This is from another list. It has 2 of my surnames (Ledbetter and Whiteside) but I can't connect. Maybe it will help someone else. Leslie Bagwell > William Whitesides Sebastian > Source: Memorial & Biographical Sketches of Dallas County, Lewis > Publishing, 1892. > > W. W. SEBASTIAN, a farmer of Precinct No. 3, Dallas county, Texas was > born in Cherokee county, Georgia, May 22, 1838, a son of Edmond > Sebastian, who was born in Wilkes county, North Carolina, in August, > 1800. In 1825 he was married to Miea Pollie Ledbetter, and they had > two children born to them in North Carolina: Nancy A. and Martha Jane. > They| afterward moved to Georgia, where two more children were born: > Orlando and Elisha, and where two also died, Martha J. and Orlando. > > The mother died in 1835, after which the father returned to North > Carolina, and while > there was again married, in 1837, to Miss Mary A. Whiteside. He then > returned to his farm in Georgia, where he remained until his death, > which occurred in 1879, at the age of seventy-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. > Sebastian were the parents of eight children, namely: W. W. Sebastian, > our subject: Edmond P.; Mary E., wife of William G. Field, who died > leaving five children; J. P. was the next in order of birth; Elizabeth > A., wife of P. H. Fite; Lewis H.; Columbus A.; Franklin P., who died > when young; Elisha, who died on his way home from the army; Edmond P., > who also served in the war, was badly wounded at the battle of Athens, > Tennessee, being a member of his brothers company (the subject), in > 1864:; William W. married Miss Melissa A. Stewart, January 6, 1859, > who was related to the Stewart that captured the great bandit of > Kentucky and Tennessee. Mrs. Sebastian's father, Barnabas Stewart, was > born in 1793, in Tennessee, and was married to Miss Susan Laymance > about 1818. He then moved to Illinois, where he remained one year, and > in 1835 returned to Georgia, where he spent the remainder of his days. > Mr. and Mrs. Stewart had eleven children, namely: James L.; Mary E., > wife of Jesse Jackson; Melissa A.; Margaret M., wife of James F. > Ramsey; Samuel L.; Franklin M.; Catharine, wife of John Terry. > > William W. Sebastian, our subject, enlisted in 1862, in the Third > Confederate Regiment, as a private, and served about one year, when he > returned home and raised a company, > which was attached to Edmondson's battalion, Georgia troops. He went > out as Captain, but was in command of the battalion the greater > portion of the time, and was also on detached service. He was > discharged at Kingston, Georgia, under General Wafford, after the > close of the war, and came out without being captured or wounded, but > was in many hot engagements. > > He returned to his home after the close of the war and was engaged in > farming until his removal to Dallas County, Texas, December 7, 1872. > He rented land three years, and then bought a farm three miles south > of Richards. He next bought 200 acres of land where he now lives, to > which he has since added until he now owns 640 acres, all of which is > well improved. Mr. Sebastian has also been actively engaged in buying > and shipping cotton in connection with his farming and stock-raising. > He first commenced the stock-business with graded Durham cattle, but > has now changed to the Holstein, of which he has as fine specimens as > can be found in any State. He also has some blooded horses of the > Hambletonian and Endower stock, which breeds command very high prices. > Mr. Sebastian is one of the useful citizens of Dallas County, always > keeping up with times in all kinds of improvements, and is charitable > to the unfortunate of his neighborhood. > > Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian have had eleven children: Edmond B.; Mary S., > wife of > Calvin Taylor; Anna J., wife of Thomas M. Raney; Thomas P.; Dollie, > wife of Charles Castle; Tennia; William F.; Sidney J. and Walter E. > One is now deceased, five are married and living in Texas and five are > still with their parents. Mr. Sebastian has served several terms as > Master of the Masonic order, Richardson Lodge, No. 256, and has been > Representative of his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State of Texas, > and both he and his wife are of the Baptist persuasion. > > Volunteer's Note - this person probably died in Dallas County, Texas > and you need to check with the dallas public library genealogy > department for more information. > > > ==== US-OBITS Mailing List ==== > Any U.S. obituary is welcomed on the list. > It can be a recent one or an old one. > You do not have to be related to the deceased. > > > >