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Private
Company C, 30th
Alabama Infantry
Born January 28, 1844 in Alabama
He was almost 97 years old.
He is buried in the Confederate Section of
Rose Hill Cemetery in Ardmore, Oklahoma
In 1900, he was in the Wynnewood census.
When he applied for his pension on September 18, 1931,
he lived near Devol, Oklahoma at Route #1, Box 8
On the internet, there is a marriage to
Mary Washington, on December 27, 1880, in
Madison, Alabama. But, the wife buried next to him in
Ardmore is Julia C., born Nov. 22, 1853,
and died Jan. 9, 1940
Perhaps, having lived so long,
he outlived one wife and married again.
On the 1900 census, he lists his occupation
as minister of the gospel
He says in his pension that he was born in
Grundy County, Tennessee,
but the 1900 census says Alabama
His military unit is on his tombstone at Ardmore
He enlisted in the Confederate army on February 6, 1862.
He was captured by the Yankees on
July 4, 1863, at Vicksburg when the troops
were surrendered by General Pemberton.
He was paroled there on July 9, went home, and then
returned to the army.
His officers were Col. Shelley and Capt. Anderson.
He was released from active duty by Dr. Austin
at the hospital in Westpoint, Georgia, in March, 1865
He
had been wounded in the hip and leg
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