"We All Have Our Crosses to Bear in life, Mine happens to be a Southern Cross and I Will bear it Proudly Forever."
"A people who takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worth to be remembered with pride of remote descendants." Lord Macaulay
Confederate Ancestors:
GG Grandson: Lt. James Wiseman Honnoll; 11th Mississippi Cav/Hamm's Cavalry- Rode with Forrest - Alcorn Co. + GG Grandson: Cpl. Edward Virgil Bryon Maxcy; Co H; 2nd Mississippi Inf. - ANV with Lee and Jackson. Itawamba Co., MS GG Grandson: Pvt. Henry Thomas Pitts; 4th Tenn. Inf; Army of Tenn; w/Gen.Strahl who died w/ Cleburne at Franklin, TN GG Grandson: Pvt. James Asberry Williams; 30th Arkansas Inf. Under Hindman and Price GG Grandson: Pvt. John W. Glover; 2nd Ark. Inf; With Pettigrew's and Pender's Brigade; later merged with 3rd ARK Inf.
GGG Grandson: John Walter Grenada Maxcy: Capt. Taylor's Co. (Boomerangs) MS Infantry 42 yrs old
GGG Grandson: Joseph Whitaker Sebastian; Justice of the Peace; Monroe Co. ARK. Killed by the Yankees Oct. 31, 1863
GG Nephew: Pvt. William Cacy Honnoll; 11th Mississippi Cav – KIA at Richmond, MS Jan 18, 1864.
GG Nephew: Pvt. William Horan, b. 1845. ; S.C. KIA Aug 8, 1864; near East Point, GA in Skirmish line. 2nd MS Cav.
GG Nephew: Pvt. James Charter (D. S.) Horan, b. 1847; S.C. KIA Aug 3, 1864; Jonesboro, GA in Battle. 2nd MS Cav.
GG Nephew: Sgt. William Holman Sebastian Co. E, Cocke's Regiment, Arkansas Infantry
GG Nephew: Cpl. John D. Sebastian Co. E, Cocke's Regiment, Arkansas Inf. & 15th Reg’t, Ark Inf. (Josey's) Cleburnes - Died in Camp Douglas, IL
GG Nephew: Pvt. Charles Sebastian, Co. H; 1st Regiment, Arkansas Cavalry (Dobbin's)
GG Nephew: Cpl. J. W. Pitts Co. G; 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's)
GG Nephew: Pvt. Moscow Pitts, Co. G; 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's)
GG Nephew; Pvt. J. T. Gaines Co. G; 4th Regiment, Tennessee Inf. (Neely's) Wnd Leg Shiloh, TN April 6, 1862
GG Nephew; Pvt. M. H. Gaines Co. G; 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's)
GG Nephew; Pvt. Richard Ira Gaines Co. G; 4th Regiment, Tennessee Inf. (Neely's) KIA – Sept 19, 1863 Chickamauga, GA
GG Nephew; Pvt. Eugene Golden Co. G; 4th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Neely's)
GG Nephew; 2nd Lt. David W. Rogers 32nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
GG Nephew; Sgt. William Rogers 32nd Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
GG Nephew: Capt. Jefferson Casey Savage, 3rd Tenn Cav. Capt Wiley Higgs & Capt. Wilson 21st Tennessee Cav.
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