I just had one of those rare moments that puts a face on all the names and numbers that we toss back & forth everyday. Nancy Queen Wiley noticed my recent posting and sent me the following concerning my great grandfather; > > A related Civil War Story told to P. G. Queen > (my dad) and Pinkney Gaither Queen. > John Henderson Queen was called "Hence". He married a civil war buddy's widow, Margaret McElrath Biggerstaff. He was asked by his buddy when his friend was dying to take > care of her and his girls. Hence did so and > raised a large family of his own > in addition to his step daughters. > > On a Burke Co. Sept 1870 Census > > It shows John H. age 26 > Margaret age 32 > Children: > Mary Biggerstaff 13 > Ida Biggerstaff 11 > Julia Biggerstaff 9 > Joseph Queen 3 > I knew that Noah Biggerstaff was Margaret McElraths first husband and that he died in 1864, but I never imagined the connection with my ggrandfather. For years I have wondered why John Henderson's name does not appear anywhere in the records of Point Lookout ( a notorious Union prison). I have the record from Point Lookout showing that he took the oath there after the war, but no other mention. Well, since he was with Noah Biggerstaff when Noah died, "Hence" must have also been at Camp Chase Prison(wherever that was) I know I'm a hopeless romantic, but picture Noah dying in the arms of his buddy Hence and Noah asking Hence to promise to look after his wife and young girls. Well, Hence kept his promise. After walking home to NC from MD, he married Margaret and took in her daughters. Their first born was Joseph Jackson Queen, my grandfather. Don Queen, aging but happy.