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Submitted: 1/10/11 • Approved: 6/21/18 • Last Updated: 6/24/18 • R442947-G442947-S3
George
Civil War Confederate
August 27, 1847 - March 21, 1865
Washington Co AR
Son of William S and and S M Deaver
John
PRIVATE
Company A 34 Arkansas Infantry
Civil War Confederate
February 6, 1842 - March 21, 1865
Son of J and N McCamey
GEORGE IS BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE AS JOHN T MCCAMEY PER DANNY MCCAMEY. BOTH WERE KILLED BY BUSHWACKERS.
Photos and information by Dennis & Linda Tackett Price Hinkle
denlin1943@hotmail.com
*Obituary (Article)
Benton County Pioneer
Vol. 7, No. 5
McCAMEY, John T. – On March 21, 1865, John T. McCamey, and father’s brother, George William Deaver, were on their way home on a furlough. They were overtaken by the enemy. Their horses were taken from them. They were killed, put on a brush pile with their saddles and burned. The sisters of these two young men borrowed an ox cart and went after their bodies. They returned them to Elm Springs and buried them in the same grave. The headstone reads: “John T. McCamey Born Apr. 6, 1842, died March 21, 1865 (23 years old) and George William Deaver, Born Aug. 27, 1847, died March 21, 1865 (age 18 years old) by D.D. Deaver, Springdale, Arkansas
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