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Additional NAIL Surnames in GOAD SPRINGS (LOWELL) Cemetery
NAIL, William Henry "Bill"NAIL, Agnes G.NAIL, AlexNAIL, KateNAIL, ArmonNAIL, C CNAIL, CharleneNAIL, Guy ClintonNAIL, LeliaNAIL, Martha ANAIL, Martha A. (Closeup)NAIL, PeggyNAIL, RayNAIL, ElmaNAIL, John ThomasNAIL (VETERAN CSA), AlecNAIL, MaryNAIL, HenriettaNAIL, Arvel CyrilNAIL, Eva EllenNAIL, Arvel Cyril (Closeup)NAIL, Eva Ellen (Closeup)NAIL, Burl OtisNAIL, Hazel FlorenceNAIL, Burl Otis (Closeup)NAIL, Hazel Florence (Closeup)NAIL, FayNAIL, Flora C.NAIL, Francis AnnNAIL, LesterNAIL, Lester (Closeup)NAIL, Letha M.NAIL, Oscar CharlesNAIL, Ethel I.NAIL, Tina I.NAIL, Frances P.NAIL, Frances P. (Closeup)NAIL, Mollie E.NAIL, Mollie E. (Closeup)NAIL, Madison V (Closeup) Additional NAIL Surnames in BENTON County
NAIL, Alma L.NAIL, Alice RuthNAIL, Charles HunterNAIL, CoraNAIL, Don R.NAIL, Harold DeWayneNAIL, HunterNAIL, JessieNAIL, JoeNAIL, M. C.NAIL, NancyNAIL, Roy C.NAIL, Sarah
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Submitted: 12/8/09 • Approved: 7/29/18 • Last Updated: 12/9/19 • R266214-G266213-S3
Alec
PRIVATE
Company D 2 Arkansas Mounted Rifles
Civil War Confederate
December 24, 1824 - January 24, 1920
*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, January 29, 1920
NAIL, Alec - Uncle Alec Nail died January 24th and was buried at the Goad Spring cemetery on Monday, the 26th. He died at his son's home near Hindsville in Madison Co. Because of the condition of the roads the body did not arrive at the cemetery until after 4:00 o'clock, hence a hurried funeral service. The great love for him in the community where he had lived so long was shown by the large attendance at the funeral. His fine farm near Lowell had been his home since early childhood, leaving it only temporarily for an overland trip to California in 1849 with a second trip a little later and his absence during the war between the States, 1861-1865. Uncle Alec was the oldest man in Benton county, no doubt. The records are lost and there is no means of arriving at this time of his exact age but the writer, who conducted the funeral service, can approximate this very nearly. Uncle Alec and myself joined Co. D, 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles in the early commencement of the war for a service of twelve months (volunteers). Before the 12 months service was ended the C.S.A. congress passed a conscription law embracing all men from 18 to 45 years old. At the end of the twelve month service all men over 45 were honorably discharged. There were three men in Co. D (before referred to) discharged. Uncle Alec Nail, Wat Clark and an old man by the name of Gale. These discharges were given some time in the summer of 1862. At that time ages were scrutinized very closely. If Uncle Alec was 45 on his birthday that year and if Christmas eve, December 24th, was his birthday, as all his children, relatives and friends understand and if he was just 45 at his birthday in 1862 then he was at the time of his death 103 years and one month old. A wonderful man for his age - for vigor of life, for healthfulness, for steel vitality and endowed with a brilliant mind, good judgment and a big willing heart full of sympathy and love for all of his associates, neighbors and friends. By his long and very close friend, J. Wade Sykes.
Mary
October 31, 1833 - April 10, 1914
Contributed on 12/8/09 by wfields55
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