Winnie Davis Camp No. 108 UCV Deaths [as reported in the Confederate Veteran, Vol. XI, No. 7, July 1903] Submitted by Ruth Walsh   Waxahachie, Texas records the deaths of three members of Camp Winnie Davis, No. 108, UCV, who were members of Parsons' Texas Brigade. William A. Calfee was born at Greensburg, Ky. in 1838 and in 1859 became a resident of Waxahachie, where, in 1861 he enlisted in Company 11, Twelth Texas Cavalry. As regimental bugler, he served throughout the entire war on the staff of Col. W. H. Parsons. Dr. R. P. Sweat was born in Wilson County, Tenn. in April 1830 and moved to Waxahachie in 1852, enlisting in Co. C, Nineteenth Texas, in April 1862. He was soon promoted to the rank of assistant surgeon of Parson's Brigade. He died on Nov. 21, 1902, and was buried by Waxahachie Lodge No. 90, F. and A. M. of which he was Master in 1865. Abraham Allen Kembel was born in Warren County, Ky. in 1826, and while yet in his prime moved to Waxahachie, where, in April 1862, he joined Company C, Nineteenth Texas Calvary. He was soon promoted to the Quartermaster's Department, with the rank of Captain, and served in that capacity until the surrender in 1865. He was an able lawyer, possessing a judicial mind of unusual ability and was noted for the clearness and incisiveness with which he presented his case. S. D. Davis, member of the Sam Davis Camp No. 1089 UCV, died at his home near Milford, Tex. March 5, 1910. He was born in Talbot County Ga., December 8, 1833 and went through the war in Co. D., Cobb's Ga. Legion (calvary) in J.E.B. Stuart's Division, Army of Northern Virginia. He married Miss Laura Carricker in 1866, joined the Baptist Church in 1872 and came to Texas in 1883. Surviving him are his wife, four sons and three daughters. He was a member from its organization of Sam Davis Camp and until his eyesight failed was a reader of the Confederate Veteran. [Source: Confederate Veteran, XVIII, No. 8, Aug. 1910] Note: The Sam Davis Camp No. 1089 in Milford was chartered in 1898 [ Confederate Veteran Vol. VI, No. 4, April 1898]. According to Sept. 1900 issue of same publication contributions to the camp had been made by H. B. Allen, A. J. Brown, Dr. Z. T. Bundy, C. L. Carter, W. T. M. Dickson, W. B. Harmon, J. W. Jones, J. K. McFadden, W. J. Morgan, L. E. Powell, N. R. Rutherford, J. M. Webb and L. C. Wright.   Copyright © 2000-2016, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:32 MDT