Witherington Family in the Civil War Calhoun County, Arkansas Benjamin Franklin Witherington -- Born 1845 AL - Died 1920 AR. Enlisted ca. 1863-1864 in Co. C, 3rd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, but he's not listed on the muster rolls. Believe to have enlisted in his early teens. He was son of John Witherington and Mary Ellis Witherington, who migrated from Conecuh County, AL to Calhoun County (near Artesian) about 1846. Crowdus Levan Witherington -- Born 1838 AL - Died 1904 AR. Enlisted in Co. A, 2nd Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, at Hampton, Arkansas, February 20, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; discharged for disability at Tupelo, Mississippi, June 14, 1862. He was son of John Witherington and Mary Ellis Witherington, who migrated from Conecuh County, AL to Calhoun County (near Artesian) about 1846. John Ebenezer Witherington -- Born 1840 AL - Died 1908 AR. Enlisted in Co. A, 2nd Battalion Arkansas Cavalry, at Hampton, Arkansas, February 20, 1862; transferred to Co. G, 2nd Regiment Arkansas Cavalry, May 15, 1862; shown as present up to the last known muster roll. He was son of John Witherington and Mary Ellis Witherington, who migrated from Conecuh County, AL to Calhoun County (near Artesian) about 1846. William James Witherington -- Born 1836 AL - Died 1904 AR. Enlisted in Co. E, 3rd Regiment Arkansas Infantry, at Champagnolle, Arkansas, June 20, 1861; discharged for disability at Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia). He returned to Arkansas and served in Co. F, 19th (Hardy's) Regiment Arkansas. He was son of John Witherington and Mary Ellis Witherington, who migrated from Conecuh County, AL to Calhoun County (near Artesian) about 1846. Levidas L. Belton - Private - Enlisted in Co. A, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Battalion, at Hampton, Arkansas, February 20, 1862; transferred to Co. H, 2nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment, May 15, 1862; died of disease at Meridian, Mississippi, June 10, 1862; born c1838; married Frances A. S. Witherington in Calhoun county, Arkansas, June 27,1861. Frances was the sister of the above four Witherington brothers. June 20, 2008 ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ JOHN WITHERINGTON FAMILY of Calhoun County, AR JOHN WITHERINGTON b: May 14, 1801 Darlington, SC d: April 17, 1855 Calhoun Co, AR .. +MARY ELLIS b: July 1806 in NC d: Bet. 1860 - 1870 in Calhoun Co, AR CHILDREN: .... 2 Martha Caroline Witherington b: May 26, 1826 AL d: Aft. 1870 in Calhoun Co, AR ........ +John T. King b: Abt. 1816 in Darlington, SC d: Aft. 1870 in Calhoun Co, AR .... 2 Sarah Jane Witherington b: May 15, 1828 in AL d: Unk ........ +Fowler Holmes b: Abt. 1828 d: Unk .... *2nd Husband of Sarah Jane Witherington: ........ +William H. Delano b: Abt. 1819 in NC d: Unk .... 2 Mary Elizabeth Witherington b: Oct 24, 1829 in AL d: Unk .... 2 Rebecca Witherington b: May 1832 in AL d: Unk ........ +J. W. Johnston b: Unk d: Unk .... 2 Emily Louise Witherington b: June 15, 1834 in AL d: Unk ........ +John Johnson b: Abt. 1829 d: Unk .... 2 William James Witherington b: Nov 26, 1836 in AL d: Jan 14, 1904 in AR ........ +Margaret E. Harris b: Abt. 1839 in AR d: Unk .... 2 Crowdus Levan Witherington b: Jan 19, 1838 AL d: Dec 25, 1869 Calhoun Co, AR ........ +Carolyn J. McAdams b: Abt. 1837 in AL d: Aft. Aug 9, 1900 in AR .... 2 John Ebenezer Witherington b: April 19, 1840 AL d: Oct 22, 1908 Calhoun Co, AR ........ +Marcilla McAdams b: Abt. 1841 in AL d: Bef. 1894 in AR .... *2nd Wife of John Ebenezer Witherington: ........ +Malissa Young Tatum b: July 1855 in Chapagnolle, Union Co, AR d: April 12, 1925 Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR .... 2 Frances Ann Sophronia Witherington b: 1842 AL d: Aft. 1880 Probably AR ........ +Levidas L. Belton b: Abt. 1838 AL d: June 10, 1862 in Meridian, MS (Civil War) .... *2nd Husband of Frances Ann Sophronia Witherington: ........ +Whitley Chris Haynes b: Abt. 1835 in AR d: Aft. 1880 in Probably AR .... 2 Benjamin Franklin Witherington b: April 1845 in AL d: 1920 Calhoun Co, AR ........ +Martha Washington Avant b: Abt. 1854 in AR d: Dec 8, 1907 in Calhoun Co, AR .... 2 Alonzo Dawson 'Doss' Witherington b: April 4, 1847 Ouachita County, AR d: June 7, 1917 Calhoun CO, AR ........ +Talitha Cumi Hill b: March 17, 1856 in Calhoun Co, Ar d: July 15, 1929 in Calhoun Co, AR .... 2 Infant Witherington b: Aft. 1850 in Calhoun Co, AR d: Unk Calhoun Co, AR Bill King Houston, TX 281-493-6767 BillKing78@comcast.net