Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXVI, Jan 1918, No. 1, page 31 Henry A. Yonge Henry Augustus Yonge, a member of the St. Louis Camp, No 731, U.C.V. died on September 27, 1917, at San Francisco, Cal, aged seventy-two years. He was born at Geneva, Ala. and enlisted in the Confederate army on March 22, 1862, serving in Company A, 37th Alabama Infantry, under Colonel Dowdell; was in active service until surrendered at Jonesboro, N.C., in April 1865. He served as second sergeant until 1864, when he was elected second lieutenant of Company A and was in Command of the company at the close of the war, due to the absence of Captain Greene, who was acting colonel of the regiment. Comrade Yonge was wounded in the battle of Missionary Ridge. After the war he practiced law and made his home in St. Louis for many years, when his health failed, and he moved to California. He was a good soldier and a devoted husband and father.

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXII, January 1914, No. 1, page 35 David Stroud David Stroud, born at Starksville, Ala. in Pike County, entered the Confederate service in July 1861, having enlisted as a member of Company I, 15th Alabama Regiment, and in that regiment he served until the surrender at Appomattox. He made a gallant soldier, always ready for duty and answering to every roll call. He returned home after the surrender, and in 1866 was married to Miss Martha Davidson of Goshen, and to them nine children were born, six of whom are living. Comrade Stroud died on the 7th of October, 1913, at his home in Goshen.

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXIII, Jan 1915, No 1, page 42 Death in Joe Johnston Camp, No 94, Mexia, Tex. July 1912 to July 1914 Henry Clay Joiner, born in Henry County, AL died at Groesbeck, Tex. aged seventy years; orderly segeant Company E, 19th Texas Infantry

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XX, October 1912, No. 10, page 481 James Reynolds Pickett James R. Pickett was born in Henry County, Ala., March 17, 1843, and was taken by his parents to Apalachicola, Fla., in 1845, arriving there on the child's birthday, The Irish citizens of the city were celebrating the day in honor of St. Patrick, but the two-year-old youngster thought it was in honor of his birthday. James Pickett enlisted in Company E, 2nd Florida Cavalry on May 8, 1862, under Captain Blocker. He was transferred to Houston's artillery company late in 1863, and after about a year's service with that company he was transferred to the navy and ordered to Wilmington,N. C. The struggle was over and Lee had surrendered before he could reach Wilmington. He was in the battles of Natural Bridge and Olustee, Fla. He was faithful to all the duties of his soldiership, was never sick a day in camp, always answered roll call, and was always ready for duty He was never paroled and never took the oath of allegiance, yet he made one of the best of citizens. He was a fearless and competent seaman, and after returning home from the war he shipped on a bark bound for Liverpool. While in mid-Atlantic fire broke out in the cotton and the ship was burned. A vessel saved the crew and landed them at Quebec, Canada 'where he stayed for some time, working and studying navigation, and he returned to Apalachicola with a certificate as navigator of the deep sea. After his marriage, in July, 1869, he was made a pilot, and was still engaged in this occupation on the Gulf of Mexico when he was taken with his last sick-ness. His death occurred at Carrabelle, Fla., on July 5, 1912. Surviving him are his wife, five daughters, and a son. [Sketch by his comrade, J. R. Blocker, of Carrabelle, Fla.]

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXII, March 1924, No. 3, page 105 W. H. Cross. W. H. Cross was born at Hickory Grove, Ala., April 27, 1838, and died December 31, 1923, at Troy, Ala. He enlisted in the Confederate army, May, 1861, at Auburn, Ala., with Company B, 14th Alabama Infantry, Capt. Jim Williamson in command. He made an excellent soldier, faithful and loyal, taking an active part in many hard-fought battles. He sustained several severe wounds during the fighting at Reams's Station, Gettysburg, and Salem Heights. With the exception .of a sixty-day furlough, granted on account of wounds received at Reams's Station, he was with his command continuously from time of enlistment to the end of hostilities. Out of one hundred and sixteen original members of his company, only sixteen returned home. He was twice married, both wives preceding him to the grave, a number of children, grandchildren, and great-grand-children surviving him. Mr. Cross was a good citizen, public spirited and progressive, looking carefully after his own affairs, though ever ready to help a neighbor with advice and counsel when sought. Always hospitable in his home, he numbered his friends among all ages. He was ever loyal to the Confederacy, attending all reunions when possible, and enjoyed reading the VETERAN. Miss Bettie Cross

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XVI, May 1908, No. 5, page xxxiii Thomas J. Smith born in Henry County, Ala. in 1835, enlisted in the artillery service C.S.A. in June 1862, and served as a member of Kolb's Battery, William's Battalion, Army of Tennessee, and was promoted for gallantry at the battle of Missionary Ridge. He served to the end, surrendering at Augusta, GA in April 1865.

Source: Confederate Veteran Vol. XL, April 1932, No 4., page 147 John Phillips On November 4, 1931 at Brantley, Ala. John Phillips passed to his reward, aged eighty-nine years. He was a brave soldier of the Confederacy, serving with the 10th Georgia Regiment, and performing his duty always regardless of consequences. While facing the enemy at Chancellorsville, Va., in May 1863, he received a wound which necessitated the amputation of his arm at the shoulder, but in the confusion and turmoil of the time, it was not done until mortification had set in. However, he survived the trying ordeal, and returned home to Alabama, where he married and reared a family. He is survived by his wife, fours sons, and four daughters. Thus has passed one of the few Confederate veterans left in Crenshaw County, Ala. Peace to his soul! [I.G. Bradawl, Commander Camp Grace, No 472, U.C.V]

This is a very short one. Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XVIII, March 1910, No. 3, p 133 W.H. Pruett, who had attained the rank of major in the Confederate army before he was twenty-one, died in Eufaula, Ala. on January 10, 1910.

property, the pains and penalties of internecine war, little understood by any but eyewitnesses and participants, I recall the beautiful words of Washington Irving: "There is a voice from the tomb which is sweeter than any song. There are thoughts of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the living, and from the peaceful bosom of the grave come none but fond regrets and tender recollections." I have said nothing of casualties in this last effort on the firing line, for it was midnight when the order was given "to spike guns and disband," and no investigation was made. Little did I dream, when I heard the sound of that bugle in the still hour of the night, that it was anything more serious in its consequences than the curfew of the parting day; but I soon realized that it was the knell of a dying cause. It was the final appeal to arms and the last judgment. Big battles and events are told and retold in story and song, while the little ones, though often significant and important in the construction of a complete narrative, are either not mentioned or are treated so lightly as to discredit the truth of history. The first night after the Columbus engagement I reached the home of Mr. Jere Bennett; and though just three miles from my own home, I was so exhausted that I wanted to borrow a horse in order to get home that night. Mr. Bennett was in hiding with his mules, and I was guided by a negro woman, Amy, to his hiding place. He ordered some fried eggs and bacon cooked for me. I had known his family from my earliest childhood. He would not let me go farther that night because Wilson's cavalrymen were still raiding the country for provisions and were not particular to exclude from capture anybody wearing a Confederate uniform even at that date. I spent the night with him in the woods, and the next morning early I resumed my homeward tramp over the familiar ground. I reached home the second day. I came through the woods and the fields and by the "back road" from the house to the farm. It was noon, and the negroes, among whom was Austin, had just started to the field; they were the first to greet me. I was wearing a blue-gray military cap, and on this account they mistook my identity and called out: "Austin has captured a Yankee!" However, I was soon recognized and surrounded by black and white, and so I made my way to the house. My brother, James B. Grant, who had been in the service four months in Capt. R. H. Bellamy's battery, of Waddell' Battalion, arrived home from near Macon, Ga., the second day after my arrival. Though all fighting had ceased, Wilson's Cavalry in squads and companies was still raiding the homes of the people. To save the live stock, our two younger brothers, Coffield and Whitaker, kept them in hiding in the back woods and swamps. This duty now devolved upon the soldier brothers. We slept in the woods for a few days an nights, and, thinking all danger over, we put the six mules an two horses in the lot at the house. One night we went to our little bed in the outhouse, the first time I had slept in house for a year. No sooner were we in bed than a negro boy, Walker, who worked and hunted with us, came hurriedly to the door of our room and said: "Marse Billy, the yard is full of Yankees!" We slipped on our breeches an got out quickly. The night was dark and the atmosphere full of gloom and excitement. Our father, feeble and white-haired, was forced by mother (to prevent capture) into the darkness in the rear of the houses, where we joined him; and we three, standing the in the outer darkness and talking in whispers. witnessed the last act - the appropriation of those necessities upon which with her own hands gave all the milk and butter of the dairy to the Union soldiers. The six mules were hitched to the big farm wagon, which was filled with all the hams and shoulders from the smokehouse, and the company left with their plunder for the camp, six or seven miles away. It was at the season when mules and provisions were essential to the making of the crop and when much delay would necessarily be disastrous to the success of it. It is needless to dwell upon the distress of my father, especially with a big family of his own and relatives, deprived of their homes by the war, dependent upon him, besides his obligation to the slaves, who were not responsible for existing conditions. The next morning at sunrise "Old Bill," all that was left of the carriage team from the necessities of the war, was seen standing at the front gate, demanding admission by repeated whinnies. He was too old for the hardships of the march, and yet with him and two mules borrowed from General Guerry, with twenty bushels of corn, the crop was saved; but we had no meat in the larder for the rest of the year, 1865. I can never forget the scene on the morning of April 23, 1865, when my father called his big family, white and black, around him and explained the situation; told the thirty or forty negroes that they were no longer slaves, that they were at liberty to leave at once if they wanted to, that he had no money, and that the mules, with most of the provisions, had been taken; that it was impossible for him to pay them wages that year, but that, if they wished to stay with him and help to make the crop, he would clothe, house, and feed them as well as he could. Only two left - one boy, Walker, and George, the carriage driver. The latter left his four children behind, and they were wards of our family until self-supporting. All of them followed my brothers and sisters to the West several years later. Two are dead, and two are still living in our midst. Time in its evolution finally brings peace even to those who have faced the trials, the bitter passions, the hardships and privations of sectional strife. Life in its manifold aspects imposes upon all sacred obligations which as good citizens we would cheerfully discharge in behalf of national unity, interest, and patriotism; and in this spirit we would be true and loyal- to the virtues and best traditions of our native section. In 1867, with the assistance of an uncle, the late judge James Grant, a native of North Carolina but a resident of Davenport, la., since 1835, I left Alabama for Enfield, N. C., where I studied medicine with an old uncle, Dr. M. C. Whitaker. From there I went to Jefferson Medical College, Phila-delphia, and later to Bellevue and Long Island Colleges, New York. In obedience to the wishes of my benefactor and the financial exigencies of the situation, I came West after grad-uation. In i87o I met at Dakota City, Nebr., Capt. W. C. ,NfcBeth, a native of Kentucky, who had been an officer in Wilson's command and was in the battle herein described. He asked the name of the battery on the hill to the right of our line. I told him that it was one section of Clanton's Battery and that I was there. He remarked: "You did some good shooting and killed and wounded about sixty of our men." We became good friends and roomed together for several months. Though we had been opposed in 1865, it was a pleasure to meet a courteous gentleman and good citizen who could, when the contest of civil strife was settled. put aside its passions and prejudices for the love and peace of a united country.

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol XXIII, April 1915, No. 4, page 163-165 RECOLLECTIOINS OF THE LAST BATTLE. By Dr. W. W. Grant, Denver, Colo. My father, Dr. Thomas McDonough Grant, of Russell County, Ala., was a physician and planter. I was born and reared on the farm, just eighteen miles from the scene of the last conflict. Animated by the enthusiasm and patriotic fervor common to the youth of the South, I was determined to "go to war." My father was a stern disciplinarian with his five boys, but lenient to the two daughters, Betty and Sally. My mother, in all the duties and humanities of life, was as true and lovable as she was tender and generous. I confided to her at the age of sixteen that if my father would not consent to my enlistment I would run away. It was not long before he took me in a buggy to Columbus; and though the enlistment officer made some objection to my frail physique, this was overruled, and I enlisted for the war in Capt. Nat Clanton's artillery company, which I joined at Pollard, Ala. This was an Alabama battery and constituted a part of the brigade of Gen. James H. Clanton, who was also an Alabamian. It was the latter part of 1863, and the command was in winter quarters. During 1864 we were in North Alabama most of the time - Marengo, Talladega, Mumford, and other places and we engaged in a small way in the battles of New Hope Church and Rome, Ga., and camped for a while at Marietta. In the winter of 1864 we were ordered back to Alabama. The Confederacy was hard pressed. In the early spring of 1865 Gen. James H. Wilson, with a large force of Federal cavalry, entered Alabama from Vicksburg. Our little force went from Demopolis to Selma, then to Montgomery, and as all strong opposition had ceased, and Wilson was meeting with no effective opposition, our company was ordered from Montgomery to Columbus, Ga. Here a small force of regulars and some militiamen, under the control of Gen. Howell Cobb of Georgia was stationed, ready to offer all possible resistance to the onward march of Wilson's Cavalry. At Montgomery, or Opelika General Wilson divided his forces, one part taking a more southern route and the other crossing the Chattahoochee River at West Point, Ga., fifty miles above Columbus. where a brisk engagement occurred, resulting in the death of Confederate General Tyler. Capt. Von Zinken, the red-headed mayor of Columbus, was active in the preliminaries and preparations for the defense of the city. Here the closing obsequies of my company and of the Confederacy were enacted. In the distinguished role of corporal (gunner), conferred upon me at Marengo by Lieutenant Goldthwaite, I entered last battle (or skirmish) and was still brimful of hope and enthusiasm for a cause already lost; but we did not then know that General Lee had surrendered on April 9 and that was in force between Generals Johnston and Shernam and fighting had ceased. Richmond was evacuated by the Confederate Cabinet, which held its last meeting at Washington, Ga., on May 4 and 5, 1868. Girard was a little village on the Alabama side of the river, directly opposite Columbus. Clanton's Battery was in position on the extreme right of Girard Heights above the second, or upper, bridge which spanned the Chattahoochee River. Tolstoy, in "Peace and War," Volume II., alluding to the conflicting versions of the battle of Schongraben by his heroes, says: "Their descriptions are more in accordance with their wishes than with the actual occurrences." Probably no relator is entirely free from this fault. Certain it is that so far the history of our War between the States has been only partially and incompletely written. Even eliminating such qualities as prejudice and passion, few men are so richly endowed as to write impartial and correct history, and it is a matter of common knowledge that hardly ,any two men with the best intentions would describe an ordinary event with the same accuracy. At about 9:30 in the evening of April 16 we heard distinctly the bugle call of the enemy in front of our line to charge. With our six- and twelve-pound brass howitzers we were ordered to commence firing at an estimated distance of fifteen hundred yards. The bridges and lower line of trenches were defended by other forces, including the artillery battalion of Maj. J. F. Waddell. The firing continued briskly for some time. I cannot recall the exact hour, but when the order to cease firing was given there was a hurried conference of officers of the company, and a little after midnight we received the sad and what proved to be the last order "to take care of ourselves. I was just eighteen miles from my home, which I had not seen since I left it a year before. Most of my comrades were from other parts of the State. We left the Girard hills in squads of six to twelve. I had visited Columbus from the age of seven or eight years, sometimes accompanying my father, but generally George, the negro driver, with six mules, taking six bales of cotton, weighing five hundred pounds each, to the Columbus market. Many a night as a lad had I slept under the wagon on the Girard hills and fallen asleep to the gentle moaning of the long-leaf pine and the subdued roar of the waters over the dam at the Mott Cotton Factory. I, therefore, knew something of the topography of the country. I left the battle line with a dozen comrades. We knew that Wilson's Cavalry was scouring the country for live stock, provisions, wagons, etc. We tramped over hills and through the woods, giving the public highways a wide berth to avoid capture, until five o'clock in the morning, when we lay down to rest in a pine thicket. We were not far from Salem, a station on the railroad from Opelika to Columbus. Knowing that clothing was scarce at home, I had put on an extra jacket and trousers, which had recently been issued, and when we stopped to rest I was perspiring freely. Soon I was so cold that I could not sleep. At sunrise we resumed our weary march, stopping now and then in diminishing numbers at the roadside homes for a bite of corn bread and some buttermilk. In the afternoon of April 17 four miles north of Crawford, the county seat of Russell County and twelve miles from my home, I parted with my comrades, supposing that the company would soon reassemble, probably at Montgomery, as the officers and most of the men were from that vicinity and the near-by counties. >From that day to this I have not seen an officer nor man of the company. Doubtless many, if not all, of them have since gone to that "country from whose bourn no traveler returns. In retrospection on the sad and unhappy days of my native home and section, the universal distress, the loss of life and

Donna, I don't know - I am not related to that family. Went back and checked the Confederate Veteran obit. It does say HARRARD, but it could have been a mistake or typo. Perhaps the records of Camp Waddell might show additional info. Terri -----Original Message----- From: Donna Wall <dfshine@worldnet.att.net> To: ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:48 PM Subject: Re: [ALBARBOU] CSA - Bickerstaff, James H. >In Columbus, GA there is still Bickerstaff Clay Products (they make bricks) >today. Is the wife of James H. Bickerstaff possibly Miss 'Garrard' instead >of Harrard? Does anyone know? >----- Original Message ----- >From: Jim and Terri Tait <jtait@HiWAAY.net> >To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:32 PM >Subject: [ALBARBOU] CSA - Bickerstaff, James H. > > >: Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol. XV, June 1907, No. 6, page 269, 270 >: >: James H. Bickerstaff >: >: Maj. James Henry Bickerstaff, one of the most prominent citizens and >: veterans of Seale,.Ala., died at the residence of his son, in Columbus, >Ga., >: May 18, 1906. He had been in ill health for some time, and had gone to >: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, for treatment; but the operation there >: performed did not bring the hoped-for improvement. >: >: James Bickerstaff was born in Russell County, Ala., in 1844. He was among >: the first to respond to the call of the Southland, and enlisted in the >: Russell Volunteers, under Capt. Ben Baker, in April, 1861, before he was >: seventeen years old, and his company was sent to Virginia. He took part >in >: the first battle of Manassas. While in camp there his brother Robert, also >a >: member of the company, died from exposure and measles and was buried at >: Manassas. After the term of his first enlistment had expired. he returned >: to Alabama with several companions and joined the battalion of Maj. James >: Waddell. However, his father, Capt. U. F. Bickerstaff,. having organized >a >: company of Russell County men, James Bickerstaff was transferred to that >: command, Company I, 34th Alabama Regiment and was made second lieutenant. >: The company was stationed at Corinth. Miss., for some time. >: >: In the battle of Murfreesboro Comrade Bickerstaff manifested great courage >: and determination. In the midst of the battle his father was mortally >: wounded, and Captain Burch, commanding the company, was also wounded. >With >: tears of grief blinding his eyes, lieutenant Bickerstaff seized the sword >: that had fallen from his father's hand, assumed command, rallied the >: company, and led them on in the battle until himself shot down, seriously >: wounded in the thigh and slightly in the arm. His father lingered until >: February 14, and was nursed and cared for by a Mrs. Thompson in her own >home >: and was buried in her garden. While attending the Reunion at Nashville in >: 1904 Captain Bickerstaff visited Murphreesboro in the hope of locating his >: father's grave, but was not successful. >: >: Among other battles in which he took part were Mumsfordville and >Perryville, >: Ky.. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Chickamauga, and all >the >: battles from Dalton, Ga., to Atlanta. In the battle of East Point, near >: Atlanta, July 28, 1864, he lost his left arm, a bullet shattering the >elbow. >: After Hood's campaign into Tennessee, Major Bickerstaff again joined his >: command and accompanied them to South Carolina. Of this later attempt at >: service he said: "Finding the loss of an arm too much for me, I >sorrowfully >: returned home, took charge of my mother's farm, and helped to care for her >: and my younger brothers and sisters." >: >: A few years later he was married to Miss Emma Lindsay Harrard, of >Columbus, >: Ga., who, with four sons and three daughters, survives him. His aged >mother >: heart-broken over his death, joined him in the spirit land a few months >: later. >: >: For several years Major Bickerstaff served Russell County as tax >collector, >: but at the time of his death was engaged in farming and >brick-manufacturing, >: being successful in both enterprises. He was pension examiner for Russell >: County and a member of the staff of Gen. George P. Harrison, with the rank >: of Major, also an officer of Camp Waddell, and was always interested in >: anything pertaining to the Southland. For forty years he had been a >humble >: follower of Christ. He was tenderly laid to rest by his comrades dressed >in >: his suit of Confederate's gray. The casket was of the same gray and >draped >: with a Confederate flag. Over the grave a prayer was offered, a salute >: fired, and taps sounded. >: >: Recognizing his true worth and many noble qualities, one of his home >papers >: said of Major Bickerstaff: "Few men have lived and died in Russell County >: or elsewhere who have left a record of so great faith, hope, and service. >: He was a gentleman of the old school, courtly, courteous, an upright, >: honorable citizen of whom Russell County and the State may be well proud, >: and a true friend whose death we all sincerely mourn and deplore." >: >: >: >: >: >: >: ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== >: Check the Macon County Ga. web site for their newspaper listings. There >are many listings for Alabama citizens including those in Barbour Co., >: > > >==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== >Have you checked the Georgia Counties just across the river. Many of the Barbour residents came from, Crawford, Taylor, Randolph, Macon, Stewart Counties in Georgia just to mention a few. >

In Columbus, GA there is still Bickerstaff Clay Products (they make bricks) today. Is the wife of James H. Bickerstaff possibly Miss 'Garrard' instead of Harrard? Does anyone know? ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim and Terri Tait <jtait@HiWAAY.net> To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 8:32 PM Subject: [ALBARBOU] CSA - Bickerstaff, James H. : Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol. XV, June 1907, No. 6, page 269, 270 : : James H. Bickerstaff : : Maj. James Henry Bickerstaff, one of the most prominent citizens and : veterans of Seale,.Ala., died at the residence of his son, in Columbus, Ga., : May 18, 1906. He had been in ill health for some time, and had gone to : Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, for treatment; but the operation there : performed did not bring the hoped-for improvement. : : James Bickerstaff was born in Russell County, Ala., in 1844. He was among : the first to respond to the call of the Southland, and enlisted in the : Russell Volunteers, under Capt. Ben Baker, in April, 1861, before he was : seventeen years old, and his company was sent to Virginia. He took part in : the first battle of Manassas. While in camp there his brother Robert, also a : member of the company, died from exposure and measles and was buried at : Manassas. After the term of his first enlistment had expired. he returned : to Alabama with several companions and joined the battalion of Maj. James : Waddell. However, his father, Capt. U. F. Bickerstaff,. having organized a : company of Russell County men, James Bickerstaff was transferred to that : command, Company I, 34th Alabama Regiment and was made second lieutenant. : The company was stationed at Corinth. Miss., for some time. : : In the battle of Murfreesboro Comrade Bickerstaff manifested great courage : and determination. In the midst of the battle his father was mortally : wounded, and Captain Burch, commanding the company, was also wounded. With : tears of grief blinding his eyes, lieutenant Bickerstaff seized the sword : that had fallen from his father's hand, assumed command, rallied the : company, and led them on in the battle until himself shot down, seriously : wounded in the thigh and slightly in the arm. His father lingered until : February 14, and was nursed and cared for by a Mrs. Thompson in her own home : and was buried in her garden. While attending the Reunion at Nashville in : 1904 Captain Bickerstaff visited Murphreesboro in the hope of locating his : father's grave, but was not successful. : : Among other battles in which he took part were Mumsfordville and Perryville, : Ky.. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Chickamauga, and all the : battles from Dalton, Ga., to Atlanta. In the battle of East Point, near : Atlanta, July 28, 1864, he lost his left arm, a bullet shattering the elbow. : After Hood's campaign into Tennessee, Major Bickerstaff again joined his : command and accompanied them to South Carolina. Of this later attempt at : service he said: "Finding the loss of an arm too much for me, I sorrowfully : returned home, took charge of my mother's farm, and helped to care for her : and my younger brothers and sisters." : : A few years later he was married to Miss Emma Lindsay Harrard, of Columbus, : Ga., who, with four sons and three daughters, survives him. His aged mother : heart-broken over his death, joined him in the spirit land a few months : later. : : For several years Major Bickerstaff served Russell County as tax collector, : but at the time of his death was engaged in farming and brick-manufacturing, : being successful in both enterprises. He was pension examiner for Russell : County and a member of the staff of Gen. George P. Harrison, with the rank : of Major, also an officer of Camp Waddell, and was always interested in : anything pertaining to the Southland. For forty years he had been a humble : follower of Christ. He was tenderly laid to rest by his comrades dressed in : his suit of Confederate's gray. The casket was of the same gray and draped : with a Confederate flag. Over the grave a prayer was offered, a salute : fired, and taps sounded. : : Recognizing his true worth and many noble qualities, one of his home papers : said of Major Bickerstaff: "Few men have lived and died in Russell County : or elsewhere who have left a record of so great faith, hope, and service. : He was a gentleman of the old school, courtly, courteous, an upright, : honorable citizen of whom Russell County and the State may be well proud, : and a true friend whose death we all sincerely mourn and deplore." : : : : : : : ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== : Check the Macon County Ga. web site for their newspaper listings. There are many listings for Alabama citizens including those in Barbour Co., :

Source: Confederate Veteran, Vol. XV, June 1907, No. 6, page 269, 270 James H. Bickerstaff Maj. James Henry Bickerstaff, one of the most prominent citizens and veterans of Seale,.Ala., died at the residence of his son, in Columbus, Ga., May 18, 1906. He had been in ill health for some time, and had gone to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, for treatment; but the operation there performed did not bring the hoped-for improvement. James Bickerstaff was born in Russell County, Ala., in 1844. He was among the first to respond to the call of the Southland, and enlisted in the Russell Volunteers, under Capt. Ben Baker, in April, 1861, before he was seventeen years old, and his company was sent to Virginia. He took part in the first battle of Manassas. While in camp there his brother Robert, also a member of the company, died from exposure and measles and was buried at Manassas. After the term of his first enlistment had expired. he returned to Alabama with several companions and joined the battalion of Maj. James Waddell. However, his father, Capt. U. F. Bickerstaff,. having organized a company of Russell County men, James Bickerstaff was transferred to that command, Company I, 34th Alabama Regiment and was made second lieutenant. The company was stationed at Corinth. Miss., for some time. In the battle of Murfreesboro Comrade Bickerstaff manifested great courage and determination. In the midst of the battle his father was mortally wounded, and Captain Burch, commanding the company, was also wounded. With tears of grief blinding his eyes, lieutenant Bickerstaff seized the sword that had fallen from his father's hand, assumed command, rallied the company, and led them on in the battle until himself shot down, seriously wounded in the thigh and slightly in the arm. His father lingered until February 14, and was nursed and cared for by a Mrs. Thompson in her own home and was buried in her garden. While attending the Reunion at Nashville in 1904 Captain Bickerstaff visited Murphreesboro in the hope of locating his father's grave, but was not successful. Among other battles in which he took part were Mumsfordville and Perryville, Ky.. Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Chickamauga, and all the battles from Dalton, Ga., to Atlanta. In the battle of East Point, near Atlanta, July 28, 1864, he lost his left arm, a bullet shattering the elbow. After Hood's campaign into Tennessee, Major Bickerstaff again joined his command and accompanied them to South Carolina. Of this later attempt at service he said: "Finding the loss of an arm too much for me, I sorrowfully returned home, took charge of my mother's farm, and helped to care for her and my younger brothers and sisters." A few years later he was married to Miss Emma Lindsay Harrard, of Columbus, Ga., who, with four sons and three daughters, survives him. His aged mother heart-broken over his death, joined him in the spirit land a few months later. For several years Major Bickerstaff served Russell County as tax collector, but at the time of his death was engaged in farming and brick-manufacturing, being successful in both enterprises. He was pension examiner for Russell County and a member of the staff of Gen. George P. Harrison, with the rank of Major, also an officer of Camp Waddell, and was always interested in anything pertaining to the Southland. For forty years he had been a humble follower of Christ. He was tenderly laid to rest by his comrades dressed in his suit of Confederate's gray. The casket was of the same gray and draped with a Confederate flag. Over the grave a prayer was offered, a salute fired, and taps sounded. Recognizing his true worth and many noble qualities, one of his home papers said of Major Bickerstaff: "Few men have lived and died in Russell County or elsewhere who have left a record of so great faith, hope, and service. He was a gentleman of the old school, courtly, courteous, an upright, honorable citizen of whom Russell County and the State may be well proud, and a true friend whose death we all sincerely mourn and deplore."

Hi Fellow Barbour Rooters I am seeking info on Marcus L. Thomas b. 1853, AL. Married Lorah E. Clark(e) either in Barbour or Dale Counties. I have located them as married with one child in the 1880 Barbour census. Have been searching for Marcus (in Barbour and Dale 1860 & 70) as a child to no avail. So far have found only one M.L. Thomas in 1860 Barbour but he is age 2 - a little too young for my Marcus who, according to 1880 census should be about 7. Have not been able to find him in 1870 (should be about 17) Dale or Barbour. Hoping someone can help me find his parents. Thanks Penny/CA

Marie Godfrey included a Mary M. Beauchamp in her "Early Settlers, Vol 1." This Mary Beauchamp was the daughter of Henry M. Beauchamp and Rebecca R. Fenn and the granddaughter of William Beauchamp and Nancy Perkins. Mary married Thomas J. Sheffield and was living in Corsicanna, TX in 1884. Richard Price SOS 6-3

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I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking. Please disregard the request for James Thomas Lane, etc. He was killed in the war. And your post said "veteran." Thanks anyhow... betty << I am interested in James Thomas Lane or Thomas T. Lane. Thank you. betty n a message dated 00-08-25 15:13:10 EDT, you write: << ***Also - does anyone have an interest in the obits from Henry County, AL? >> >>

I am interested in James Thomas Lane or Thomas T. Lane. Thank you. betty n a message dated 00-08-25 15:13:10 EDT, you write: << ***Also - does anyone have an interest in the obits from Henry County, AL? >>

Does anyone know of Mary Beauchamp who married Lawson King in 1884? Pat ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com