Confederate Soldiers from Fannin County, Texas

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Confederate Soldiers of Fannin County

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A Short History of the 22^nd, 31^st and 34^th Texas Cavalries
of North Texas
With Emphasis on the Fannin County McFarlands (and their neighbors and relations) in the Civil War
By Mary Helen Haines

A memorial tombstone to these three Blanton soldiers is at Porter's Chapel Cemetery in Fannin County ;
BLANTON, ELIJAH H. -son of Josiah and Lucy Westbrook Blanton. killed on the battlefield at Gonzalez, TX.
BLANTON, JEREMIAH L. -son of Josiah and Lucy Westbrook Blanton. Killed on the battlefield at Corinth, MS on 10-4-1862
BLANTON, MARION HOWELL -son of Josiah and Lucy Westbrook Blanton. Killed on the battlefield at Corinth, MS on 10-4-1862

BOURLAND, JAMES G.

BURNETT, THOMAS R.
BUTLER, B.F.
CAULEY, J. W.
CUMMENS, EDWIN W.
CUNNINGHAM, JOEL H.
CUNNINGHAM, DR. JOHN
DARWIN, JAMES K.P.
DEATHERAGE, LEE
DEATHERAGE, ROBERT ALLEN
DILLINGHAM, SPENCER
EAGLETON, REV. GEORGE EWING
EATON, JAMES R.
FIFE, JOSEPH OLIVER
HARPER, L.D.
HANEY, J. H.
HENDERSON, GEO. P.
HOLCOMB, ACE
HOOD, WILLIAM JORDAN (also this on W.J.Hood)

LAMB, REV. CHARLES M.
LONG, ANDREW D.
McFARLAND Men who served in the CSA

MERRILL, A. F.

MERRICK, G.W.

NAIL, WILLIAM

PERKINS, NICHOLAS

PHILIPS, J. G.

REED, TOM C.

SETTLE, SAMUEL L.

SETTLE, THOMAS BENJAMIN

TATE, ZACHARIAH BULLOCK
THOMAS, TAYLOR
THORNTON, JOHN JAMES
WELDON, C.W.T.
WHITE, CLARENCE H.
WITCHER, J. H. & FAMILY
YOUNG, M.J.B

Confederate Veterans buried in Fannin County
by Ron Brothers

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***Notes on John Rudolph Anderson, buried in Fannin Co.. He was born in Henry Co. TN, served in the TN 7th Calvary, rode with Nathan Bedford Forrest and was present at the surrender. He and his 2nd wife (my gr grandmother Mattie Myrick, came to Fannin Co in the early 1880s. Both are buried in Moores Chapel. Both drew Confederate pensions. He died in 1921. She died June 1, 1934 They have three sons and a daughter buried in Fannin Co. An unmarked grave in the family plot in Moores Chapel contains the remains of Mattie's mother, Louisa Palmere Myrick Lawrence, who died in the flu epidemic of 1918 and was hastily thrown in the grave. She was born in Henry Co in 1838.