brother who died in the CSA army and brought his body home for burial during the war.  Married "Eliza" (b.10/17/1848; d.1/4/1939) on 5/25/1870.  Moved to TX in 1868.  There is said to be an article written by him in the Forth Worth Star Telegram (5/4/1917) about his military experiences.  Living in Decatur at time of pension application (1923).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application # 39417 (approved on 10/27/1923) & 42490 (widow's); * e-mail correspondence in 7/2003 with Fort Delaware Society; * BMC ("T. Boyd"); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * FBR ( < http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum > ); * http://donverner.freeyellow.com/boyd/brothers_boyd.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

“Being a gg-grandson to Thomas B. & Eliza Boyd I have spent a good deal of time on researching this family. Thomas B. Boyd was indeed in the Imortal 600 but that was the culmination of his experience.  He enlisted in Itawamba County Mississippi along with 4 of his brothers, 2 of which did not come home.   He served in the "B.1  Miss Infantry, Regiment, CSA. He was first captured at Fort Donelson, Feb 16, 1862, confined at Johnson's Island and declared exchanged at Aiken's Landing, Nov. 10, 1862.  His second imprisonment came as a result of being captured at Port Hudson, La., July 9, 1863.   He was sent north and confined at Johnson's Island, Point Lookout, Md. and Fort Delaware, Del.  before being sent south. . . .

“Thomas B Boyd was in two major battles and spent most of his military career as a prisoner of war, yet he did not see fit to pass those stories down within his family.  For me, his military history has only come to light as a result of lots of serious research. From what I can understand he was a quiet and unassuming man that came to Wise County Texas, via Lamar County, to start a new life and raise his family in a land that had not been destroyed by the Civil War.  He and his wife Eliza were successful in that endeavor by having eight children in Texas.  The Boyd descendants are now scattered widely. - Gary Grider / Clovis, New Mexico” (7/16/2003 - ggrider@plateautel.net)

“First, Roll 45 of the "Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-65," provided by the National Archives, confirms that Thomas Boyd was a Capt. in the 1st MS Inf., Company B. At the fort, he was a part of Division # 35. Today, historians do not know where specific divisions were housed at the Fort, but he was probably held with others from his regiment or home state of MS. He was released from Fort DE on 6/12/1865.  Boyd was also a part of what has become known as the "Immortal 600." In The Biographical Roster of the Immortal 600, Mauriel Joslyn offers a small biographical sketch of Thomas Boyd. She explains: Boyd, Thomas. Born ca. Mch 1837, AL. Son of John and Jane Boyd. 1860 census: Mooresville, Itawamba Co, MS: farm laborer; single; living w/parents. Enlisted as 3LT, 6/20/1861, in Co. B, 1st Mississippi Infantry., at Iuka, MS. Captured at Ft. Donelson, 2/16/1862; sent to Johnson's Island and  exchanged at Aikens Landing. Roll 9/19/1862, signed as company commander. Roll Jan/Feb 1863 absent, recruiting furlough. Surrendered at Port Hudson, 7/9/1863. On roll as POW, 7/28/1863, Sandusky Depot, Cairo, OH. Transferred to Point Lookout via Baltimore, MD, 2/9/1864. Transf'd to Ft. Delaware, 6/23/1864. Forwarded to Charleston, SC, 8/20/1864. Transferred to Ft. Pulaski, GA, 10/21/1864. Rec'd at Ft. Delaware, 3/12/1865. Took oath and released, Ft. Delaware, 6/12/1865; residence: Itawamba (now Lee) Co, MS; light complexion, auburn hair, grey eyes, 5'10 1/2"; lived in Div. # 35. Moved to Texas. Resident of Wise, Co, TX (1900, 1910). Farmer. Married Eliza-,ca.1870, eight children. Living (1923), Decateur, TX.”  [Ft. Delaware Society - ftdsociety@del.net – 7/14/2003]

Boyett, Green B. – b.12/12/1832; d.1/3/1905.

CSA, 2^nd Texas Cavalry Regiment (aka: 2^nd Mounted Rifles), Co.H; Private.

Crafton Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application.   Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html.

Bradford, I. N. – b.3/23/1847; d.11/6/1904.

USA?  or  CSA?

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "S. A." (b.1/10/1848; d.10/29/1905).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.7a; listed under wife ["Susan A."]; living in Boonville; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (there are several men who fit this criteria – can't tell which).

Bradford, W. M. – b.9/25/1818; d.11/26/1892.

USA?  or  CSA?

Boonsville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.7a (listed as "William Bradford;" living in Boonsville); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (there are several men who fit this criteria – can't tell which one).

Brady, William Wallace – b.11/25/1831; d.1/30/1889.

CSA, ___ Texas State Troops Infantry (an “FR” (i.e. - Frontier Regiment), Co.___; Private.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born to James Y. & Sarah (Ricketts) Brady in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.  Came to Wise Co., TX from Illinois in 1855.  Enlisted at Montague on 2/1/1862.  Served 12 months and 12 days under “Capt. Allen Brunson and Col. J.M. Norris.”  Married to "Harriett Rebecca Bryan" (b.1840 in McMinn Co., TN; d.9/16/1879).  Served as the county clerk in Wise Co., TX for 18 years and as county judge for 4 years.  Had at least nine children.  He does not have TX CSA pension application (#41123) from Leon Co., TX; that is a different man by a similar name.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * PHWC; pp.34,65-66,75,163,234-236 [photo of him],258-259,309,440,442ff, etc.; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * served in “FR Regiment” (i.e. – “Frontier Regiment”) according to CSA card file in Texas State Archives.

Branch, Jesse H. –  b.about 1822; d.5/25/1887.

CSA, 37^th Texas Cavalry, Co.D; Private.

Cottonwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He lived in TN (probably Fayette Co., TN) before the Civil War and came to TX (the family story is that he walked to Fannin Co., TX after the war).  Married to "Annie A. Owens Branch" (b.1835; d.3/??/1902).

“Annie A. Owen Branch was born on 5/7/1835 in TN, and died on 3/17/1902. Please note the surname Owen, and not Owens.  She is listed in a family Bible belonging to the line of her brother.  Jesse H. Branch, her husband, is on the roster of the CSA for Texas 37th Cavalry, which fits with Annie and family being on the Confederate Indigent Family list in Rusk County, TX. Annie's parents are buried in Rusk County, TX.  Her father was Malcom Owen, and her mother was Mary Rogers.  The Bible is in the possession of a gentleman in Mt. Pleasant, Rusk Co., TX.  The births of at least some of Annie's children are also in the Bible. More as time permits, Alison Stevens” ()[3/2003].

Sources: * e-mail with descendants, Sheryl McNeely Shaw (< SJMcS@aol.com >) & Alison Stevens (< astevens_0691@yahoo.com >)(who is persuaded he was a veteran); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application).

Breedlove, Henry C. – b.8/7/1846; d.12/30/1934.

CSA, 36^th Texas Cavalry (Woods'), Co.A; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Kentucky.  Enlisted on 12/24/1863 and served the duration of the war.  Married to "Kate" (b.4/27/1850; d.12/12/1919).  Came to Wise County, TX in 1884.  Does not have a military marker.

"The CSA, 36th Texas Cavalry (Woods') Regiment [aka: "32nd" Regiment] completed its organization in Boston, Texas, late in 1863. It contained 823 men of which many were from Sulphur Springs and Belton, and Caldwell and Gonzales counties. The regiment was assigned to H. Bee's and Bagby's Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and was involved in numerous engagements at Louisiana including Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. Later it moved to Galveston, Texas and there surrendered in June, 1865. The field officers were Colonel Peter C. Woods, Lieutenant Colonels Nat. Benton and W.O. Hutchison, and Major Stokely M. Holmes." (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm)

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application # 20662 (from Wise County, TX);  * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Brewer, Robert K. – b.1844; d.1906.

CSA

Oak Grove Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wife’s name was “Zora F.”  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application);  * BMC ("R. K. Brewer").

Brite, Thomas Benton – 3/14/1842; d.10/18/1920.

CSA, 8^th Missouri Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born to Albartus & Mary Polly (Hobson) Brite in Lawrence County, Missouri.  Enlisted on 7/20/1862.  At the time of his enlistment he is described as having black eyes, dark hair, 5', 8" tall and being 20 years of age.  Surrendered with his unit at New Orleans, LA on 5/26/1865 and was paroled at Alexandria, LA on 6/7/1865.  Following his parole, he returned to Lawrence Co., TX.  One of his older brothers, Jesse, had fought for the Union.  Married "Mary Mahuldah Baker" (b.11/6/1844 in TN; d.4/24/1918) in on 5/12/1867 in Cassville (Barry Co.), MO.  Moved to TX in 1869 and lived in Indian Territory in the early 1870's.  Finally came to settle in Wise Co., TX in 1879 and made a living as a farmer.  Lived in Alvord.  Fathered eleven children (including two sets of twins).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * e-mail from kin (< DAVIDOK@aol.com >) on 11/8/02; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (TX CSA pension application [#26966] from Wise Co., TX; 3/1913); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

From the 1880 Census:

Census Place: Precinct 3, Wise, Texas

Source: FHL Film 1255333  National Archives Film T9-1333     Page 162A

Relation Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace

Thomas B. BRITE Self M M W 37 MO Occ: Farmer Fa: --- Mo: KY

Mahuldah BRITE Wife F M W 35 TN Occ: Keepin House Fa: --- Mo: TN

William T. BRITE Son M S W 12 MO Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: TN

Mary L. C. BRITE Dau F S W 10 TX Occ: At School Fa: MO Mo: TN

Elonzo BRITE Son M S W 8 TX   Fa: MO Mo: TN

Stuard BRITE Son M S W 6 INDIAN TERRITORY   Fa: MO Mo: TN

Ellen BRITE Dau F S W 6 INDIAN TERRITORY   Fa: MO Mo: TN

Clay BRITE Son M S W 3 TX   Fa: MO Mo: TN

William A. BRITE Son M S W 1 TX   Fa: MO Mo: TN

Broun, Thomas Rogers – b.1/6/1846; d.1/5/1927.

CSA, 43^rd Infantry Regiment, Co.F (Home Guards) [WHAT STATE?; CHECK NPS SITE] & “Col. John Mosby’s Cavalry.” [CHECK NPS SITE] [2^nd Kentucky maybe???]

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Surname is spelled “Brown” and “Broun” in various records.  Born to Charles & Margaret (Taylor) Brown in Virginia. Married to "Leta M. Van Meter" (b.10/8/1860; d.9/13/1939).  Lived in Texas since 1873.  Has a TX CSA pension application (#38956) from Wise Co., TX approved on 4/18/1923.  On this application a witness (“E.W. Lawson”) says T.R. served “as a member of Mosby’s command when the Civil War ended.” However, info in the same pension application file states that he signed a “Parole of Honor” on 5/24/1863 in Richmond, Virginia “to not take part in hostilities against” the U.S. government as a member of Mosby’s Battalion.  He died in “Rogers Sanitarium.” Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * FBR ( < http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum > ).

Brown, Anderson – b.1845; d.1866.

CSA, 10^th Texas Infantry Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Hog Branch (Stokes) Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 1/12/1862.  Took oath to U.S. in prison in 5/18/1863.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://members.aol.com/SMckay1234/Roster/Co-E.htm.

Brown, James S. – b.1839; d.18?6.

CSA, 10^th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nelson's), Co.E; Private.

Hog Branch (Stokes) Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Said to have enlisted on 10/23/1861 & took oath to U.S. in prison in 5/18/1863 (according to Scott McKay's website).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://members.aol.com/SMckay1234/Roster/Co-E.htm.

Brown, Joseph A. – b.7/30/1830; d.11/25/1894.

USA?  or  CSA?

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

May have been married to "E. M."  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (, but not the "James Allen Brown" with TX CSA pension applications [#02954 – Milam Co., TX] & widow ["Emily" - #30591; from Callahan Co., TX]); * 1890 TVC, p.8a (listed as "Joseph A. Brown," living in Paradise).

Brown, Thomas B. – b.5/24/1844; d.1/23/1901.

CSA.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Annie Brown."  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application, but there are too many "T. Brown"'s to tell); * 1890 TVC, p.8a (listed as "Thomas B. Brown," living in Alvord).  RE-CHECK PENSION INDEX!!!

Brown, William Pinckney - b.11/18/1836; d.9/23/1927.

CSA, 22^nd Texas Infantry Regiment (Hubbard's), Co.E; Sergeant.

Trimble Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 1862.  May have a "rejected" TX CSA pension application # (rejected – ‘W.P. Brown’), but has an approved TX CSA pension application (#2639?).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.  CHECK THIS REJECTED PENSION! & SEE WHY IT WAS REJECTED & SEE IF IT IS THE SAME MAN.

Brunson, Joshua (“Newt”) Newton – b.1837; d.1916.

CSA, 32^nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Co.H; Private.

Also served for a short time in the CSA, 35^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment (aka: 5^th Infantry; aka: 1^st Mountain Rifle Regiment), Co.F; Private.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Named “Newton H. Brunson,” but he changed his name to “Joshua Newton Brunson” when he became an adult.  Volunteered in August 1861 with his brother Robert Jackson Brunson and served the duration of the war.  Was was an independent Adventist preacher.  Married to "Nandy F." (b.1842; d.1925).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * e-mail correspondence with a gg-grandson, Wilbur Killebrew of Pampa, TX,  in 3/2003 (wnk@pan-tex.net).

“Their regiment was captured at Fort Donelson, but they were absent on sick leave and subsequently served with Company F, Fifth Tennessee Infantry during the seige of Corinth, Mississippi.  They were with Kirby Smith's Division of Bragg's army during the raid into Kentucky and when Bragg returned to Tennessee, they returned to their old company in the 32nd Tennessee.  They were at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and almost every battle and skirmish from Dalton to Atlanta.  They were with Gen. Hood in the battle of Atlanta and at the battle of Mufreesboro, Tennessee.  J. N. was never wounded but had two rifles shot out of his hands; he captured single-handedly four Federal pickets, two at the same time on one occasion.  Their brother, John Starr Reid Brunson, was a cavalry scout for Gen. Nathan B. Forest and later for Gen. Jos. Wheeler; he was killed in action at Sandersville, Georgia Nov. 25, 1864 and buried there by the Masons.” (quoted from "Archibald Steele and his Descendants," by Newton Chambers Steele, M.D., of Chattanooga, Tennessee, published in 1900 [according to Wilbur Killebrew, gg-grandson of Joshua Newton Brunson]).  [“R. J. remained in Giles County after J. N. brought his family Texas in the summer of 1876.”]

Bryan, Pleasant B. – b.1819; d.1870.

CSA, ______ Texas State Troops; Private.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wounded in a fight with a band of Indians following the Civil War. Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * PHWC, pp.67,191-193,291.

Bryan, Robert K. – b.2/1/1842; d.7/22/1883.

USA?  or  CSA?

Aurora Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

May have been married to "Malisa A."?  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.8a (listed as "Robert K. Bryan," living in Aurora); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be).

Buchanan, George A. – b.2/9/1832; d.1/21/1911.

CSA, 19^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Buford's), Co.F; Private.

Hopewell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 3/31/1862.  Born in Arkansas.  TX CSAPA #20548 gives discharge date as 3/23/1863.  Moved to TX in 1858.  Wounded by Indians at one time.  Worked as a farmer following the war.  Married “Susan T.” (3/5/1844; 8/22/1926) on 7/30/1867.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * PHWC, pp.175,204. * TX CSA pension application (#18550 & 20548 [widow's]); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Buckner, Dr. Benjamin F. - b.3/24/1832; d.7/11/1895.

USA, 62^nd Illinois Infantry Regiment, Co.C; Private.

Cumby Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a doctor ("Dr." engraved on headstone).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * Woodruff.

Burnett, Lafayette – b.?; d.?.

CSA, 55^th Tennessee Infantry (McKoin's) Regiment, Co.I; Corporal.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Burton, William F. – b.8/22/1837; d.1/25/1923.

CSA, 3^rd Missouri Infantry Regiment (aka: 2^nd Regiment)("Lowery's"), Co.F.

Slidell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Randolph Co., Missouri to A.W. & Martha E. (Fort) Burton.  Enlisted on 12/9/1861; surrendered at New Orleans on 5/26/1865; paroled on 6/7/1865 in Shreveport, LA (according to the AG's office in Washington D.C.).  He states in his TX CSAPA that he served in the "1^st Missouri" and that he was discharged in Bowie Co., TX in 1865.  [There was a "1^st Northeast Missouri Cavalry" in which a "William Burton" served as a Private in Co.O; could this be the same man?]  Moved to TX in 1865.  Was a minister (“Rev.” engraved on headstone).  Married to “Sarah C.” (b.2/27/1844; d.1/30/1902). Served as County Commissioner from 1880-1882.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#30399;  approved in 1915); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * PHWC, p.374 (photo of him as part of UCV Camp # 30), 444; * FBR ( < http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum > )

Byrd, James Lafayette - b. 1833 d. 1885 - buried at Annis Chappel Cemetery
    sent in by Kay Bradley <nanniesgirl@comcast.net> 
    I have Corporal James Lafayette BYRD CSA who served in Louisiana  Mouton Grays Polignac's  Division - I have this from Ancestry Military records online and his widow's CW Pension file application. James is buried in Annis Chapel Cemetery in Wise County b. 1833 d. 1885 his widow was Mary F. "Mollie" Lovelady BYRD. Polignac formed a division near Shreveport, as I understand it, and they were attached to Mouton Grays.

Caldwell, Daniel C. – b.10/28/1841; d.5/23/1917.

USA, 17^th Kentucky Mounted Infantry; Private.

Deep Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 1861-1862.  Wife’s name was “Winnie J.” (b.6/27/1848; d.?).  Has a military marker. 

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * 1890 TVC, p.12b (listed as "Daniel C. Coldwell," living in Aurora); * headstone .

Campbell, James L. – b.10/17/1845; d.12/14/1924.

CSA, Palmetto Sharpshooters Regiment, South Carolina (1^st Palmetto), Co.C; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Mississippi.  Enlisted on 7/1/1862 and served the duration of the war.  Married to "Mary G." (b.6/6/1847; d.8/15/1922).  Moved to TX about 1882.  He does not have a military marker; no indication of military service on stone.  Died in Quanah, TX.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#23326); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * FBR ( < http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum > ); * BMC ("J. L. Campbell"); * headstone .

Carson, Owen R. – b.10/18/1844; d.10/28/1895.

CSA

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Seleta A." (b.1842; d.?).  Wild guess – there is an "Owen R. Carson" who served as a Private in the CSA, 6^th Missouri Infantry Regiment, Co.C – is this the same man?  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Saleta A." has a TX CSA pension application [#26049] from Lamar Co., TX); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Cartwright, Lemuel – b.7/29/1818 in TN; d.1/9/1903.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.B.

Sand Hill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Nancy C. Mount" (b.12/24/1819; d.?). Lemuel was born in either Bradley or McMinn County, TN. His wife Nancy was a daughter of John &  Sarah Cates Mount. They married in 1838. Listed in Bradley Co., TN 1840 census. They moved to Carroll Co., GA in 1846 and on to TX in 1847. They lived the rest of their lives in Wise Co., TX near Decatur.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * http://www.tngenweb.org/bradley/queries/b99arc4.htm; * PHWC; pp.35,52,54-55,66,122,270-272 (photo of him & his wife on p.270); *. CHECK THE NPS SITE FOR HIM.

Cartwright, Thomas Jefferson – b.1842; d.1897.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, "Bick's Co," Co.B; Private.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born to Lemuel & Nancy [Mount] Cartwright.  He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application.  Had a brother ("George") who also served during the CW, but who died of sickness and was buried in AR.  Married to "Susan B. Gentry."  His father came to TX from TN.  Has a military marker.

“Tom was born to Lemuel & Nancy Cartwright in 1842, before they left Bradley County, Tennessee.  He traveled with them to Texas arriving in early 1847.  He was living with his parents in the Sand Hill Community at the beginning of the Civil War.

“On 2/18/1862, at the age of 20, he and his older brother George enlisted with the 15th Regiment Texas Cavalry (also known as 2d Regiment Johnson's Brigade Texas Mounted Volunteers), Confederate States of America.  The Regiment went to Arkansas where they participated in a battle at Orient Ferry, along the Black River, near Batesville, on 7/8/1862.  The Regiment was dismounted (became infantry) 6/24/1862 by S.O. No. 64, Headquarters, Army of the West.  Tom and most of the regiment were captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on 1/11/1863 after a hopeless battle in which they were outnumbered 10 to 1 and outgunned by several ironclad warships.

“Tom was transported up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri.  By the time he arrived on 1/26/1863, he had pneumonia and was taken to the US Army Hickory Street General Hospital.  He was released from the hospital on 2/12/1863 and sent to Gratiot Street Prison.  An exchange of prisoners was arranged and on 4/2/1863 he was transported to City Point, Virginia arriving 4/9/1863. The prisoner exchange was completed 5/5/1863.

“About 5/24/1863, the Regiment was consolidated with the 6th and 10th Regiments Texas Infantry and became a part of Granbury's Texas Brigade in the Army of Tennessee.  On 6/28/1863, Tom was hospitalized at Tunnel Hill, Georgia with chronic diarrhea.  He was released 7/13/1863 and returned to his Brigade.  The Brigade was involved in the Tullahoma Campaign, Battles of: Chickamauga Creek in September 1863, Missionary Ridge in November 1863, Ringgold Gap in November 1863, and New Hope Church in May 1864.

“At the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on 7/4/1864, Tom was shot. The medical examination stated, " the ball entered between the 10th and 11th rib on his left back passing through and emitting between the 10th and 11th rib on his right side.  The spinal column was injured resulting in partial paralysis". What occurred between the time he was wounded and the time he was admitted into a hospital is unknown.  They were probably waiting to see if he was going to die before wasting time getting him there.  He was documented at Way Hospital, Meridian, Mississippi, on 1/15/1865.  He was examined on 1/27/1865 at Lauderdale, Mississippi and deemed unfit for further service in the military.  How he made it back to Texas is unknown.

“After returning from the Civil War, Tom resettled at Sand Hill.  He married Laura Rucker in 1865.  She died in childbirth in 1866.  The child survived and was named Laura M.  He married Kate Bryant in 1867.  They had one child, Kate Nora born 3/2/1871.  Kate died when the baby was "sitting alone", probably less than a year old.  Little Kate was adopted by a family named Mankin and moved to the Texas Panhandle.  His third wife, Mollie E. Pittman (Moore), came from Springfield, Missouri.  He married her on 8/20/1878.  Mollie already had a daughter, Ruby, by a previous marriage.

“Tom and Mollie had four more children; Daisy born 12/20/1881; Tommie born 3/7/1883; Lemuel born in 1887; Eva born 5/20/1892.

“Tom served as City Marshall in Decatur and later Chico. In the late 1860's and early 1870's, Decatur was noted for the high number of killings occurring there.  There were more saloons than grocery stores and every one had a dance hall and gambling dive. No particular information is available about Tom's service in this capacity.

“Tom and his younger brother Charlie enlisted with the Texas Rangers on 9/8/1875. They served in Co. A, Frontier Battalion, under the command of Captain Ira Long. His enlistment record described him as: age 32, 6'4", fair, blue eyes, and light hair.  At this time, the Comanche and Kiowa Indian problem in North Central Texas had been solved. Captain Long and his command were assigned to bring about a peaceful solution to what has now been called the Mason County War.  They operated against outlaws, such as Scott Cooly, John Beard, George Gladden, Johnny Ringo and others.  The battalion moved to Hackberry Springs and continued operations against outlaws and the Apache Indians.  Some desperate characters were brought to justice by Captain Long and his men, including the noted outlaw Sam Hare.  Tom was mustered out on 8/15/1876.

“He worked at one time as a stonemason on the Paddock viaduct in Fort Worth.  He and his father were members of the first Masonic Lodge in Decatur.  He was awarded script for 1,280 acres of land as a disabled Civil War veteran.  He sold the script to Jonathan Dickinson for $80.00. He received a pre‑emption settler’s land grant of 143 acres near Chico where he farmed until his death on 5/18/1897 at the age of 55.  A Civil War memorial stone was placed on his grave in November 1996.  Tom's first two wives are buried in the Sand Hill Cemetery, however no grave markers have been found.  Mollie moved to Hobart, Oklahoma where she lived with Eva until she died 12/30/1930.  She is buried in the Hobart Cemetery.” (Bob Cartwright – bookewyr@swbell.net – April 2003)

Sources: * PHWC, p.122,271;* http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; e-mail with a descendant, a great nephew, Robert L. Cartwright (< rlc@compuwise.net >) in November 2002; * headstone .

Casey, Abner Tipton – b.1/15/1841; d.5/17/1915.

CSA, Gordon's Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry, Co.H; Private.

Cottonwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Arkansas.  Claimed to have enlisted in 1862.  Moved to TX in 1876.  Worked as a farmer in Wise Co., TX.    Married to “Hennaretta” (b.6/10/1841; d.3/1/1919).  Does not have a military marker. 

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm ; * TX CSA pension applications (rejected [his] & #33500 [widow]); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Castles, James Alexander – b.3/5/1838; d.12/13/1919.

CSA, 24^th Mississippi Infantry, Co.H; Private.

Boyd Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Chester Co., South Carolina.  Enlisted on 9/23/1861.  Surrendered on 7/22/1864 in Atlanta, GA.  Served to the end of the war.  A witness states in his pension application that James was "especially always at the front when a battle was to be fought . . ." [with the words "especially always at the front" underlined for emphasis]  Moved to TX in 1886.  Worked as a farmer in Wise Co., TX.   Married to "Susan Ann."  He does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#33400 & #36392[widow]); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * BMC ("J. L. Castles"); * headstone .

Cates, Dewitt Clayborne - b.2/5/1842; d.5/24/1909.

CSA,

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Son of Charles D. Cates, Jr.  A pioneer merchant, farmer and land owner, Married “Elizabeth Lindley Portwood (a daughter of Eli Lindley; a widow of W. H. Portwood).

Sources: * PHWC, pp.307-313; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application).

Cearley, John W. – b.10/13/1820; d.2/7/1902.

CSA, 8^th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment, Co.A; Private.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a minister ("Rev." on headstone).  He does not appear to have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as "Cearly"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Champion, Charles D. - b.4/15/1826; d.12/1/1886.

USA, 4^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Co.E; Captain.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 2/10/1863 to 7/12/1865.  Married to "Sarah E." (b.2/11/1829; d.8/25/1901).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * 1890 TVC, p.11a (listed as "Charles D. Champion," wife is "Sarah E.," living in Crafton); * http://distantcousin.com/Military/CivilWar/TNVetsinTX1890/Page.asp?Page=04; * headstone .

Chenoweth, Thomas L. – b.7/5/1821; d.5/19/1900.

CSA, "Gano's Brigade, Welch's Company" (according to TX CSA pen. appl).

Aurora Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 1863.  WILD GUESS – there is a "Thomas L. Chenoweth" who served in the 16^th Louisiana Infantry Regiment – could this be the same man???   Married to "Hannah."  Worked as a farmer in Wise Co., TX.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * TX CSA pension applications (#06847 & #07737 [widow's]); * headstone .

Clardy, John Washington - b.4/11/1839; d.1/2/1927.

CSA, 20^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Bass's), Co.C.

Ball Knob cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 3/10/1862 (or 7/11/1862?) and served the duration of the war.  First wife's name was "Margaret E." (b.12/27/1843; d.6/15/1889).  Second wife's name was "Lena (Parrish) Clardy" (b.2/25/1855; d.10/15/1909).

Sources: * www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * TX CSA pension application (#34616; approved in 1917) under the name of "Jesse Washington Clardy."; * www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone; * Woodruff.

Clegg, Thomas G. (or "C."?) – b.12/26/1839; d.6/7/1918.

USA?  or  CSA?

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Unety C." (b.9/19/1844; d.11/20/1914).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * PHWC, p.334; * 1890 TVC, p.12a (listed as "Thomas G. Clegg," living in Decatur); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Clifton, Merritt – b.2/15/1843; d.1/30/1909.

CSA, 3^rd Missouri Infantry Regiment (aka: 2^nd Regiment), Co.K; Private.

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born to David Clifton, Jr. (b.1811; d.1883) & Frances "Franky" Cobb Clifton (b.1817; d.1883) in Lusbys Mill (Owen County), Kentucky. Enlisted by Capt. Samuel on 1/2/1862 at the age of 18.  Severely wounded at Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge).  Could have been released on disability but choose other service. Married “Anna [‘Annie’] Clark” on 12/24/1868 in Clifton Hill (Randolph County), Missouri.  Shows up in the 1870 census in the  Chariton Township (Randolph County) Missouri: “Clifton, Merrit age 26 Farmer b. Kentucky;     Anna age 16 b. N. Carolina; Finis age 9/12 b. Missouri in November. Moved to Wise County, Texas in 1879 or 1880.  Has TX CSA pension applications (#14049 [his] & #16982 [widow – "Annie"]) from Wise Co., TX.  Married to "Annie" (b.12/25/1853; d.6/4/1915).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone ; * e-mail with a g-granddaughter, Sheryl McNeely Shaw (SJMcS@aol.com).

Cobb, Burwell Edward – b.10/8/1840; d.5/24/1901.

CSA, 50^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.F; Private.

Jonestown Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served almost four years.  Married to “Josephine J.” (b.4/8/1849; d.2/4/1908).  Moved to Wise Co., TX in 1890.  Lived in Alvord at time of pension application.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * TXCPA #06838; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Cobb, George – b.10/19/1833; d.1/27/1914.

CSA, 19^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (Dockery's), Co.G; Private.

Rush Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served about 3 years & 3 months.  Married to “Nancy J.” (b.4/19/1840; d.5/3/1911).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#04481); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Coleman, Rufus M. – b.2/25/1841; d.2/3/1892.

USA, 6^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Co.A; Sergeant.

East Mound Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Entered as a Private.  Served from 8/11/1862 to 8/3/1865.  Listed his residence as Paradise, TX on 1890 TVC.  Does not have a military marker; no indication of military service on stone.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.12b (listed as "Rufus M. Coleman," living in Boonsville); * http://distantcousin.com/Military/CivilWar/TNVetsinTX1890/Page.asp?Page=05; * headstone .

Collins, Robert Marvin - b.1/20/1838; d.12/10/1898.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.B; 1^st Lieutenant.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Bradley Co., Tennessee. Came to Smith County, TX and then came on to Wise Co., TX.  Attended the Sand Hill schools. Wounded at Peach Tree Creek.  Worked as a merchant at Decatur and Denton following the Civil War.  Was the editor of the Decatur “Post” and Denton “Monitor.”  Served as a traveling correspondent for the Texas “Live Stock Journal.”  Married  "Margaret Ann" (b.9/1/1849; d.7/2/1921) on 5/7/1868.  Authored a book entitled “Chapters From the Unwritten History of the War.” Has a military marker.

Sources:  * PHWC, p.122; * TX CSA pension application # 27277; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * PHWC, pp.58,266-268 (includes photo of him); * headstone;  * Woodruff.

Collins, Willis Green – b.3/6/1845; d.8/14/1920.

CSA, 3rd Tennessee Infantry (Clack’s) Regiment; Co.G (or “H”?); Corporal.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Entered service in 4/1861. Married to "Tennessee" (b.4/24/1855; d.2/23/1951).  Has TX CSA pension applications (#26748 [his] & #36846 [widow – "Lavanda Tennessee (“Tinnie”) Collins]) from Wise Co., TX.  Does not have a military marker.

“Willis Green Collins is a CSA veteran. The story goes that Willis and his father Henry were at odds and Willis got angry and went and joined the Civil War. His father Henry felt so guilty about it that he went and asked to take his son’s place. Henry was a Captain and was leading his men down a road and a bushwhacker shot him from a tree. He said the bushwhacker was shot several times before he hit the ground. Willis survived the war but Henry was killed for the love of his son! Glad I could help! – Julie Coley [Neatstuffgifts@aol.com]; 12/30/2004)

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm;  *  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone ; e-mail correspondence with gg-niece (Julie ___ - Neatstuffgifts@aol.com) in 9/2003.

Collins, Wyatt C. – b.7/11/1817; d.2/27/1899.

CSA, 4^th Georgia Regiment Reserves, Co.E; Private.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery # 1; Wise County, TX.

Born in Kershaw Co., South Carolina.  Died in Decatur, Texas.  Enlisted at age 47.  Served as a prison guard at Andersonville.  Married to “Elizabeth.”  His wife may have a TX CSA pension application (#2841) from Throckmorton Co., TX.

Sources: * e-mail correspondence with a descendant (Brenda __?) at: < bdear@swbell.net >; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as “Wiatt Collins”); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Collom, P. P. R. – b.4/3/1831; d.10/17/1903.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.B.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

May have been married to "Elizabeth J." (b.3/6/1834; d.2/17/1917).

Sources: * PHWC, pp.37,67,76,122 (re: his military service);* http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application).

Cook, Absolom – b. 7/3/1840; d.7/24/1920.

USA, 52^nd Kentucky Infantry, Co.I; Private.

Aurora Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He served from 12/22/1863 to 3/2/1865.  Married to "Martha A. Mays Cook."  Died at the home of his son, R. L. Cook.  Buried in what is now an unmarked grave.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm;  * e-mail correspondence with kin, Hazel Bonner, of Springfield, VA (< bonnerrh@erols.com >).

Cook, William - b.12/7/1832; d.1/28/1904.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.B; 2^nd Lieutenant.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Captured at Arkansas Post and became a POW at Camp Chase, Ohio.

Sources: * PHWC, p.122; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * email with a great-grandson, Alton Cook (<booksco@cox.net >) in 12/2002.

"William Cook's Confederate experience evidently parallels that of R. M. Collins, at least up to the point of prisoner exchange. He would probably have enlisted about the same time as Collins and captured at Arkansas Post and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. Collins says that Cook was his messmate there, pp. 89-90. And on release from prison Collins records Cook's attempt to make off with a lot of wool shirts and includes a cartoon drawing of the incident, p. 98. James M. McCaffrey in Band of Heroes cites this incident p. 56 simply taken from Collins' book. Whereas Collins and the rest of the unit were reassigned after their return to the Confederacy, Cook was discharged.  I have his discharge papers from Camp Lee, Richmond, VA.  He was declared to be permanently disabled from "chronic diarrhea & gun shot wound" and was discharged May 27, 1863 and released from the hospital June 1, 1863.  I also have a "Descriptive List of Ordinance" dated Jan 11, 1865, signed by F. J. Barrett, Capt. Co "B" 15th TX Cavalry and also signed by J. M. Williams, Capt & A G M, Tyler/January 12/65 which states that Sgt. William Cook "enlisted at Decatur Texas Feb 11, 1864 to serve for three years or the war." He evidently does not have a Texas CSA pension application." [e-mail on 1/3/2003 from a g-grandson, Alton Cook (<booksco@cox.net >)]

Cooper, Jessie – b.12/27/1819; d.2/17/1887.

USA?  or  CSA?

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Lovina A." (b. about 1826?; d.7/7/1893).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * 1890 TVC, p.13b (listed as "Jessie Cooper" with wife named "Lavina," living in Paradise); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Corley, John R. – b.?; d.6/30/1935.

CSA, 6^th Alabama Cavalry ____, Co. ___; Private.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

May have a TX CSA pension application (#43431) in Bowie Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (not listed in this unit at that site); * headstone .

Covington, Joe Sorrelo – b.2/11/1845; d.2/26/1917.

CSA, “1^st Alabama Reserves, Clifton’s Company, Witherspoon’s Cavalry Battalion (or “Regiment”?).

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He and his wife (“Julia”) were both born in Cherokee County, Alabama. Joe’s death date is given as 7/26/1915 in his wife’s TX CSA pension application.  Enlisted in CSA, Alabama Cavalry in 9/1863 and served the duration of the war (his wife stated in the widow’s pension application that she did “not know” what branch of the service Joe served in or with what unit, but that she thought he was a Private in the Infantry).  Married "Julia" (b.5/12/1851; d.3/28/1928 near Decatur, TX) in Cherokee County, AL in 1868.  Moved to TX in early 1880’s. Moved to Wise Co., TX about 1908. In extremely bad health in early 1914. Had a son named “J.J. Covington” who lived in Arlington (Tarrant County), Texas (at the time of his father’s death from heart failure). Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has TX CSA pension applications (#26606 [his] from Wise Co., TX (approved on 12/1/1913) & # 34976 [widow – "Julia;" filed on 3/18/1918] from Tarrant Co., TX * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Cowling, Sydenham W. – b.9/15/1840; d.9/12/1911.

CSA, 3^rd Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.H; 2^nd Lieutenant for one year.

Transferred (8/1/1862) to 51^st Alabama Infantry Regiment (Partisan Rangers); 1^st Lieutenant.

West Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 4/15/1861.  Captured on 1/27/1863 at Shelbyville, TN.  Paroled at Ft. Delaware and moved to City Point on 2/27/1865.  "Capt." and "U.C.V." engraved on headstone.   Married to "Harriet J." (b.10/30/1841; d.4/1/1934).  Does not have a military marker. The Fort Delaware Society has no surviving record of his imprisonment there.

Sources: * TX CSA pension application (#23419 [widow's; approved in 1913]); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Crabb, William Burton – b.5/10/1844; d.10/3/1920.

CSA, 22^nd Texas Infantry (Hubbard's) Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Malissa."  Has TX CSA pension applications (#19339 & 36941[widow]) in Wise Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("W. B. Crabb"); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Craig, Jacob – b.?; d.12/10/1871.

CSA, Texas, 1^st Frontier District; Private.

Teague Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Husband of Miranda H. Huff, daughter of Nathan.

Sources: * http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~drycreek/teague.htm.

Crawford, Andrew J. – b.10/15/1830; d.4/5/1901.

USA?  or  CSA?

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html  (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * 1890 TVC, p.14a (listed as "Andrew J. Crawford," living in Alvord); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Crawford, Henry Pinkley – b.1/7/1846; d.11/3/1932.

CSA, “Hardeman's Cavalry Regiment, Co.F” (according to TX CSA pens. appl.)

CSA, “31^st Texas Cavalry Reg., Co.F” (according to military marker).

There was a: “Hardeman's Regiment, Texas Cavalry” (aka: 31st Cavalry; 1st Reg., Arizona Brigade”).

Wilson Prairie Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Kentucky.  Enlisted in 1/1864; discharged in 1865.  Married to “Mary H.” (b.12/19/1851; d.12/14/1892) and “Callie C.” (b.1853; d.3/15/1933).  Has a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application #32603 (approved 1916); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Crenshaw, Louis Dorson – b.1844; d.1o/4/1912.

CSA, 1st Battalion Texas Sharpshooters (Burnett’s), Co.C; Private (bass drummer)

Bethel-Decatur Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

“Mr. Smith--- I have just received verification that my great uncle by marriage, Louis Dorson Crenshaw, was a Confederate soldier (Private - Infantry) during the Civil War in Company C, 1st Battalion, Texas Sharpshooters (D.B. Maxey's Brigade).  He enlisted August 1, 1862, in Paris, Lamar Co., Texas, (according to a witness who was deposed for Crenshaw's pension application, "in Capt. Wirt Smith's Company, Burnett's Batallion) and was "honorably discharged in June 1865 at cotton gin near Dallas, Texas."  His military record is in the name Lewis D. Crenshaw.  According to a second witness who was deposed, Crenshaw was "base Drummer."  He was born in 1844 in "Linchburg" [Lynchburg], Virginia, and stated in September, 1909, that he had lived in Texas for 60 years; he resided in Lamar Co. prior to moving to Wise Co. in 1894, living at R.F.D. 2, Alvord.  He died on 10/4/1912, and received a veteran's pension from 1910 until his death, after which his wife, Martha Wilmoth "Mattie" [Robertson] Crenshaw, applied for and received a widow's pension until her death in January, 1922.  He is buried at Bethel-Decatur Cemetery, but I do not believe there is a stone. I hope you will include this man in your list of CSA veterans who served their country and are buried in Wise Co.  I can provide additional information about his family, and I have copies of the complete pension applications of both him and his wife.  I do not have his compiled service record but do have a brief verification of his service from the War Department. Sincerely, Mary Ann Hendrix Thurmond. – 2/20/2004 - mary9999@pacbell.net”)

“The CSA, 1st Battalion Texas Sharpshooters (Burnett’s) completed its organization in Grayson County, Texas, during the spring of 1862. It moved east of the Mississippi River, was assigned to Maxey's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and took part in the Vicksburg operations. On December 17, 1863, it was reported that the unit had been transported back across the river in small groups between Federal naval patrols. It then served in the Trans-Mississippi Department and sometime during the spring of 1864 was mounted. The battalion went on to participate in various conflicts in Arkansas and the Indian Territory, and for a time was on provost duty at Marshall, Texas. It probably surrendered at Doaksville, Indian Territory on June 23, 1865. Major James Burnet was in command.” (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm)

Sources: * e-mail from a descendant, Mary Thurmond (mary9999@pacbell.net) on 2/20/2004; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Crocker, Peter Harry – b.11/11/1833; d.12/29/1922.

CSA, 1^st Texas Regiment, Walter P. Law’s Regiment; Co.A, Cavalry, Matley’s Company.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from spring 1862 till discharged in 1865. Has TX CSA pension applications (#12682 [his; approved on 3/25/1907]; [#38709 [widow "Jennie M."]) from Wise Co., TX.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: *  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone.

Curtner, John Henry – b.11/26/1835; d.11/21/1903.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry (Gould's) Regiment, Co.E; Private. 

Pleasant Grove Cemetery # 3; Wise County, TX.

Born in Alabama. Married to "Narcissus" (b.12/3/1844; d.11/3/1918) on 5/6/1861. Enlisted on 3/16/1862. Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * PHWC, pp.35; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow has a TX CSA pension application [#22783 – "Mrs. John Henry Curtner"] from Wise Co., TX approved on 9/1/1913); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Dabney, Jerome B. – b.1837; d.10/16/1914.

CSA, 29^th Texas Cavalry (DeMorse's) Regiment, Co.K,A. 

Dabney Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a minister ("Rev.").  Married to "Margaret D." (b.4/14/1838; d.5/25/1887).  Has a TX CSA pension application (#26030) from Wise Co., TX.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Dallas, Peter Lucy - b.5/8/1828; d.4/13/1894.

CSA, 5^th Mississippi State Troops, Co.E.; Private.

Garvin Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "A.A." (b.5/23/1829; 8/21/1910).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * e-mail from Doris Sanders (doris_sanders@yahoo.com) in 8/2003; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Davis, ? - b.?; d.1887.

CSA

Trimble Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

This is not the man with a TX CSA pension application # 28822 from Wise Co., TX.   No first name or birth date on grave marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (obviously did not receive a TX CSA pension); * headstone.

Davis, Ambrous L. – b.11/17/1837; d.9/13/1900.

USA?  or  CSA?

Briar Branch Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to “Martha” (b.5/29/1839; d.9/16/1902).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * 1890 TVC, p.15b (listed as "A. L. Davis," living in Pella); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Davis, D. F. – b.3/15/1843; d.1/5/1915.

USA?  or  CSA?

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Purlina A." (b.9/2/1852; d.9/29/1931).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * 1890 TVC, p.15b (listed as "Doc F. Davis," living in Greenwood); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Dean, Wayman Attison - b.1842; d.1905.

CSA, in "Capt. J. M. Burrough's Co., 4^th Brigade, Texas State Troops." 

Oxford Water Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 6/1863.  Married to "Fannie E." (b.?/?/???4;d.1960).  Does not have a military marker.   Wild guessing – there was a man with this exact same name who served as a Private in the 11^th Texas Infantry Regiment (Robert's), Co.A; could this be the same man???

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#45981 [widow]); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Dennis, Noah – b.1/5/1842; d.10/17/1911.

CSA, 3^rd Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment (Lillard's), Co.C.

Boonsville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Sevier Co., Tennessee.  Enlisted on 9/28/1862; surrendered at Washington, GA on 5/8/1865.  "On the company muster roll covering the period from January 1 to June 30, 1864, last roll on file, he was reported present. No later record of him has been found."  Married to “Martha E. [Lawson]” (b.11/22/1848; d.3/19/1893).  Moved to TX in 1871.  Was a farmer.  Does not have a military marker. 

Sources:  TX CSA pension application (#20155) from Wise Co., TX (approved on 4/5/1911; residence listed as Bridgeport);  * e-mail on 12/7/2000 from Penny Dennis Holmes (< pjholmes@cox-internet.com >); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Derryberry, Henry Alexander - b.10/13/1826; d.3/19/1901.

CSA, 2^nd Texas Rangers Reg. (aka: Chisum's Reg., Texas Dismounted Cavalry; Stone's), Co.D; Private.

Boyd Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Maury Co., Tennessee to Andrew & Mary (Lasley) Derryberry.  Married “Sarah Chenoweth” (b.3/26/1830 in Indiana to Benjamin & Fanny [McKenzie] Chenoweth in Indiana; d.8/5/1905) on 2/22/1849 on Forsythe, (Taney Co.) MO.  Served for three years.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * < http://chenowethsite.com/ch6t2s1.htm >; * TX CSA pension applications #06859 & #08570 [widow]; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Dobson, William Summerfield - b.7/29/1841; d.9/23/1912.

CSA, 11^th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Ball Knob cemetery; Wise County, TX.

First wife's name was "Harriet Evelyn (Thornton) Dobson" (b.4/29/1842; d.5/25/1897).  There is a "William Dobson" with a TX CSA pension application (#) from Grayson Co., TX.  Could this be the same man?   Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("W. S. Dobson"); * headstone .  GET THE PENSION # & CHECK THIS PENSION!

Dodd, William Short – b.10/12/1838; d.5/7/1892.

CSA, 8^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Co.I; Private.

Jonestown Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Tennessee.  Married “Elizabeth J.” (b.8/5/1844; d.2/19/1924) on 9/12/1865.  Moved to TX in 1878.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: TXCPA # 26848 [widow – "E.J."]; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION FOR MORE INFO!

Donald, Robert S. - b.1/13/1842; d.9/30/1926.

CSA, in "Alexander's Regiment, Co.A, Texas Cavalry for about twelve months and in Texas Infantry rest of time."

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Alabama to Matthew & Isabell Doyle (Douglas) Donald . Moved to TX in 1847.  Married "Mattie D." on 5/28/1867 in Denton, TX.  Does not have a military marker.  Wild guessing – there was a man with this exact same name who served as a Private in the 34^th Texas Cavalry (aka: 2^nd Partisan Rangers, Co.A); could this be the same man???

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#41754 & 42511 [widow's]); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * FBR ( < http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum > ); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("R. S. Donald"); * headstone .

Doss, A. S. – b.12/25/1827; d.12/8/1910.

CSA, 2^nd Texas Partisan Rangers (aka: 34^th Texas Cavalry), Co.D.

Oak Grove Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 8/1862 to 5/1865.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * TX CSA pension application (#18552); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (not listed in this source by this name); * headstone .

Drennan, William C. - b.5/11/1843; d.12/18/1917.

CSA, 39^th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Opal Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 3/4/1862.  Captured at Vicksburg, MS on 7/4/1863 and paroled there on 7/8/1863. Deserted on 11/26/1863.  Married to "S.A." (b.1/20/1848; d.11/17/1910).  May have a TX CSA pension application [#29115 - widow] in Rusk Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: < http://www.homestead.com/_ksi0701961586350108/39thgavolinfrgt/files/ >; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as "Drennon"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (listed as "Drennon"); * headstone .  HE HAS A "REJECTED" PENSION FROM WISE CO., TX THAT I HAVE NOT YET CHECKED.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Dwight, Francis Marion - b.3/14/1844; d.8/21/1920.

CSA, 6^th Texas Cavalry (Gould’s) Battalion, Co.D,E; Private.

Willow Point Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Fort Houston (Anderson County), Texas. Enlisted on 3/13/1862. Fathered these children: Francis, Jr. (b.2/16/1881), Melvin (b.7/22/1884), Joel (b.6/12/1886), May Rose (b.8/8/1888), James (b.1/22/1890) & Amy (b.7/22/1892).

Sources: * e-mail from Vicki Reynolds (jmt4t9r@htcomp.net) in 3/2003; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (there is a "F.M." with TX CSA pension applications [#15727 (his); [#36963] (widow – "Leah Jane"] from Jack Co., TX).  LOOK AT THESE PENSIONS!

Eddins, Louis Sanders - b.6/14/1840; d.10/27/1918.

CSA, 3^rd Louisiana Infantry, Co.H; Private.

Cottondale Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Sue Frances."  Has TX CSA pension applications (#20811 & 46020 [widow]) in Wise Co., TX & Hall Co., TX (respectively).  Has a military marker.

Sources:  * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as "L. S. Eddins"); * headstone .

Ellison, George – b.3/17/1842; d.11/9/1931.

CSA, “Morgan’s Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Co.K” [CHECK NPS SITE FOR DETAILS]

East Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 10/1862 in Knoxville, TN and served until the end of the war.  Married to "Mary Sue Ellison" (b.1852; d.1935).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has TX CSA pension applications [#50220 – his; #50767 - widow] from Tarrant Co., TX ); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone. LOOK AT THE WIDOW’S PENSION AND COMPARE WITH THIS MAN’S DEATH DATES & OTHER DATA; THE DATA IN THIS RECORD [AS TO UNIT & SERVICE] IS FROM TX CSA PA # 50220 ONLY AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS THE RIGHT MAN; THE MAN FROM 50220 SAYS HE HAS A BIRTH DATE OF 1843 and HE DIED ON 4/12/1932 SO THIS APPL. NOT BE OF THE MAN BURIED IN WISE COUNTY, TX (who has b.1842 & d.1931 dates). THE PENS. APPL. MAN MARRIED ON 11/11/1886 AND HAD LIVED IN TARRANT COUNTY, TX 51 YEARS AS OF 1931. THE PENS. APPL. MAN ENLISTED ON 10/30/1862 and SERVED IN CO.K OF MORGAN’S CAVALRY (which became the CSA, 2^nd Kentucky Cavalry (Duke’s) Regiment, Co.K about 12/18/1862; Co.K and Co.F were consolidated and became Co.F.

Embry, James Monroe - b.9/22/1845; d.8/19/1933.

CSA, 8^th Mississippi "Cavalry" (Mounted Infantry?), Co.B; Sergeant and later transferred to 28^th Mississippi Cavalry, Co.E. [VERIFY THIS ON NPS]

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 8/8/1863 in Pittsboro, MS (Calhoun County).  Paroled as a Corporal.  Moved to TX in 1871.  Married to "Ida H." (b.11/15/1854; d.4/30/1916).  Was a doctor following the war ("Dr." on gravestone).  Does not have a military marker.  Wild guessing – there was a man with this same name who served as a Corporal in the "CSA, 3^rd" Mississippi Infantry Regiment (State Troops) - could this be the same man??? 

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#50411; approved in 1931); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * PHWC, p.292; * headstone .

Embry, Wiley Greenville – b.2/20/1847; d.2/20/1925.

CSA, 8^th Mississippi "Cavalry" (Mounted Infantry?), Co.B; Private. [VERIFY THIS ON NPS]

East Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Lived in Mississippi at one time; probably born there.  Enlisted on 8/8/1863 at Pittsboro, MS (Calhoun County) and served the duration of the war. Admitted to Ross Hospital in Mobile, AL on 10/27/1864.  Married "Missouri" (12/12/1848; d.12/25/1934) on 6/29/1872.  His death year on the widow’s TX CSA pension application states “1924.” Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow has a TX CSA pension application [#42458 – "Mrs. Wiley Greenville Embry"] from Wise Co., TX approved on 10/1/1926); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone.

Emmerson, Thomas B. – b.12/3/1843; d.3/11/1912.

USA

Flat Rock [Cowen] Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wild guess - he may have served in the USA, 15^th Kansas Cavalry Regiment, Co.I???  Does not have a military marker, but "Grand Army of the Republic (1861-1866) is engraved on gravestone.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Eskridge, O. Newton – b.12/19/1831; d.2/27/1905.

CSA, 1^st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Co.K, Private.

Deep Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Said to have served in the 1^st NC Cavalry according to headstone, but the only “O.N. Eskridge” I can find served in the CSA, 55^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Co.D.; Private!  Does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Farrington, Otis B. – b.9/24/1830; d.8/15/1919.

USA?  or  CSA?

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Frances" (b.1/2/1850; d.12/23/1932).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * 1890 TVC (listed as "Otis Farington," living in Decatur); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Faulkner, Issac G. – b.7/13/1844; d.12/26/1923.

CSA, 16^th Texas Cavalry (Fitzhugh's) Regiment, Co.B; Private.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 2/17/1862.  Served on detached duty with "Capt, Faulkner's Cavalry Co." from 2/16/1864 onward.  TX CSA pension application (#22161) approved on 9/1/1913).  Married to "Mattie" (b.6/19/1848; d.12/29/1922).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (#22161; on file in the Wise County Historical Museum in Decatur, TX). ; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone ;

Fields, H. H. – b.2/19/1848; d.7/13/1909.

CSA

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Letitia" (b.8/22/1847; d.2/18/1890).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application) ;  * BMC ("H. H. Fields"); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .

Fletcher, Garrett Henderson – b.10/22/1841; d.1/28/1935.

CSA, 50^th Virginia Infantry, Co.B ("Jackson's Company"); Private.

Slidell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Virginia.  Enlisted on 6/29/1861.  Captured at Spotsylvania Court House on 5/12/1864.  POW at Elmira, NY until time of parole (as a "Sgt.") on 3/10/1865.  Married to “Evaliner” (b.1842; d.1907) & "Alice J." (b.?; d?).  Moved to TX in 1873.  Married "Alice J." on 6/2/1907.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#49427 & #51592 [widow's]); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("G. H. Fletcher"); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Ford, J. F. - b.9/22/1849; d.6/27/1904.

CSA.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a doctor. Served as the first commander of the Ben McCulloch U.C.V. (Camp # 30).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * PHWC; pp.253,366,375,413.

Forester, W. P. - b.1840; d.1918.

CSA, 35^th Georgia Infantry, Co.G.

Ball Knob cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources:  * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (not listed in this source that I can tell); * headstone .

Foster, John Emsley – b.9/11/1830; d.1/18/1900.

CSA, Martin’s Texas Cavalry Regiment (aka: 5^th Partisan Rangers), Co.D; Private.

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Volunteered on 7/5/1862 in McKinney, TX and served until the end of the war. Joined the CSA service with a brother (“Robert H. Foster”) who also served in Martin’s Regiment (b.6/3/1829 in Wilson Co., TN; d.4/20/1911 in Collin Co., TX; buried in the Scott Cemetery in Vineland; Collin Co., TX). He fought in the battles of First Cabin Creek and Honey Springs. This unit was formerly known as “Captain L.M. Martin’s company.” Crute's compendium contains no history for Martin’s Texas Cavalry. Married to “Mary Ann Burris Cunnius Foster” (b.1/19/1848; d.12/20/1933).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html  (his widow, “Mary A.” has a TX CSA pension application [#32582] for a "John Emsley Foster" from Montague Co., TX); * e-mail with a g-grandson, Lynn Wright (< lynn.wright@cox.net >) in 4/2003; * ; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (“John E. Foster”); * http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendon/stone/partisanrangers.html.

Free, John – b.1846; d.2/25/1893.

USA?  or   CSA?

Briar Branch Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html  (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application);  * 1890 TVC, p.22a (listed as "John Free" living in Alvord); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be);

Freiley, John C. – b.1/4/1827; d.3/13/1913.

USA, 6^th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, Co.E; Private.

Friendship Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 9/11/1864 to 6/30/1865.  Listed his P.O. as Keeter, TX in 1890 TCV.   Married to “Elvira J.” (b.6/9/1829; d.4/2/1913).  Had a son named “J. C.” (b.4/1/1867; d.3/4/1883).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * 1890 TVC, p.22a ("John C. Freiley," living in Springtown); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://distantcousin.com/Military/CivilWar/TNVetsinTX1890/Page.asp?Page=08; * headstone .

Fry, Andrew Jackson – b.1847; d.1920.

CSA

East Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to Sarah E." (b.1864; d.1945).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (note: he is note the man or widow with a TX CSA pension applications [#07903 – his, from Montague Co., TX; #36737 – widow, from Wise Co., TX); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (can't tell which man this might be); * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Fullingim, Jesse Perkins – b.12/24/1842; d.10/24/1932.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.B; Corporal.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was the youngest of the seventeen children of Henry Fullingim who came to Wise County from Hopkins County.  Was captured at Arkansas Post and was a POW for a time. He lost his left eye in a battle in TN from a spent minnie ball (PHWC, p.125). Married to "M.A. [Donald]" (b.1847; d.1928) of Denton Co., TX.  He was a Methodist. Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * PHWC, p.122; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application (#42627) in Wise Co., TX.); * e-mail correspondence with Sheryl Shaw (< SJMcS@aol.com >) in 11/2002; * PHWC; pp.122,125,303-306,342 (photo of him!),410,450; * headstone; * Wodruff.

Fullingame, John Fletcher – b.10/24/1822; d.4/29/1905.

CSA, 11^th Texas Infantry Regiment, Co.D; Private.

Waggoner Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

TX CSA Pension application says he served in the "Infantry, Robert's Regiment, Walker's Division, Roundtree's Co.B."  Born in Georgia.  Enlisted in 7/1862.  Son of a Methodist circuit rider preacher who moved to northeast TX in 1849.  First wife’s name was “Talitha Cummie [Sykes]” (b.2/14/1825; d.5/31/1880). They married in 1846 in Marshall Co., MS.  Second wife’s name was “Matilda [Roberts].  Fathered at least nine children.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * TX CSA pension application (#09657) in Childress Co., TX ("Fullingim"), approved in 1903; * RCS 6:161a (“J.F. Fullingram”);  http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/familycenter/pafg02.htm#417; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("J. C. Fullingim"); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as “Fullingram”); * headstone .

Funchess, Thaddeus Stewart – b.1849; d.1911.

CSA, 4^th Mississippi Cavalry; Co. E; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a preacher ("Rev."). Buried in the Paradise Cemetery.  [[559]]  Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * e-mail from Sue Tackel & Shawn Palmer (jonnyreb75457@yahoo.com) on 1/13/2005.

“The CSA, 4th Mississippi Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Battalion] was organized during the fall of 1862 by consolidating Hughes' and Stockdale's Mississippi Cavalry Battalions. The unit was assigned to W.Adams', Mabry's, Starke's Brigade and fought the Federals in Tennessee and Mississippi. In the engagement at Harrisburg it reported 52 casualties. Only a remnant surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Its commanders were Colonel C.C. Wilbourn, Lieutenant Colonels Cornelius McLaurin and Thomas R. Stockdale, and Major James M. Norman.” (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm)

“I have always been very interested in Wise County since I was a young child. I used to spend the summers on my grandfather's farm near Paradise helping with his alfalfa hay, hunting coyotes with dogs, and looking for Indian arrowheads.

“He and my uncles used to tell me that their great grandfather was the first white man to settle in Wise County. The family name is Erwin. I would not know the name of this ancestor or just where he is buried. My granddad's grandfathers are both buried in Paradise (as is grandad).

“That brings me to another Civil War Veteran for your list. Buried next to Jefferson Davis Erwin, in the Erwin family plot is my grandfather's maternal grandfather. His name was Thaddeus Stewart Funchess. There is no indication on his stone that he was involved in the Civil War, but I have documents placing him in the 4th Mississippi Cavalry, Company E.

“Would you have any records as to the father of Jefferson D. Erwin? I am sure that he fought in the Civil war also, but the Erwins always tended to keep a verbal tradition and that was about it. -

                        Shawn Palmer (jonnyreb75457@yahoo.com; 1/13/2005).”

            -

“Hello Mr. Smith, You are correct, T.S. Funchess was a preacher. He did not particularly claim a denomination, but preached all over north central and north east Texas, also in the Indian Territory in tent revivals. He was born in Mississippi evidently to the aristocracy of the time as there was a plantation with several hundred slaves. He was educated in a military school, then sent to begin medical school. His father was also a doctor who had been raised the same way, and went to medical school in Vienna, Austria. His fathers name was George J.D. Funchess and is buried in Utica, Miss. He was commander of Co.B 16th Mississippi Inf. till He was relieved of his infantry duties and sent to Crystal Springs Miss. as a field surgeon. (Apr. 1862) T.S. Funchess very seldom mentioned his Confederate Service, and then it was only vague references as to how things could be worse. He and two brothers came to Texas in 1867 by way of the Indian Nations. One brother stayed on the Red River and owned a ferry service until the turn of the century. The other drifted off toward Mexico and it is rumered fought for the French down there, and dropped from the face of the earth. T.S. settled in what is now Franklin County and married an A. Clampett from Hagansport. They were a large landholding family out here before the war. It was in this time that he began preaching. In 1899, he packed his family and moved to Wise Co. there he and my other great-great grandfather became fast friends. J.D. Erwin was at the time a very wealthy land owner who owned several farms in Wise County. He set Mr. Funchess up on one of these farms. The Funchess and Erwin children married one another, so now, both families are very related (in my lifetime, the reunions held at the Paradise school were for Erwin-Funchess). My grandfather (also now in Paradise Cemetery since 1996) used to tell me about T.S. fishing on the Trinity River. He kept one eye on the cork, and the other eye reading his Bible. His brother who owned the ferry north of Clarksville over the years had amassed a fortune in land , money and race horses, and decided to come to Wise Co. to be near his brother and nieces and nephews. He died before he could sell out and move. The lawyers in Red River Co. asked T.S. what to do about the money and property. T.S. wrote them back and told them do what they will. ‘Money makes a Rascal and a Thief!!’

“As far as J.D. Erwin, I know he was born in Wise County. I do not know the name of his father. I am sure his father must have fought in the Civil War. My grandfather once told me where the really old ones are buried, he said that the place was all grown up. I never pressed him. J.D. was said to have been an extremely hard working man. His wife had a conch shell that she would blow to call him up from the fields to come up and go to church because he would get so into his work that he would forget about all else. Her brother is buried in the same plot with them. I don’t know much about him except that he is said to have been bad about gun and knife fighting. He supposedly shot a man in Decatur, and killed a man in a knife fight in Bridgeport. They say those Hargiss folks were mean and didn't have a lick of sense.

“Well hope I didn't ramble too much. I just thought I'd give a little bit of personal info about the folks under those stones. It used to move me when I was a kid and grandad would go through that cemetery and point to old faded headstones of people he once knew and tell me certain details about that person. There was one I'll always remember him talking about. The old man buried there was the first in that part of the country to get an automobile. He became very unpopular very quickly because when he started it, all the mules would start braying and where ever he drove, the horses would spook.

“Well hope I did not bore you sir. Hope to meet ya’ll when I get back out that way. Its been awhile. I left out of here in 1981 for the military and came back in 1995. Now I am an officer for Texas Department of Criminal Justice. It seems like little has called me back there since Grandad died. We were close. I used to spend all my summers out there till I was around 16. Anyway, Have a great day, and thanks for E-mailing me. - Shawn Palmer (jonnyreb75457@yahoo.com; 1/13/2005)”

Garrison, George B. – b.6/18/1843; d.4/14/1928.

CSA, 32^nd Mississippi Cavalry, Co.B; Private.

Bethel-Decatur  Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He was born in northern Mississippi. Served six months. Lived in Texas since 1885. He was a farmer. He has a TX CSA pension application (#36070; approved on 8/20/1919) in Wise Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (not yet listed in this source); * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Gentry, William Allen – b.12/18/1841; d.11/20/1927.

CSA, 23^rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment (aka: "2^nd Regiment" and "3^rd Regiment"), Co.F; Private.

Also served in the 32^nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Co.C. 

Pleasant Grove Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was captured at Ft. Donnelson, wounded in the knee. Re-enlisted in the CSA, 32^nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment, Co.C. Wounded 3x times at the Battle of Franklin, TN. Married to "Sarah M." (b.11/18/1838; d.1/2/1908). Not the man who has a TX CSA pension application (#40177) in Wise Co., TX. Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * PHWC, p.374 (photo of him as a member of the Ben McCulloch UCV Camp # 30); * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

George, Jesse B. – b.9/25/1848 [according to headstone]; d.6/2/1918.

USA, 2^nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, Company M; Private.

Crafton Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in either 1847 or 1848 in Crittendon Co, Arkansas.  Enlisted at Dardanell, AR on 12/3/1863.  Black eyes, black hair, fair complexion and 5 ft., 5 inches tall.  Mustered in on 1/28/1864 in Springfield, MO.  20 Jul 1864 - Escort service since 6 Jun 1864; Nov 1864 - Escorting prisoners to St. Louis, MO since 9 Nov 1864.  Moved to Bates Co., MO by 1869.  Married “Martha Emmeline Finnell” (b.2/29/1843; d.5/6/1906) of Bradley Co., TN in 1869. Lived in Butler, MO from 111865 to 10/1877; Wise Co., TX from 10/1877 to 1/1907; in New Mexico from 1/1907 to perhaps 1912.  His post-office address was Amistad, Union, New Mexico as of 5/19/1912.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * Kin to < jacquebyrd@prodigy.net >; * 1890 TVC, p.23a (listed as "Jessie B. George," living in Crafton); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Gilley, Gabriel Derene - b.3/20/1826; d.4/9/1882.

CSA, probably 37th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Terrell's), Co.H.; 2^nd Lieutenant.

Gilley Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Brother of John B. Gilley.  Is not the man who has a TX CSA pension application # 33779 (under “G.W.”).  Was a Mason (Masonic marks on gravestone).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * e-mail from Doris Sanders (doris_sanders@yahoo.com) in 8/2003; * headstone .

Gilley, John B. - b.10/22/1818;  d.3/28/1892.

CSA, Ward's Co., Quail's Battn., Frontier Troops (serving "in Parker Co., TX" and "westward"); Corporal.

Also served in the 13^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Burnett's Mounted Volunteers), Co.I; Corporal.

Gilley Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in the 13^th TX on 3/25/1862.  Born in Tennessee.  Promoted to Corporal on 2/8/1863.  Married “Mary A.” (b.1836; d.12/27/1935) on 10/6/1859.  Was a Mason (Masonic symbol on gravestone).  Does not have a military marker, but does have a Republic of Texas medallion.

Sources: * TX CSA pension application (#42695 – widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * e-mail from Doris Sanders (doris_sanders@yahoo.com) in 8/2003; * headstone .

Gilliland, John Sanford – b.1/31/1845; d.12/22/1915.

CSA, 6^th Texas Cavalry Regiment [Wharton's, Stone's], Co.D; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Missouri. Enlisted on 9/10/1862 “by the Conscript Act.” Captured at Butler (Donaldsonville, according to TX CSA pens. appl.), LA in 6/1863 and was a POW at New Orleans for eight months until he made a dramatic escape (on 2/24/1864). Rejoined his company the day after the battle at Pleasant Hill. Later “transferred to Throckmorton’s Company in 1863.” Came to Wise County in 1874.  Opened a blacksmith & woodworking shop in Decatur.  May have been married to "Mary Jane" (b.9/16/1851; d.1/20/1935).  His widow has a TX CSA pension application (#40542 – widow; approved on 2/28/1925) in Tarrant Co., TX.  Name spelled "Gililland" on original headstone.  Has a military marker. 

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("J. S. Galliard"); * PHWC, p.336-337, 374 (photo of him as a member of the Ben McCulloch UCV Camp # 30); * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Glass, George W. – b.1/22/1816; d.1/29/1880 (or 1881).

CSA, Martin’s Texas Cavalry Regiment (aka: 5^th Partisan Rangers), Co.G; Private.

Glass Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wife’s name was “Sarah L.” (b.12/27/1827; d.12/23/1911).  Evidently he does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Does not have a military marker.  Died in either 1880 or 1881 (conflicting dates on two headstones).

Sources: * RCS (6:341a); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

“The CSA, 5th Texas Cavalry (Partisan Rangers) Regiment was organized by the consolidation of the 9th Partisan Rangers Battalion and the 10th Cavalry Battalion in early 1863. The regiment came into Confederate service at Fort Washita, Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) on 2/6/1863 by Brigadier General Albert Pike. The regiment existed for two years and three months and participated in several skirmishes and battles primarily in Indian Territory. Dismounted in March 1865. Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department, on 5/26/1865.

Engagements  -  Fort Gibson, Indian Territory (skirmish) May 1863; Honey Springs, Indian Territory July 17, 1863 ; Perryville, Indian Territory, (skirmish) August 26, 1863; Massard Prairie, near Fort Smith, Arkansas [detachment] July 27, 1864; Cabin Creek, Indian Territory September 19, 1864. Journal:  February 6, 1863 - organized at Fort Washita, Indian Territory. The regiment was a consolidation of the 10th Texas Calvary Battalian and the 9th Texas Cavalry Battalian;  April-October 1863 - assigned to Cooper's Brigade, Steele's Division, District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department; May 1863 - fought skirmish at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory; July 17, 1863 - Battle of Honey Springs, Indian Territory; August 26, 1863 - fought skirmish at Perryville, Indian Territory; October 1863-July 1864 - assigned to Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department; July 1864 - assigned to the District of Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department; July 27, 1864 - fought the Battle of Massard's Prairie, near Fort Smith, Arkansas; September 1864 - assigned to Gano's Brigade, Cooper's (Indian) Division, District of the Indian Territory, Trans-Mississippi Department; September 19, 1864 - Battle of Cabin Creek, Indian Territory; September 1864-February  - assigned to the 5th (Gano's) Texas Cavalry Brigade, 2nd (Maxey's) Texas Cavalry Division, 1st Corps, Trans-Mississippi; February 1865 - assigned to Northern Sub-district, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Department; February-April 1865 - assigned to 3rd Texas Infantry Brigade, 1st (Forney's) Texas Infantry Division, 1st Corps, Trans- Mississippi Department; April-May 1865 - assigned to Robertson's Brigade, Maxey's Division, District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, Trans- Mississippi Department; May 26, 1865 - surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department.” (Credit - http://www.bauer.uh.edu/~parks/tex/crg005a.html; 4/6/2003)

“The 5th Partisan Rangers were disbanded near Houston, Texas on May 15, 1865.” (Credit - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hendon/stone/partisanrangers.html  on 4/6/2003).

Glover, James Jasper - b.3/7/1838; d.3/12/1888.

CSA, 16^th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Co.I; Sergeant.

Garvin Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 7/16/1861.  Captured on 6/1/1864 at Gaines Farm.  Released on 7/7/1865 (?) at Elmira, NY.  Married to "M. W."  Was a resident of Chattanooga, TN at some point (before or after the war?).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#41839 - widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Gore, Allen – b.4/13/1842; d.8/21/1912.

CSA (probably served in the CSA, 23^rd Infantry [Newman’s] Battalion, Co.A).

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Husband of Sarah E.  Son of Thomas (1811-May 21, 1890) & Elvira Shofner (1817-1886).  Thomas was son of Edward "Ned" (1770 or 1780-1849) & Mary Norman (1775-?).

Sources: e-mail with the wife of a descendant (Vicki Gore [jvgore@amaonline.com]) in 4/2003; * PHWC, p.338 (photo of him as a pioneer settler).

“One of the early settlers whose reminiscence runs back to the day of pale houses and tents in Wise County is Allen Gore, and whose residence of vigorous and persistent efforts have brought him a good farm and have placed him among that class of our countrymen who always win victories behind the plow.  It is the courage and endurance of such men that communities of civilized life are carried out of the wilderness and nature made to bloom and blossom as a garden.

“The date of his advent to Wise County marks Mr. Gore as an early settler and his coming was an added unit to the quiet force operating for the advancement of the social interest in the county.  Families have sprung up from prattling children once under his roof and the third generations are the embryo men and women who will honor and perpetuate the family name.  In his rural life he had grubbed and hewed, built up and has improved one hundred and eighty-five acres, which he delights to call his home.

“Mr. Gore's life has been of industry and with steady going characteristics and he has been a good citizen as well as a good farmer. He has held to Democracy in politics from early life and a search for his church home finds him a steward in the Methodist Church.

“On his father's farm, Allen Gore grew up to maturity and the typical log school house knew him occasionally as a pupil while passing the years of his youth.  The Civil War came on while he was approaching maturity and he enlisted in 1863 in Bragg's Army and was on this account that he saw none of the actual fighting.  On the retreat of the Army from Murfreesboro fight, he was a taken prisoner on the mountains of Tennessee, was paroled and remained about Tullahoma until the end of the war.

“Taking up Civil pursuits, Mr. Gore took up farming with a United States pony lent him by the Government and when his crop was made he delivered up the pony to the authorities.  A Season of slow progress followed and when ten years had elapsed he sought a home in the new county of Texas.  He began his career with a yoke of oxen and a team of ponies together with a provision for maintenance until a crop could be made.  He'd purchased seventy-one acres of Cooke County School land northeast of Chico in the woods and lived in a tent until his modest pale cabin could be prepared.  He has devoted himself purely to the work of the farm that which will stand as a shaft, suggesting toil, the sacrifices and the achievements of a modest and earnest man.

“Allen Gore was born in Lincoln County Tennessee, on April 13, 1842, to Thomas and Allie (Shaufner) Gore.  Thomas Gore had come with his father, Ned Gore, and family to Tennessee as a young man.  Both Ned Gore and Thomas Gore were buried in Moore County, Tennessee. Thomas Gore died in 1895.

“Eight children were born to Thomas and Allie Gore in Tennessee and the order of their birth are: Edward, a soldier of Bragg's Army and was killed during the war; James W,; Allen; Martha, wife of Alexander Parks of Moore County, TN; Sarah, wife of Lacy Belt of Moore Co, TN; Millie, wife of Brittan Dillingham of Moore Co, TN; Thomas of Moore Co, TN; and Susan, wife of Joseph Dannell of Moore Co,,TN.
 

“Allen Gore married Sarah Watson, daughter of Math Watson. (See J.H. and C.A. Watson history of this book). Most of their ten children were born in Tennessee before they moved to Texas.  Allen and Sarah (Watson) Gore and their family left Lynchburg, Tennessee, in late 1879 or early 1880. After settling the seventy-one acres aforementioned in Paddock's History they accumulated more land in Blocks 3 and 9 in section 3, Cooke County School lands A-156, about three miles northeast of Chico.    After the first cabin, he built a large two-story house (which stood until about 1856) to accommodate their large family. He put out a large pear orchard on the farm and it became known as "The Pear Orchard Place".  Allen and Sarah were of the Methodist religion and Sarah was known as a "Shouting Methodist".  Once she shouted in testimony "All Allen Gore wants is more land but all Sarah Gore wants is more religion".

“About the year of 1909 Allen and Sarah sold all their land and moved to Spearman, Texas to raise wheat.  Allen Gore died August 21, 1912. Sarah Gore died January 1, 1916. Both were buried in the Chico Cemetery.

“Several hundred descendants of the first and second generation from Allen and Sarah Gore are scattered over Texas and the United States. There are around one hundred still living or owning property in Wise County.” [Twentieth Century History & Biographical Record of Northwest Texas by Capt. B.B. Paddock, editor; illustrated; Vol.II, Page 627; The Lewis Publishing Company; Chicago, New York, 1906]

Gore, Andrew Jackson  - b.2/14/1843; d.12/1/1916.

CSA, 10^th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nelson's), Co.E; Private.

Gilley Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 1/12/1862.  "Left sick in AR on 11/23/1862.  Married "Madorah" (b.?; d.1/27/1935 in Paradise, TX).  Headstone with "Iona J."   Does not have a military marker.

“Andrew Jackson Gore was born on February 14, 1846 in Tennessee to John Gore (desc. line of John, Isaac, Henry Sr., John, Joseph, John) and Lydia Thomas. At the age of eight, according to family history, he and his two brothers, Isaac and John Thomas Gore, accompanied their mother on the journey to Texas after the death of their father in Tennessee.   Isaac is supposed to have died of lung disease on the way west. Earliest records indicate that the family settled first in Parker County, Texas near the Wise County line. Nearby was the family of John (J.B.) THOMAS, brother Lydia Thomas GORE.

“On January 12, 1862, at the age of sixteen, Andrew Jackson Gore entered the Civil War. He served the Confederacy with Company E 10th Texas Infantry and was discharged in June of 1865 with an honorable record. Andrew also served with the Texas Rangers under Commanding Officer L. L. Tackitt in the 1st Co. Minute Men from October 1865 to June 1866.

“The Pioneer History of Wise County by Cliff D. Cates, 1907, recounts the stories of Indian raids in the extreme southern part of Wise County in 1863 until the beginning of the Civil War. In the winter of 1865 Indians raided the farm of Mrs. Lydia (Thomas) Gore and drove off her horses. Andy and his brother, Jack (John Thomas), were among the settlers who participated in the resulting chase and fight.

“In June 1866, Andy and Jack were again in the group who chased Indians who stole the horses of local settlers. This battle resulted in the death of pioneer Alvin Clark.

“On November 3, 1866 workers were threshing on the farm of J. B. Thomas when six Indians approached with the intention of stealing the horses which had been turned loose to graze. Thomas and his son, Soney, gave the alarm. Thomas grasped the pistol of Jack Gore and started toward the Indians afoot. The other threshers, among them Andy and Jack Gore, followed in pursuit. An exciting chase followed, resulting in the death of Johnnie Montgomery. Uncle Johnnie was a seventy-six year old pioneer of Parker County.

“Andrew Jackson Gore married Miss Iona Jane Wright ca 1867. Iona was the daughter of Robert Wright and Mary Magee (McGee). The Wrights were early Parker County settlers from Ohio and Missouri. Andrew and Iona lived at or near Boonsville in Wise County, near the Parker County line and later moved to Paradise.

“Andrew and Iona had a family of five children.   Mary L. Gore was born about 1869 and nothing more is known of her at this time. Virginia Ellen (Jennie) was born in 1871 and married William Newton Huddleston in Wise County. John D. Gore was born 1874 and in later years believed to have married a woman named 'Annie'. John was a cattle raiser in Wise County. Ana L. Gore was born in 1876 and married John W. Griffith, had a son and a daughter. William Robert Gore was born in 1882 and married Zeola Lee Kirkpatrick, the daughter of Thomas & Mary E. (King) Kirkpatrick. W. R. and Zeola were both school teachers in Wise County in the early 1900's and were my grandparents. They eventually settled in Palmer and Bailey counties of the Texas Panhandle.

“After the death of Iona on June 6, 1893 in Wise County, Andrew Jackson Gore married Madora J. Drew. She was the daughter of Jim and Rose (Smith) Drew of Georgia. Madora is buried in the old cemetery at Paradise.

“Andrew Jackson Gore died on December 1, 1916 in Wise County, his death is recorded in Parker County. His final resting place is in the Gilley family cemetery in Wise County, with Iona Jane and their son, John D. Gore.” (http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~goredata/andy.html)

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#36261 – widow; approved in 1919); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://members.aol.com/SMckay1234/Roster/Co-E.htm; * http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~goredata/andy.html; * PHWC, p.202,204; * headstone .

Gore, James Gabriel – b.12/3/1844; d.2/24/1917.

CSA, 4^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Co.C; Private.

Olive Branch Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born to John & Jane Gore.   Served 3 ½ years.  Was in the Battle of Franklin and Nashville.  Married "Mary Ann Hobbs" (b.1843; d.1899) on 11/2/1865.  Married on 10/3/1903; this wife died on 12/11/1936.  Died in Chico, TX (however, death date on #40897 TX CSAPA is 8 / 6^th or 7^th / 1917).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * TX CSA pension application #’s of #23946 (approved 1914) and #40897 (widow; approved 1925); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Gose, Steven Mathus - b.1824; d.1877.

CSA, 15th Texas Cavalry Regiment; Co.B.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

     Came to Wise County in 1861 and lived in Decatur. Worked as a blacksmith and served as a Justice of the Peace for twelve to fourteen years. He was known as "Major." Listed in PHWC (p.122) as a member of the CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Reg., Co.B, but the same source later states (p.315) that he “lived through the trying period of the war here [Wise County], . . . hammered out many of the arms for the local Confederate volunteers.” He and his wife were known as "the parents of Methodism in Decatur." They moved four miles north of Decatur and began erection of the first real school-house built north of Decatur ("Gos Schoolhouse").

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * PHWC pp.67,122,134,313-319,345 (photo of him), 374 (photo of him as a member of the Ben McCullouch UCV Camp # 30), 414,440-441. CHECK THIS MAN’S SERVICE ON THE NPS SITE; I DON’T KNOW WHETHER TO LIST HIM AS A VETERAN OR NOT!

Gregg, James M. - b.8/18/1839; d.7/28/1916.

CSA, 17^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.A; Private.

Ball Knob cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served “on the batteries at Mobile.” Born in Alabama.  Enlisted on 3/5/1863 and served the duration of the war.  Does not have a military marker.

[[45]]  Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#29606); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Grisham, Nathan Reuben – b.12/8/1836; d.7/25/1899.

CSA, McCord’s Texas Frontier Cavalry Regiment; Co.G; Private.

Cottondale Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 1861-1865. Served in Jack Curenton’s Company of Texas State Rangers in 1861, but was discharged due to a “bad arm.” His arm got well and he re-enlisted in 1862 in Captain Newton White’s Company, but was put in McCord’s Regiment with Major Buck Berry and served in that outfit “for protection against Indians.” Married to "Irene" (b.2/27/1849; d.6/20/1944) on 10/20/1868.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Irene"] has a TX CSA pension application [#23985] from Parker Co., TX, approved on 9/1/1913); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Guinn, George W. – 6/26/1827; d.11/27/1905.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.E.

Boyd Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served in a company commanded by Captain Charles C. Thompson (PHWC, p.123).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * PHWC, p.36,123,404,406,380,452,454; * . CHECK THIS MAN ON THE NPS SITE.

Hale, John Slinkard – b.1/25/1828; d.4/29/1902.

CSA, 16^th Missouri Infantry Regiment, Co.E.

Cottonwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Green County, Indiana.  Was in a Shreveport, LA hospital 4/18-20/1865.  Married "L. A" on 7/28/1894.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#35042 - widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone ; * e-mail with a great-great nephew named Lon ___ (Minecreek@aol.com) in 3/2003

“. . . John was born in Green County, Indiana on Jan 25th 1828. His parent's names were Isaiah and Catherine (Slinkard) Hale. On July 19, 1853 he married his 1st wife, ‘Elizabeth Miller,’ and by 1860 they were living in McDonald County, Missouri. In 1862 John and his two brother's, William and Henry, enlisted in the CSA, 16th Missouri Infantry, Co.E and they served through the war together. John and Elizabeth had 6 children. Their names were: Emily, James, William, Sarah, Thomas and Nancy. Elizabeth died in Missouri, 1883. John remarried ‘Louiza A Paul’ in 1894 in Wise County, TX. I have a family history/genealogy book that has listed most of Johns decedents along with John’s siblings and their decedents. John’s mothers' maiden name was Slinkard, this is where he gets his middle name. . . . His second wife was born in Overton County, Tennessee (Louiza, in 1849). This information was in Louiza's widows pension file, which I have. This is an on going search and has been a lot of fun. I have been interested in family history and the Civil War since I was a kid when my Grandmother showed me letters written by my great-great-great grandfather Asa Howe when he was serving with the 6th Michigan cavalry. I have ancestors who fought for both the north and the south and I am very proud of them all. . . - Lon Burns.”

Theodore Urbanski, Willington, Connecticut tedsuedoghouse@charter.net sent in a very detailed and well researched paper about this veteran, his wife and her first husband who was also a veteran (Daniel C. Paul-buried at Pella Cemetery)
This paper is 54 pages and has war records, genealogy, pictures, and lots of images of documents. 
Click Here to download the PDF. (File is large and a little slow-contains many document images)

Hall, Peter -   information sent in by Allen Lanier lanier.allen@comcast.net 

Halladay, Alfred D. – b.?; d.?.

USA, 51^st Illinois Infantry, Co.E; Corporal.

Arkansas Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

From Urbana, IL.  Joined as a veteran on 2/8/1864; mustered out on 9/25/1865 near Port Lavaca, TX.  Listed as "Holliday" on muster roll.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * Gravestone (military marker); * e-mail correspondence with John W. Poole (<: jwpoole@hal-pc.org >) in late 2002; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

“Alf. D. Halladay, no dates are listed on headstone but it shows he was a Corporal in Co. E, 51st Ill. Inf. The roll of the Regiment has his name as Alfred Holiday from Urbana, IL and he joined as a veteran on February 8, 1964 and was mustered out on September 25, 1865 in Texas [Near Port Lavaca]. He was listed as a Corporal. Buried Arkansas/Arkansaw Cemetery -Wise Co. This man is a real mystery to me. I've not found a connection to the Huff or Hays family but he did come from the same state they did.” (Source: jwpoole@hal-pc.org [John W. Poole] – 9/2002)

Halsell, James Thompson

b.8/28/1839; d.8/1/1888.

CSA, 31^st Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.E.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Firstborn of Electious Halsell. [[3036]]

Sources: * PHWC, p.438; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * Woodruff.

Hamilton, John Warren – b.11/25/1832; d.1/31/1916.

CSA, 8^th Missouri Infantry, Co.G; Private.

Mount Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 1862. Married to "H. Wv." (b.11/19/1838; d.6/7/1921).  Does not have a military marker. 

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (there is a widow ["Mrs. John William Hamilton"] of a "John William Hamilton" who has a TX CSA pension application [#46909] from Collin Co., TX); http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ (listed as "John Hamilton").  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Hancock, O. M. – b.2/3/1834; d.3/26/1916.

CSA, 8^th Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, Co.A; Private.

Boonsville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Clinton County, Kentucky. Enlisted in 1862. Was a POW at Rock Island, Illinois. Married to “Mary J.” (b.9/13/1836; d.3/24/1893).  Lived in TX 36 years as of 1914. Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#30096; approved on 12/23/1914] from Wise Co., TX); * headstone.

Hanna, J. H. – b.7/10/1838; d.2/27/1918.

CSA, Phillips Legion, Georgia Cavalry, Co.B.

Union Hill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 3/1/1862 and served the duration of the war.  Born in South Carolina.  Married to “Sallie H.” (b.11/16/1852; d.12/15/1908).  Moved to TX in 1886.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#23685) from Wise Co., TX; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Hanna, J. M. – b.?; d.7/28/1864.

CSA?  or  USA?, in the _____; Captain (according to headstone).

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Descendant of Pocahontas & John Rolfe.  Said to have been killed in the Battle of Atlanta.  Married to "Sara A." (b.11/21/1834; d.10/22/1887).  WILD GUESS – there was a "John M. Hannah" who served as Captain of the CSA, 46^th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Co.H who was captured at Island No. 10, sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, then was transferred to Johnson's Island, 26 April 1862, sent to Vicksburg, Ms., 1 Sept. 1862 for exchange, resigned 1 Oct. 1862 at Jackson, MS – could this be the same man??? [Further – there was an A. B. Hannah" also in the 46^th Tennessee Infantry, Co.H. who was "wounded in the Battle of Ezra Church, near Atlanta Ga.  On 7/28/1864, who suffered a gun shot wound to the left thigh, resulting in amputation, but he died on 8/4/1864."]  Does not have a military marker, but has military info on headstone.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone . RE-CHECK THIS PENSION USING "J. M."

Hanna, William Wamon (or "Waymon") – b.1/8/1848; d.2/16/1935.

CSA, 12^th Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Co.I; Private. 

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Barto County, Georgia. Enlisted on 8/1/1864 and served until he was discharged on 5/12/1865. Married to "Elrikie E." (b.8/2/1846; d.1/18/1919).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has TX CSA pension applications [#42926 - his; #51559 (approved on 4/26/1927) - her's, "Maggie Ellen"] from Wise Co., TX).

Harding, John Donley - b.1845; d.1899 (on headstone).

CSA, 6^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Wharton's, Stone's; aka: 2^nd Regiment), Co.K.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 9/21/1861and served the duration of the war.  Married "Martha A."  Widow’s pension application lists his birthday as 3/23/1898.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#20131 - widow); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html ("Douley" for middle name on application); * PHWC, p.315; * headstone .

Hardisty, Henry – b.11/2/1832; d.1/30/1900.

CSA, Well’s Battalion (aka: 34^th Battalion); Co.B; Private.

East Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

May have been married to "Catherine A. Hardesty" (b.3/24/1834; d.7/24/1917) on 12/1/1861. Enlisted on 7/1/1862 and served until the end of the war. Detailed as a “wagon maker” toward the close of the war and was stationed at Old Warren. Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Catharina A."] has a TX CSA pension application [#21797] from Cooke Co., TX, approved on 9/1/1913).

Hargrove, Allen Houston – b.3/22/1837; d.11/10/1900.

CSA, 3^rd Texas Cavalry Regiment (South Kansas-Texas Mounted Volunteers; Ross’s Brigade),

Co.H; Lieutenant.

Crafton Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted as a Private on 8/16/1861.  Was later elected Lieutenant.  Served in Georgia, surrendered at Jackson, Mississippi and was paroled on 4/17/1865.  Married to “Mary M.” (b.?; d.?).  Mary went to live with a daughter in Amarillo after Allen died.

Sources: * E-mail correspondence with a descendant, Jesse Burns (< JesBrns@aol.com >) in Nov. 2002 & Jan. 2003; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Mary M."] has a TX CSA pension application [#19201] from Potter Co., TX).

Harlan, James W. – b.12/28/1834; d.1/9/1906.

CSA?  or  USA?, Missouri Osage Regiment Home Guards; Private.

Anneville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Barren County, Kentucky. Wife's name was "Susan Elizabeth (Bailey) Harlan."  Perhaps listed in the 1890 TX Veterans Census as “John W.”?   Wild guess – could he be the "James W. Harlan" who served as a Corporal in the USA, 10^th Missouri Infantry Regiment, Co.B???  Wild guess - may have a TX CSA pension application #39394 (Bexar Co., TX) – is this the same man?  He is not the man with a TX CSA pension application # 13223.  He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * 1890 TVC, p.26b (perhaps listed as "John W. Harlan," living in Decatur) [note: there is a "J. W." Harlan – b.1/4/1839; d.3/26/1918 buried in this same county]; * e-mail correspondence with gg-granddaughter (Tommye O'Shields McLemore - tommyemc@msn.com in 3/2002); * headstone .

Hi David,

You will be interested to find out that I just found my gg grandfather and gg grandmother's burial about a week ago. I was looking at some info I had on them and discovered she died in Decatur, Tx so I decided to look in this cemetery because of other relatives that are also buried their. I think they may have his name wrong on the headstone, because I found elsewhere that it was John W. You also said it was in the veterans census of which I have never looked. Do you have a copy of this census. I have never looked for his pension application but I am going to. I just found my ggrandfather's application who lived in Tarrant county and sent off for it. I am sorry I don't know much about my gg grandparents. He and his wife were also married there Jan 5, 1856.  - Tommye O'Shields McLemore

Harris, James Ransom – b.12/7/1843; d.4/30/1914.

CSA, 5^th Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Co.H; Private.

Friendship Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 5/1862.  Captured just before the end of the war.  Married to “Elvira Nolen” [b.1/5/1841; d.10/2/1926, pension application says Elvira died in "1925")].  He might have a TX CSA pension application from Wise Co., TX (rej – "J.R. Harris").  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#28400 - widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Hash, James P. – b.3/22/1845; d.7/12/1924.

CSA, 11^th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Parson’s Brigade) [aka: 2^nd Missouri Infantry, though it also served as cavalry], Co.F; Private. [CHECK THIS ON NPS]

Boonsville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Lawrence County, Missouri.  Enlisted on 7/19/1862.  Lived in TX from about 1865 onward. He was a farmer.  Married to “Mollie” (b.12/10/1846; d.1/18/1918).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#24114] from Wise Co., TX).

Hawkins, Charles C. – b.8/13/1841; d.7/29/1931.

CSA, 16^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Chico Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Rutherford Co., NC.  Enlisted on 5/9/1861.  Wounded at Gaines Mill.  Surrendered at Appomattox.  Had a brother by the name of “H.F. Hawkins.”  Moved to TX about 1873.  He might have a TX CSA pension application (#38262 – "C.C. Hawkins") from Wise Co., TX approved on 6/1/1922.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * PHWC, p.469 (advertisement); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone.

Haynes, James W. - b.1/6/1833; d.5/12/1913.

USA, 47^th Missouri Infantry Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Preskitt Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wife's name may have been "Mary (George)" (b.1/28/1841 to A.L. & Jane [Edison] Haynes; d.11/10/1925).  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as James "H." Haynes); * FBR ( < http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum > ); * 1890 TVC, p.27b (listed "James Haynes," living in Decatur); * headstone; * Woodruff.

Hays, Samuel Alexander – b.12/15/1839; d.1/25/1918.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.K  &  USA _____. 

Pleasant Grove Cemetery # 2; Wise County, TX.

Served as a Private in the CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.K.  Enlisted on 8/26/1862.  Captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, AR on 1/11/1863.  Was a prisoner at Fort Douglas, Chicago, IL.  Signed the Oath of Renunciation &  Allegiance on 3/10/1863 and is said to have thereafter joined the Union Army.  Came from Marion Co., IL to Wise Co., TX about 1855.  Was a minister in Churches of Christ in Wise Co., TX.  Mentioned in some of the early Wise Co. history books.  Married to "Telitha E." (b.5/31/1838; d.3/22/1912).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.27b (listed as "Samuel A. Hays," living in Aurora); * e-mail correspondence with John W. Poole (<: jwpoole@hal-pc.org >); * headstone .

“Samuel Alexander Hays, served first as a Private in Company K, 15th Regiment, Texas Calvary, CSA, enlisted August 26, 1862 and was captured at Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Arkansas on January 11, 1863, was a prisoner at Fort Douglas, Chicago, Illinois. He signed the Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance on March 10, 1863 and later joined the Union Army. Fought on both sides during the Civil War.” (Source: jwpoole@hal-pc.org [John W. Poole] – 9/2002)

Hays, William James – b.1/15/1834; d.12/1/1906.

USA, 111^th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Co.H.

Arkansas Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Admitted twice to the hospital for illness (once for two days and once in late 1864 for three months).  Received a pension for his service.  Had two brothers in same company.  Married to “Miriam A.” (b.10/12/1841; d.6/18/1906).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * 1890 TVC, p.27b (listed as "William J. Hays," living in Springtown); * e-mail correspondence; * headstone .

“William James Hays, member Company H, 111th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, USA. Was admitted twice to the hospital for illness. Once for two days and once in late 1864 for three months. He is buried in the Arkansas Cemetery. He received a pension for his service. Had two brothers in same Company.” [ My wife's g-grandfather] (Source: jwpoole@hal-pc.org [John W. Poole] – 9/2002)

Heffley, John Martin (“Doc”) - b.1/31/1823; d.6/30/1883.

CSA, 35^th Texas Cavalry (Brown's) [12^th Cavalry Battalion], Co.B; Corporal.

Hefley Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Was a Mason.  Has a military marker (with the name "John Heffley" and the dates: b.1825; d.1887 and "CSA, 8^th Texas Cavalry, Co.C" on it; but I can find no man with a name anything like "Heffley" who served in any 8^th TX Cavalry – I believe this stone to be mistaken!).

The CSA, 35th Texas Cavalry (Brown's) Regiment “was organized with 927 men in October 1863 by consolidating the 12th (Brown's) and Roundtree's Texas Cavalry Battalions. The unit served in the Trans-Mississippi Department and in January 1864, contained 29 officers and 409 men.”

(www.itd.nps.gov/cwss)

In the spring of 1864, Brown's 35th Cavalry was transferred to Louisiana in the spring of 1864. There it saw action in the Red River campaign as a part of McCulloch's brigade in Walker's Texas Division.

“It skirmished in Texas and was on scouting duty along the [Texas] coast. On June 2, 1865, it was included in the surrender. The field officers were Colonel Reuben R. Brown, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel W. Perkins, and Major Lee C. Roundtree.” (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss)

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Henderson, A. J. – b.4/26/1845; d.1/16/1913.

CSA, 29^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (DeMorse's), Co.K; Private.

Cottonwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 5/7/1863.  Married to “R. M.” (b.5/27/1847; d.1/2/1910).  Does not have a military marker. 

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#16988 – from Wise Co., TX); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("A. J. Henderson"); * headstone .

Hestand, William Sprowels – b.10/27/1831; d.3/1/1904.

CSA, 16^th TX Cavalry (Fitzhugh’s) Regiment, Co.D; 1^st Sgt.

Willow Point Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 2/20/1862 and was discharged at Hempstead, TX on 5/21/1865.  Married to "Mary Jane" (b.2/22/1841; d.4/27/1934) on 6/12/1866.  Does not have a military marker. 

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Mary Jane"] has a TX CSA pension application [#31712] from Jack Co., TX) approved in 1915; * headstone.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Hickey, James – b.9/28/1828; d.12/22/1906.

USA?  or  CSA?

Bethel-Decatur Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Was a preacher (“Rev.” on gravestone).  Married to “Helen M.” (b.10/24/1842; d.2/2/1917).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.28b (listed as "James Hickey," living in Decatur); * headstone .

Hightower, John R. – b.?; d.1885.

CSA?  or  USA?

Please Grove # 1 Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married “Sarah Ann McCoin (McKoine)” in Greene County, MO in 1849.  Wild guess - may have a TX CSA pension application #08424 (under wife’s name of “S.A” in Navarro Co., TX)  – is this the same person?  Another wild guess – could this man be the "John R. Hightower" who served as a Private in the CSA, 14^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (McCarver's), Co.D and later as a Private in the CSA, 21^st Arkansas Infantry Regiment, Co.K.???  He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * 1890 TVC, p.28b (listed as "Sarah A.," living in Decatur); * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Hill, William Jasper – b.1/15/1842; d.3/16/1904.

CSA, 12^th Georgia Cavalry Regiment [aka: 4^th Georgia Cavalry], Co.A. [CHECK UNIT INFO ON NPS]

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted at Dalton, Georgia in the 11^th Georgia Infantry, Co.G. CHECK UNIT INFO ON NPS] He was discharged, but re-enlisted in the 4^th Georgia Cavalry, Co.I. He was severely wounded at some point in the war (probably at 2^nd Manassas). Married "Hettie A." (b.4/18/1843; d.2/8/1929) on 11/15/1859.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Hetty A."] has a TX CSA pension application [#42077] from Wise Co., TX).

Hobson, Neri – b.1/13/1818; d.2/4/1904.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.?; Private.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served in 1864.  Served as County Treasurer beginning in 1869. Married to "Jane" (b.10/15/1822; d.1/29/1904).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * headstone [[242]]; * PHWC, pp.34,440; * e-mail correspondence with a descendant, Donna Simon, in 2/2003 (< dmsimon@1scom.net >).  NOTE – THE ONLY SOURCE I HAVE FOR THIS MAN’S MILITARY SERVICE IS THIS WOMAN’S E-MAIL.  HE’S NOT LISTED ON THE NPS SITE NOR DOES HE HAVE A TX CSA PENS. APPL.  IF I CAN’T VERIFY HIS SERVICE I NEED TO MOVE HIM NACK TO THE “YET TO BE DETERMINED” LISTING.

“Neri Hobson enlisted in the Civil War Confederate Army in 1864 as a Private

in George B. Pickett's Fifteenth Texas Cavalry, First Frontier District,

First Company; this Company was organized February 1, 1864.”  Donna M. Simon

< dmsimon@1scom.net >

Hobson, Riley – b.2/22/1822; d.1/5/1894.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.?; Private.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served in 1864.  Married to "Mary A." (b.5/17/1829; d.12/29/1875).  May also have been married to "Sarah P." (b.12/15/1837; d.3/10/1882).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * headstone [[65]]; * PHWC, p.34; * e-mail correspondence with a descendant, Donna Simon, in 2/2003 (< dmsimon@1scom.net >).  NOTE – THE ONLY SOURCE I HAVE FOR THIS MAN’S MILITARY SERVICE IS THIS WOMAN’S E-MAIL.  HE’S NOT LISTED ON THE NPS SITE NOR DOES HE HAVE A TX CSA PENS. APPL.  IF I CAN’T VERIFY HIS SERVICE I NEED TO MOVE HIM NACK TO THE “YET TO BE DETERMINED” LISTING.

            “Riley  Hobson enlisted in the Civil War Confederate Army in Wise County,

Texas in 1864 as a Private in George B. Pickett's Fifteenth Texas Cavalry,

First Frontier District, First Company.  Both Neri and Riley's oldest sons

were named William; a William also enlisted in the Confederate Army with

Neri and Riley.  It is unknown which son this William was.”  Donna M. Simon

< dmsimon@1scom.net >

Hodges, E. L. – b.1834; d.1910.

CSA, Jeff Davis’ Legion Mississippi Cavalry, Co.D; Private.

Hopewell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 1861 till the end of the war.  Was a county commissioner in 1876. Has a military marker. 

Sources:  TX CSA pension application (#04490) in Wise Co., TX.; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * PHWC, p.442; * BMC ("E. Hodges"); * headstone .

Hodges, William H. – b.1837; d.1919.

CSA, Jeff Davis’ Legion Mississippi Cavalry, Co.D; Private.

Hopewell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Sumpter, Alabama.  Enlisted on 6/29/1861; paroled on 5/1/1865.  Moved to TX in 1869.  Does not have a military marker, but that he served with the Confederacy is inscribed on his headstone. 

Sources:  May have a TX CSA pension application #17217 (approved 1909) in Wise Co., TX; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("W. H. Hodges"); * headstone .

Hodgson, William – b.2/9/1837; d.5/2/1928.

USA, 1^st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Co.F,B; Private.

Willow Point Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served from 12/28/1862 to 8/3/1865 (according to 1890 TCV, listed as "William Hodgon").  Married to "Winnie" (b.10/4/1835; d.3/7/1914).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.29a (listed as "William Hodgon," living in Boonsville); * http://distantcousin.com/Military/CivilWar/TNVetsinTX1890/Page.asp?Page=08; * headstone .

Holley, Sion Woodson – b.2/5/1845; d.3/28/1928.

USA?  or  CSA?

Boonsville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to “Tine” [“Eliza Hassel Tine Newsom Holley”] (b.2/8/1845; d.3/28/1928).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.30a (listed as "S. W. Holley," living in Boonsville); * e-mail from Doris Sanders (doris_sanders@yahoo.com) in 8/2003.

Hornback, Silas Henry Franklin – b.1842; d.1911.

CSA, 2^nd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Burbridge's; aka: 1^st Regiment), Co.A; "Jr. 2^nd Lieutenant".

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married "Jemima Splawn" [daughter of William M. Splawn & Mary Ely] (b.1852; d.1943).  Had at least six children.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ ;  * BMC ("S. Hornback"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow [Mrs. J. A. Hornback"] has a TX CSA pension application [#21383] in the name of "Silas Henry Franklin Hornback" from Wise Co., TX); * PHWC, p.374 (photo of him as a member of the Ben McCulloch UCV Camp # 30); * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Hornbeck, Jackson – b.1845; d.1909.

CSA

Hopewell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to “Rachel M.” (b.1846; d.1907).  Member of Ben McCulloch SCV Camp # 30. Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.30a (listed as "Jackson Hornbeck," living in Pella); * PHWC, p.374 (photo of him); * headstone .

House, Chesley Green – b.6/18/1836; d.11/6/1900.

CSA

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "M.A."  Does not have a military marker.

"Now something that I just discovered on you CSA list. - House, Chesley Green (b.6/18/1836; d.11/6/1900). Can you tell me anything about him?

"The House (Houze) line is very elusive. Willis Green Collins mothers name was Martha House (Houze) and Martha's father was Green S. House but all I know is that Martha had a brother Nicholas House. And I know nothing else about the House family. So now I am wondering if the above House is somehow related to her side of the family. Possibly a cousin to Willis? If he was the Marshall/Giles Co. area of TN then they may be related! - Julie (Neatstuffgifts@aol.com; 12/31/2004)"

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["M. A."] has a TX CSA pension application [#29947] from Wise Co., TX).

Houston, James Milton – b.12/6/1834; d.12/31/1904.

CSA

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#04491 from Wise Co., TX]).

Hoyl, David L. – b.5/2/1836; d.7/1/1909.

CSA

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Araminta J." (b.10/1/1843; 1/23/1908).  Member of Ben McCulloch SCV Camp # 30. Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * BMC ("D. L. Hoyl"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * PHWC, p.374 (photo of him as a member of the  Bem McColluch UCV Camp # 30), * headstone .

Huddleston, Daniel C. – b.1844; d.1922.

CSA, 13^th TX Cavalry Regiment, Co.D.

Also served in the 22^nd Texas Infantry Regiment (Hubbard's), Co.K.

Bethel-Boonsville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 1862.  Transferred from the 13^th TX Cav. Reg. to the 22^nd TX Inf. Reg.  Wife’s name was “Martha” (b.1852; d.1917).  Has a military marker.

Sources: TX CSA pension application (#28950); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Huddleston, J. A. - b.10/22/1838; d.1/11/1920.

CSA, 13^th Texas Cavalry, Co.D; Private.

Also served with the 22^nd Texas Infantry Regiment (Hubbard's), Co.K; 3^rd Lieutenant (going in as a Sgt.).

Garvin Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served with the 13^th TX Cav. When he was functioning as dismounted cavalry.  Enlisted on 1/30/1864.  Married to "S.C." (b.3/26/1842; d.1/7/1918).  Had a son named "A.W" (b.3/1/1875; d.9/9/1907).  Lived in Boyd, TX at time of pension application.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#16987 - approved in 1909 – Wise Co., TX); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Huff, Charles Ratliff - b.7/3/1838; d.11/29/1891.

CSA, 14^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, (aka: Johnson's Mounted Volunteers), Co.A; Private.

Aurora Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 1865 and served the duration of the war.  [Unsubstantiated e-mail correspondence says he was captured and sent to a Union prison camp in Chicago, IL.]  Wife’s name was “Amanda C.”  Has a military marker.

Sources:  TX CSA pension application (#29207 - widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * e-mail correspondence with John W. Poole (<: jwpoole@hal-pc.org >); * headstone .

“Charles R. Huff, served as a Private in the 14th Texas Cavalry, Co., A. CSA. He was captured and sent to Federal prison in Chicago, Illinois.” (Source: jwpoole@hal-pc.org [John W. Poole] – 9/2002)

Hughes, George S. - b.11/18/1838; d.1/25/1932.

USA, 1^st Alabama Cavalry, Co.I; Corporal.

Cottondale Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * 1890 TVC, p.31a (listed as "George S. Hughes," living in Springtown); * headstone .

Hughes, Silas S. – b.1831; d.1905.

CSA, 11^th Texas Infantry Regiment [Robert's], Co.D; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a TX CSA pension application (#06833) from Wise Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone; * Wodruff.

Hunt, Judge Middleton Barrett – b.1845; d.4/2/1922.

CSA, 38^th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Co.F; Private.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Elbert County, GA.  Enlisted on 7/4/1863 and was paroled at Appomattox Court House, VA at the end of the war.  Description at time of enlistment – 6 ft., 0 in. tall. Light colored hair, fair complexion and blue eyes and gave his age as “20.”  Several other men named "Hunt" served in this same company; perhaps they were kin?  Married “Corrine” on 8/25/1901.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * Gravestone; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Corrine" - b.about 1852 in MS; d?] has a TX CSA pension application [#41860] from Wise Co., TX in the name of "Jud Barrett Hunt"); * BMC ("J. B. Hunt"); * headstone.

Hutson, Andrew T. - b.9/17/1838; d.4/20/1904.

CSA, 27^th Arkansas Infantry, Co.K; Corporal.

Also served in the 34^th Arkansas Infantry, Co.H; 1^st Corporal.

Preskitt Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Promoted to 1^st Corporal on 7/19/1863 while in the CSA, 27^th Arkansas Infantry.  Married to "Mary J."  His headstone is broken and laying on the ground.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#10507 - widow) from Wise Co., TX; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as "A.D."Hutson); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone; * Woodruff.

Hutson, Robert Pinkney – b.11/14/1838; d.6/22/1888.

CSA, McCord’s Frontier Regiment (Texas Cavalry); Co.?

Rush Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to “Miley.”

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (obviously does not have a TX

CSA pension application); * e-mal correspondence with descendant (Paula Sue Jones - paulaj@crcom.net) in 11/2003.

Ireland, Robert Rended – b.8/3/1848; d.2/9/1901.

CSA.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Martha" (b.9/5/1849; d.2/6/1916).

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow, "Martha A." has a TX CSA pension application [#25849] from Wise Co., TX).

Jacobs, Thomas Moses – b.1/3/1848; d.12/21/1931.

CSA, 12^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.B; Private.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in H___rd County, Georgia. Served from 10/1864 until the end of the war (paroled at Appomattox).  “Was in several battles” according to TX CSA pension application. Moved to TX about 1875. Married to "Sarah L." (b.7/7/1850; d.11/1/1911).  A farmer by occupation in Wise County, TX at time of TX CSA pension application.  Thomas died of pneumonia. Does not have a military marker.  [[1414]]

‘The CSA, 12th Alabama Infantry Regiment was formed at Richmond, Virginia, in 7/1861. Its members were from Montgomery and Mobile, and the counties of Coosa, Pike, Coffee, De Kalb, Macon, Jackson, and Morgan. During the war, it served under Generals Rodes, O'Neal, and Battle, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit took an active part in the campaigns of the army from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, fought with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action in the Appomattox Campaign. In 4/1862, it contained 550 men, lost fifty-one percent of the 408 engaged at Seven Pines, and had 27 killed, 69 wounded, and 33 missing during the Maryland Campaign. Subsequent casualties were thirty-six percent of the 330 at Chancellorsville and thirty-one percent of the 271 at Gettysburg. It surrendered with 5 officers and 62 men. The field officers were Colonels Bristor B. Gayle, Robert T. Jones, and Samuel B. Pickens; Lieutenant Colonels John C. Goodgame, Theodore O'Hara, and E.D. Tracy; and Majors J.C. Brown, Adolph Proskander, and Augustus Stikes.” (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm)

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#31618] from Wise Co., TX); * www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Jarrell, Thomas Jefferson – b.5/20/1845; d.10/13/1889.

CSA, 17^th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married “M.J.” (b.?; d.2/13/1938) on 2/5/1875. M.J. had lived in TX since about 1863.  He does not have a military marker. His unit and company listed above are a calculated guess on my part in that there is a “Jefferson Jarrell” who served as a Private in the 17^th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, Co.G and the Captain of Co.G. was a “S.M. Stephenson.” The 17^th LA was organized in Morehouse parish. His widow’s TX CSA pension application states that the man buried in Wise Co., TX served in the CSA “Infantry, Co.H” of “Capt. D. Stevenson’s company” which was “organized in Louisiana” and that this man enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war.

Sources: * PHWC, p.274; * www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["M. J."] has a TX CSA pension application [#24088] from Wise Co., TX approved on 9/1/1913).

Jay, William H. M. – 9/4/1841; d.2/24/1904.

CSA, 16^th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Co.G; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Edith S." (b.1854; d.1940).  Probably has a TX CSA pension application (#39932 - widow) from Wise Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Jennings, T. L. – b.?; d.?

CSA, “Buck Berry's Cavalry Regiment" ("Texas State Troops, Co.C” – according to headstone).

Hopewell Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Came to Wise Co., Texas in 1855. Enlisted in 1862 and served through 1865.  Married to “H.S.” (b.7/3/1830; d.7/4/1908).  Has a TX CSA pension application (#26705).  Has a military marker. 

Sources:  * PHWC, pp.412; * TXCPA # 26705 (approved in 1914); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Johnson, Arkansaw – b.?; d.6/13/1878.

USA

Souther Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Arkansaw Johnson is thought to have been born in Johnson County, Missouri. He had several aliases but his real name may have been Huckston. After service in the Union Army he engaged in horse stealing and highway robbery in Arkansas. He also robbed the Wilberforce house, killing the man and wife and raping their daughter.  In March of 1878 he and a man named Underwood broke out of a jail in Nebraska. They made their way to Texas to join Sam Bass’ gang. The gang had been active in Denton, Wise and surrounding counties stealing horses and robbing trains and banks.  On the morning of June 13, 1878 a Texas Ranger named Junius Peak was joined by a posse from Wise County lead by Sheriff George W. Stevens. They closed in on the Bass gang at Salt Creek and shot Arkansaw Johnson through the chest as he was saddling his horse. He died instantly and was buried on the spot later that evening. The rest of the gang escaped.  Does not have a military marker.  Sources: * headstone; * http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~drycreek/near_cottondale.htm.

Johnson, Philip W. – b.8/24/1825; d.10/27/1909.

CSA, 25^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (aka: 30^th Regiment), Co.C; Private.

Wilson Prairie Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Johnson, Robert W. - b.4/22/1827; d.6/17/1912.

CSA, 28^th Tennessee Infantry (aka: 2^nd Mountain Volunteers), Co.B; Private.

Ball Knob cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served 11/1862 thru 11/1864.  Moved to Wise Co., TX on 12/5/1876.  Wife's name was "Louisa" (b.9/18/1816; d.12/25/1893).  Was a Mason.

Sources: * TX CSA pension application (#04495; approved in 1899); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * BMC ("R. W. Johnson"); * headstone .

Johnson, Wilburn – b.1844; d.1932.

CSA, 5^th Tennessee Cavalry (McKenzie's), Co.K; Private.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Mary E." (b.1852; d.1934).  He might have a TX CSA pension application (#41467 – "Wilborn Johnson") from Grayson Co., TX.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Johnston, Melville Burr – b.1848; d.5/6/1921.

CSA, 25^th Alabama Cavalry Battalion, Co.E; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He was a minister following the war ("Rev." on headstone & occupation listed in TX CSA pension application).  He enlisted in Alabama in 1864 and served until the end of the war. He moved to Texas in 1874. He married “Adella Campbell Johnston” (b.1858; d.1915).  He was a Mason (symbol on gravestone). He died in Waxahachie, TX.

From:  Ken Jones <kjones@tarleton.edu>

To:  sccwvets@yahoo.com

Date:  Thu, 8/12/2004

Subject:  re: muster roll - 25th Alabama Cavalry Battalion - M.B. Johnston

“There is a Burr Johnston who has to be the same man, in Co. "E" of Mead's Cavalry Battalion. This unit is basically the 25th AL Cavalry Battalion, so if we can conclude that Burr Johnston on the roll is your Melville Burr Johnston at the cemetery, I think we've got him.

“I found him in a book, The Sword of Bushwhacker Johnston, by Milus Eddins Johnston. There is a footnote which says that [Milus} Johnston, (who commanded the battalion) had five children by his first wife, Caroline H. These were: Fountain B., Melville B., John A., and Louisa P. Johnston. Melville Burr Johnston served in his father's company during the war. Fountain Bascom Johnston served in ‘Co. E,’ 28th TN Infantry.

“So, that proves it for me. He was there.”

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#26550] under the name "Melville Burr Johnston" from Wise Co., TX) approved on 12/1/1913; * headstone.

Jones, Andrew J. – b.11/12/1830; d.10/10/1898.

CSA, 26^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.I.

Jonestown Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * BMC ("A. J. Jones"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (there are several possible, among them being an "A. J. Jones" with a TX CSA pension application [#34960] from Hardeman Co., TX & a widow ["Nannie Jones Reeves"] in the name of "A. J. Jones" [42443] from Burleson Co., TX). * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Jones, Charles P. – b.about 1846; d.12/22/1924.

CSA, 10^th Texas Infantry Regiment (Nelson's), Co.E; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Nashville, TX.  Moved to Texas about 1852. Enlisted on 1/11/1862.  Served in “Granbury’s Consolidated Texas Brigade, Co.E” according to TX CSA pension application.  Served 3 ½ years.  Captured at Arkansas Post on 1/11/1863.  Paroled at Camp Douglas, Illinois on 4/1/1863.  Surrendered near Durham, NC on 4/28/1865 (or in Greensboro, NC on 5/1/1865 according to TX CSA pension application).  Married to "M."  He has a TX CSA pension application (#38480) from Wise Co., TX approved on 9/2/1922.

“The CSA, 10th Texas Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Waco, Texas, during the winter of 1861-1862. Many of its members were from Houston and Tyler, and Grimes, Freestone, San Augustine, and Washington counties. It served in the Department of Texas, then was captured at Arkansas Post in 1/1863. Exchanged and reorganized, the unit was assigned to Deshler's, J.A. Smith's, and Granbury's Brigade, and in 9/1863, consolidated with the 6th Infantry Regiment and the 15th Cavalry Regiment (dismounted). The command went on to participate in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Bentonville. It lost 20 killed, 95 wounded, and 28 missing at Chickamauga, and in 12/1863, totaled 642 men and 437 arms. Few surrendered on 4/26/1865. The field officers were Colonels Roger Q. Mills and Allison Nelson, Lieutenant Colonel Robert B. Young, and Majors Seymour C. Brasher and John R. Kennard." (www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm)

Sources: * www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://members.aol.com/SMckay1234/Roster/Co-E.htm; * PHWC, p.406; * headstone; * www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

Jones, James A. – b.6/21/1840; d.9/30/1926.

CSA, 41^st Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Co.B; Corporal.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Martha J." (b.11/2/1847; d.7/12/1883).  He may have a TX CSA pension application (#18546 – "James Alexander Jones") from Wise Co., TX.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .   CHECK THIS PENSION!

Jones, James Daniel – b.1848; d.6/23/1918.

CSA, Chisum's Reg., Texas Dismounted Cavalry (Stone's), Co.A (aka: 2^nd Partisan Rangers); Private.

Crafton Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Sick while on furlough at war's end.  Married “Sarah C.” (b.1860; d.1951) on 8/31/1880.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#50307 -widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Jones, Merritt R. - b.3/10/1847; d.8/28/1932.

CSA, 1^st South Carolina Heavy Artillery, Co.K.

Cottonwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted in 1864.  Has a military marker.

Sources: TX CSA pension application (#24130) from Wise Co., TX; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Kenny, Allen Sammons - b.2/5/1842; d.7/8/1915.

CSA, 14^th Tennessee Infantry, Co.F.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Haywood County, Tennessee.  Transferred from Infantry to Cavalry in 1863.  Also said to have served in the "6^th Tennessee ___, Co.D."  Moved to TX in 1880.  Served the duration of the war.  Married to "Belle J." (b.9/2/1848; d.3/6/1934).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  * TX CSA pension applications (#22449 [his] & #31856 - widow); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html;  * BMC ("A. S. Kenny"); * PHWC, pp.366,374 (photo of him as a member of the Ben McCulloch UCV Camp # 30); * headstone .

Kincanon, Benjamin Ellis – b.6/12/1843; d.2/12/1923.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Kincanon Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * e-mail from Doris Sanders (doris_sanders@yahoo.com) in 8/2003; http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

King, James Chappell – b.1833; d.1908.

CSA, 2^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (2^nd Mounted Rifles), Co.I, Sergeant.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a military marker.

Sources:  * Wise Co. website says he served as a "Sergeant" in the "2^th TX Cavalry."  He might have a TX CSA pension application (#06860) from Wise Co., TX).  Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

King, W. A. – b.8/22/1827; d.5/27/1923.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.B.

Sandhill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Tuscallosa County, Alabama. Moved to Texas in 1849; moving to Wise County in 1860. Married to "Arrene Jane" (b.7/10/1824; d.4/2/1884).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * PHWC, p.122; * BMC ("W. A. King"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (there is a "William Ashley King" with a TX CSA pension application [#38834] from Wise Co., TX); * PHWC, p.35,55,121-122,140,274 (photo of him),320,338,342 (photo of him),412.  CHECK THIS PENSION!

King, Ziba 1847 1893 Father; Headstone with Mary (see line below) hopewell-086.jpg
Sent in by Kerry Clower kerryclower@embarqmail.com  "He does not have a veteran's marker. For many years, his family believed that he was a Confederate Vet that lost his arm to a Yankee cannonball. Ronald Womack helped me research him and learned in fact that he was born 8-14-1845 (or 1847?) in Saline County, Illinois. In 1864, he joined the 136th Illinois Infantry as a private, mustered out on 10-22-1864 in Camp Butler, Illinois. He joined the regular US Army on 8-14-1865 as a Sergeant in the 6th US Cavalry, dispatched to New Orleans, La, and on to Austin, Texas as its headquarters. In 1867, a decision was made to redeploy the 6th and divide them among the frontier forts in north Texas. This plan was enacted in October, 1868, but he had mustered out in August of 1868. Moved to north Texas were he married Mary Wariner. Received a wedding gift of 1000 acres of land in Wise County from his brother-in-law, James (Jim) Wariner. Died in Wise County of lung disease in 1893 at age of 48. Buried along with his wife, Mary, in the Hopewell Cemetery."

Kirkpatrick, Robert H. – b.6/10/1840; d.1/10/1879.

USA?  or  CSA?

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

May have been married to "Mary V."?  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.34b (listed as "Robert H. Kirkpatrick," living in Greenwood); * headstone .

Knight, George Washington – b.3/15/1846; d.11/1/1930.

CSA, Well's Texas Cavalry Battalion (aka: 34^th Battalion), Co.A, Private.

Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

  Born in Missouri.  Enlisted on 6/23/1862 and served the duration of the war.  Moved to TX in 1853 (Rhome, TX).  Does not have a military marker.

Knight, John Wesley, Dr. Headstone at Sand Hill Cemetery - Died May 16, 1870, Aged 36 Yrs, Headstone with Sallie C. Stewart Cargill

Sent in 2014 by:
F. Terry Hambrecht, M.D. Senior Technical Advisor to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
14015 Manorvale Rd
Rockville, MD 20853

Sources: * TX CSA pension application (#18677 & 48058 - widow); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * PHWC, pp.351,408; * headstone .

Father: Obadiah Woodson Knight
Mother: Margaret "Mary" Ann Knight
1846 - Lived in Texas
1850 - Lived, Dallas Co., TX
1860 - Practiced medicine, Wise Co., TX
02/04/1862 - Married, Sarah "Sally" Catherine Stewart, Wise Co., TX (she died in 1932)
04/10/1862 - Mustered-in, Pvt., Co. K, 19th TX Cavalry, Breckenridge, Stephens Co., TX [Description - height: 5 ft., 9 1/2 in.; eyes: hazel; hair: brown]
05/08/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/10/1862
06/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry, Camp Stonewall Jackson, Dallas, TX
11/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry (Buford's), in the field, Trans-Mississippi Department
02/09/1864 - Tendered his resignation as Asst. Surgeon, 19th TX Cavalry, while stationed in a Camp near Shreveport, LA
04/06/1864 - Resignation accepted [S.O. 104]
1864-1865 - Wise County [Texas] Treasurer
05/16/1870 - Died, Wise Co., TX

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/28/2014. Unpublished database.

Lawrence, William G. – b.8/8/1839; d.2/4/1920.

CSA, Hardaway’s (Hurt’s) Alabama Light Artillery Battery; Private.

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 6/1/1861. Was absent (sick) on 1/4/1865. Surrendered at Appomattox. Lived in Texas since 1875. Does not have a military marker.

Hardaway's (Hurt's) Alabama Artillery Battery

“Hardaway's (Hurt's) Artillery Battery was organized on 1 June 1861 by Robert A. Hardaway who recruited in Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties, and who provided it with tents, side-arms, camp equipage, etc., at his own private expense. It was mustered into Confederate service at Lynchburg, Virginia on 21 June 1861, and it was stationed at Manassas until March 1862. From that time, the battery was a part of the Army of Northern Virginia and Gen'l James Longstreet's artillery. It was first placed in R. A. Hardaway's and D. G. McIntosh's Battalion of Artillery, ant the unit served at Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, 1st Cold Harbor, White Oak Swamp, Sharpsburg, Shepherdstown, Upperville, Port Royal, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Mine Run, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Hanover Junction, 2nd Cold Harbor, Dutch Gap, Deep Bottom, Fussell's Mill, Fort Field, Fort Gilmer, Fort Harrison, Henrico Poorhouse, Darbytown Road, Appomattox, and in numerous other stubborn conflicts of lesser note. The battery contained 110 men in June, 1862; 71 were present for duty at Gettysburg; and 94 were present in April 1864. It surrendered with 2 officers and 81 men at Appomattox.

“Officers: Capts. Robert A. Hardaway (Macon; promoted); William B. Hurt (Russell; wounded, Gettysburg; promoted); George Arch Ferrell (Russell); Lts. Williamm B. Hurt (promoted); John W. Tullis (Pike; wounded, Gettysburg, and captured; detached); G. A. Ferrell (promoted); Jesse H. Crenshaw (Russell); and John Andrew Jackson (Russell)

“Armaments: two 3-inch Rifles, and one 2.75-inch Whitworth (as of 17 Sept 1862); one 8-inch

Howitzer, two 3-inch Rifles, and one 12-lb Whitworth (as of 28 December 1864)  (Source: www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/regimental/alabama/confederate/alarty.cfm)

“In the battle of Seven Pines, in the Seven Days' battles, and in all the great battles around Richmond, it gained the highest distinction. General Hill, the division commander, repeatedly commended this battery for gallant service, and speaks of Hardaway as the best practical artillerist he had seen in the service. Stonewall Jackson also commended its action at Fredericksburg. It lost heavily in the Seven Days' battles. It was also engaged and suffered severely at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania and a great number of smaller engagements, finally surrendering at Appomattox. At the battle of Gettysburg it was called Hurt's battery, Captain Hardaway having been promoted to lieutenant-colonel and placed in command of a battalion, and succeeded by Captain Hurt, who was wounded in this battle. Capt. John W. Tullis was wounded and captured at Gettysburg. Lieut. George A. Ferrell was in command of the battery when it was surrendered at Appomattox. (Source: www.civilwarhome.com/hardawaybatalaart.htm)

Extracts From Official War Records

Vol. XI, Part I--(946) In D. H. Hill's division, at Seven Pines.
   

Vol. XI, Part 2--(485) In D. H. Hill's division, Seven Days' battles, June 26 to July 1, 1862. (505) In Anderson's brigade; 12 wounded. (511) Mentioned, near Richmond, July 15th. (561) In battle of June 30th. (623) D. H. Hill's report, Hardaway's battery drove enemy's artillery from field. (624, 626) D. H. Hill reports battery distinguished at Mechanicsville and Cold Harbor. (630) One killed, 25 wounded, Seven Days' fights.

Vol. XI, Part 3--(615) One hundred and ten present before Richmond, June 28, 1862. (Called Hardaway's Jeff Davis.) (650) Gen. D. H. Hill's division, July 23d. (690) Two guns burst during Seven days' battles.

Vol. XIX, Part I--(809, 836) In D. H. Hill's division, Maryland campaign. (838) Mentioned, Captain Barnwell's report. (1024) Mentioned, D. H. Hill's report of operations, July 23d to September 17th.

Vol. XIX, Part 2--(143) Commended, Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's report.

Vol. XXI--(36, 37) Highly commended in D. H. Hill's report of retreat of Yankee gunboats from Port Royal, Va., December 4, 1862. These gunboats, 4 in number, carried 21 guns, and had a complement of some 500 men. Hardaway opened upon them with his Whitworth gun, at a distance of 3 miles, and kept up his pitting until dark, when they fled down the river. This same gun of Hardaway's, at Upperville, drove entirely off the field a Yankee battery of artillery, a large force of cavalry and infantry, at a distance of 3½ miles. Hill calls Hardaway "the best practical artillerist I have seen in service."  (541) In D. H. Hill's division at Fredericksburg. (633) Commended by Stonewall Jackson, Fredericksburg. (642, 643) Commended in D. H. Hill's report, Fredericksburg; Hardaway shelled the gunboats. (1077) Mentioned by Gen. W. H. Taylor, December 24th.

No. 39--(793) In General Lee's army, May, 1863, as Hurt's battery. (879, 882) Mentioned by Maj. R. A. Hardaway, near Hamilton's Crossing, May 3d to 5th. (939) Mentioned by Gen. R. E. Rodes.

No. 40--(619, 626, 637, 656) Assignments in army of Northern Virginia. (729) In McIntosh's battalion, April 16, 1863.

No. 44--(290, 345) At Gettysburg, July 1st to 3d, in reserve artillery. (353) Mentioned in W. N. Pendleton's report. (674, 676) Mentioned in Maj. D. G. McIntosh's report.

No. 48---(437, 438) Lieutenant Crenshaw commanding; mentioned in D. G. McIntosh's report of engagement at Bristoe Station, October 14, 1863.

No. 60--(1269) Present for duty, 94 men, April 9, 1864, Camp Taylor.

No. 67--(1038) Mentioned in report of General Pendleton.

No. 87--(858) Mentioned by same, operations of July 24, 1864.

No. 89--(1355) McIntosh's battalion, January 2, 1865, on or near James river.

No. 95--(1273) Lieut. Geo. A. Ferrell, Lee's army, Appomattox.

Sources: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#26280] from Wise Co., TX); * www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers; * PHWC, p.164 (is this the same “Bill Lawrence spoken of in this story?); * www.civilwarhome.com/hardawaybatalaart.htm; * www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/regimental/alabama/confederate/alarty.cfm.

Layton, John Clifton – b.11/20/1845; d.6/24/1910.

CSA

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Perhaps married to "Lodowska Gibbs" (b.?; d.1937).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (his widow ["Mrs. L.C. Layton"] has a TX CSA pension application [#21868] from Wise Co., TX); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men with a similar name to distinguish).

Lee, John William – b.4/22/1839; d.7/20/1887.

CSA, 36^th Texas Cavalry Regiment (Woods; aka: 34^th TX Cav.), Co.K; Private.

Union Hill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Barry Co., Missouri (according to headstone).  Enlisted on 2/7/1862 and served into 1865.  Married to “Nancy Jane (Hamrick) Lee” (b.6/4/1848; d.9/7/1932).  Nancy was born in Polke Co., AR.  J.W. Lee was her first husband.  Has a military marker.

Sources: TX CSA pension application (#14265) - Hays Co., TX; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm ("Jerry William Lee" & "John F. Lee" are listed as serving in this unit on this site); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Leonard, C. C. – b.6/24/1837; d.11/17/1924.

CSA , 23^rd Texas Cavalry (Gould’s) Regiment, Co.E; Sergeant.

Deep Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

The unit he served in is mentioned from his remarks as a witness in the widow of M.T. Bayne’s TX CSA pension application (#33394) – her served in the same company as M.T. Bayne, having enlisted at the same time with him. Wives names were “Mary A. Ragsdale” (b.?; d.7/7/1861) & “Mary Jane Trinkle” (b.11/4/1843; d.3/28/1929). Served as Justice of the Peace, Assessor and County Commissioner at different times. Does not have a military marker.

“The CC Leonard on your list was in the 23rd TX Cavalry Company E. It's in the Pioneer History of Wise County. I think Sam Woody was also in the same unit.” - Robert Leonard (Zx1863@cs.com) [9/26/2004]

Sources: * BMC ("C. C. Leonard"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men by similar names to determine); * PHWC, pp.35,55,123,198,332-333,410,440,442,444,450; *  www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * e-mail with Robert Leonard (Zx1863@cs.com) on 9/26/2004; * headstone.

Leverett, Joseph Allen - Nov 10, 1842-Nov 4, 1922

He was captured by the Union Army and he joined the Union Army so that they would release him. That is why he has two markers. He was Royce Raven's grandmother's brother.

Lewis, Pleasant Franklin – b.1844; d.1919.

CSA, 10^th Texas (Nelson's) Infantry Regiment, Co.E; Private.

Hog Branch (Stokes) Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

The third son of Robert & Sarah Lewis. Served throughout the Civil War. Was captured on 1/11/1863 and sent to Camp Douglas, Illinois for two months. Was exchanged. Subsequently wounded twice at Chickamauga and made 2^nd Sgt. of his company. Wounded again at New Hope. Captured again near Atlanta in July ___. Imprisoned at Camp Chase, OH and was released from there on 6/1/1865. Married “Hannah E. Kidd” of Dallas Co., TX in 7/1866. He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone ; * http://members.aol.com/Ihaiw/Reminiscences/lewis.htm; * PHWC, pp.198,350-351 (photo of him on p.350),439 (photo of him).

Lichlyter, Fred A. – b.3/15/1830; d.9/16/1922.

CSA, 34^th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (aka: "2^nd Regiment"), Co.C; Private.

Bethel-Decatur  Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to “Martha A.” (b.7/4/1851; d.8/2/1924).  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * BMC (listed as "F. T. Lich_yier"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Lillard, James J. – b.6/2/1841; d.7/14/1891.

USA?  or  CSA?

Garvin Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Martha H."  Does not have a military marker.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.37a (listed as "James J. Lillard," living in Springtown); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men by similar names to distinguish); * headstone .

Locke, James R. – b.10/9/1847; d.5/12/1933.

CSA, 10^th [aka "11^th"] Alabama Cavalry, Co.E. (under "Colonel Burtwell"). 

Anneville Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Served in the CSA, 10^th [aka "11^th") Alabama Cavalry, Co.E. (under "Colonel Burtwell").  Enlisted in 3/1864 and served till the end of the war.  Born in Lincoln Co., Tennessee.  Does not have a military marker.

Sources:  TX CSA pension application (#41620) in Wise Co., TX; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * BMC ("J. R. Locke"); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (not listed on this site, though there is a "James Locke" who served in the 8^th Alabama Cavalry, Co.H); * headstone .

Long, Ira – b.5/5/1842 (date given on historical marker; or could be 5/27/1842 which is on headstone) in Indiana; d.3/8/1913.

CSA

Sand Hill Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Historical marker at the cemetery reads: “Dedicated and courageous, born in Indiana; reared in Missouri, wounded twice in Confederate service during the Civil War.  On reorganization of Texas Rangers, 1874, was commissioned first lieutenant; promoted 1875 to Captain, Company A, official escort of Major John B. Jones, commander of Ranger Force.  Did outstanding duty against Indians and outlaws, and in quieting such feuds as Mason County War. Served for six years.”  A WILD GUESS FOLLOWS – may have served as a 2^nd Lieutenant in the CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.G and/or as a 2^nd Lieutenant in the CSA, 17^th (Consolidated) Texas Dismounted Cavalry, Co.H.???  He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a historical marker describing his military service.

Sources: * Historical marker at cemetery; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * BMC ("Ira Long"); * PHWC, pp.37,117,181-182,233-234 (photo of him on p.234),271,320,374 (as member of UCV Camp # 30),426; * headstone .

Lowder, John M. – b.10/23/1839; d.9/23/1919.

USA?  or  CSA?

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.38a (listed as "John M. Lowder," living in Greenwood); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men with similar names to distinguish); * headstone.

Lumsden, J. T. – b.?; d.?.

CSA, 10^th ____ Cavalry, Co.C.

Pleasant Grove Cemetery # 3; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Nancy Jane" (b.1/4/1863; d.3/7/1961).  Has a TX CSA pension application (#42847 - widow) from Wise Co., TX.  Has a military marker.

Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (not listed on this site); * headstone .

Lusk, W.  J.  ("Bill") - b.3/18/1848; d.1/28/1921.

CSA, 18^th Texas Infantry Regiment (Randall's), Co.E.

West Bridgeport Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Harrett" (b.10/2/1833; d.12/18/1911).  Enlisted in 1862 and served the duration of the war.  May have transferred from Cavalry to Infantry at some point.  May have served in CSA, 28^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.E (Randal's; 1^st Lancers)?  Does not have a military marker.  Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#36491 – "Bill Lusk") in Wise Co., TX; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

Maley, Joseph M. –  b.9/5/1844; d.3/2/1933.

USA, 33^rd Wisconson Infantry Regiment, Co.B; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "A. C." (b.1/23/1853; d.3/20/1925).  Has a military marker.  Probably the same person as listed as:  "Maley, J. W. – b.9/5/1844; d.?." on another headstone.  Sources: *  http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

Mann, B. W. – b.1843; d.1889.

CSA, 23^rd Texas Cavalry Regiment (Gould's), Co.E; Private.

Deep Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wild guess - may have a rejected TX CSA pension application under wife’s name of “C. S. Mann Buckingham” (Denton Co., TX – "Brice William Mann") – is this the same man?   Served as a tax collector in 1888. Has a military marker.  Sources: * * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * PHWC, p.123,448; * headstone .  CHECK THIS PENSION!

Mann, James - b.1/1/1829; d.12/2/1883.

CSA, “___ Texas Cavalry ___, Co.___;” Private.

Cottondale Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Has a military marker.  Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * PHWC, p.254-255,351,406; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men by similar men to distinguish); * headstone .

Mara, John – b.1842?; d.12/15/1911.

USA?  or  CSA?

Norwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Died at "aged 69 years" (inscribed on headstone).  Does not have a military marker.  Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.38b (listed as "John Mara" living in Crafton); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men by a similar name to distinguish); * headstone .

Massey, John – b.11/13/1842; d.2/16/1932.

CSA, 1^st Tennessee Infantry (Turney’s) Regiment, Co.K; Private.

Oaklawn Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Tennessee. Enlisted on 4/27/1861 in Lincoln County, TN and was mustered in at Lynchburg, VA on 5/8/1861. Company K was known as the “Boon’s Hill Minutemen” or “Boon’s Creek Minutemen.” Wounded at Gaines Mill, VA on 6/27/1862. Was still absent as "wounded" come Nov./Dec. 1862. He  was listed as "present" from Mar./Apr. 1863 to Nov./Dec. 1864. He surrendered at Appomattox. He moved to Texas about 1877. His TX CSA pension was approved on 9/1/1913. He does not have a military marker.

John had kin (perhaps a younger brother), named "James Massey" who enlisted on 4/29/1861 at Boons  Hill, Lincoln Co. TN. James received a flesh wound in the shoulder at Seven Pines, VA (5/31/1862). He was listed as missing in action at Gettysburg, PA on 7/1/1863, but had been captured an made a POW. He was sent to Fort Delaware, DE (7/5/1863). James shows up as being admitted on 5/17/1864 to a CSA Hospital in Richmond, VA and returning to duty on 10/11/1864 in some records. Other records show him to have been captured at Raymond, Mass. on 5/12/1863 and exchanged on 2/27/1865.

There’s a fascinating account (www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frank.htm) of a “John Robertson Massey” who was kin to the “John” buried in Wise County, TX who substituted himself in the place of yet another Massey and who was murdered by Union troops.

Sources: * BMC ("John Massey"); * www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has a TX CSA pension application [#22616] from Wise Co., TX); * PHWC, p.374 (photo of him as a member of the Ben McCulloch UCV Camp # 30); * www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; *www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frank.htm.

Mathison, Thomas – b.1843; d.1916.

CSA, 30^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.A; Private.

Cottondale Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

He evidently does not have a TX CSA pension application.  Has a military marker.  Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (there is a "Peter Mathison" listed in this unit & co.); * headstone .

Matthews, Joseph Thomas – b.4/19/1842; d.5/1/1915.

CSA, 39^th Alabama Infantry Regiment, Co.D; Private.

Boyd Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Enlisted on 9/8/1862 and served the duration of the war.  Surrendered on 4/26/1865 at Greensboro, NC.  Moved to TX in 1870.  Blind in one eye at time of pension application.  Married “Mary R.” on 5/10/1890.  Lived in Boyd.  Born in Alabama.  Does not have a military marker.  Sources:  * TX CSA pension application (#16990 & #31635 [widow]); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (listed as "J. T. Matthews"); * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * headstone .

McBride, Issac – b.1/26/1830; d.12/27/1893.

USA?  or  CSA?

Paradise Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "M. M. McBride"?  Does not have a military marker.  Sources: * 1890 TVC, p.40a (listed as "Issac McBride," living in Paradise); * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (to9o many men by a similar name to distinguish); * headstone .

McCormack, Joseph Daniel – b.3/29/1840; d.10/10/1920.

CSA, 3^rd Mississippi Infantry, Co.I; Sergeant.

Greenwood Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Married to "Elizabeth A." (b.12/10/1849 in Holmes Co., MS; d.4/29/1893).  Has a TX CSA pension applications (#34962 [his; [#36957 – widow, "Cornelia McCormack"]) from Wise Co., TX.  Has a military marker.  Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm; * headstone .

McCright, Thomas N. – b.1826; d.1863.

CSA, 15^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.K; Private.

Deep Creek Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Wife’s name was “Mary” (b.10/10/1830; d.7/15/1896).  [[296]]  Sources: * http://www.rootsweb.com/~txwise/15thtx.htm; * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (he obviously does not have a TX CSA pension application); http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm.

McDaniel, John Henry – b.8/1/1846; d.5/8/1915.

CSA, 13^th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Co.A.

Alvord Cemetery; Wise County, TX.

Born in Maury County, Tennessee. Served 1861-1863 (discharged due to bad health). Moved to Texas in 1880. Married to "Nancy C." (b.8/4/1848; d.4/2/1933). Does not have a military marker. [[2001]]  Sources: * http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/pensions/index.html (has TX CSA pension applications [#20740 – his (approved on 3/1/1912); #31364 – hers ("Mrs. John Henry McDaniel"] from Wise Co., TX; * http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm (too many men by a similar name to distinguish).