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Submitted: 8/21/10 • Approved: 2/8/21 • Last Updated: 2/11/21 • R363529-G0-S3
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Shelby's Brigade Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
abt 1835 - November 24, 1901
Age 60ys
Born Lawrence Co MO
Died Bentonville AR
*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
Friday, December 6, 1901
(from The Bentonville Sun) The old land marks are passing away; the old oaks of the forest are falling and links that bind us to the olden, golden past are breaking every year, every day. Bob Perry, colored, who played his humble but meritorious part in Shelby history, for 35 years a genial and familiar figure in Bentonville, boarded the 3:20 train Nov. 24, presumably to ride a short distance but the train was soon going at full speed and as he attempted to alight was dashed against the end of a tie, bruising his chest and breaking his neck. As he lay dead by the side of the track, black though he was, there were many heads bowed in sorrow, and there was a link severed that bound many a heart to memories of happier times and deeds. Bob Perry was born in Lawrence county, Mo. about 1835. Served with his master, Dr. Perry, in the famous Shelby brigade. A confederate soldier true to his master and his master's people, and never in war or peace did he falter from his faith. He belonged to the old school of "darkies" now fast passing away, polite to all, true to his friends and held tenaciously to his belief that a southern man was a negro's best friend.
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