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Submitted: 8/4/11 • Approved: 3/12/17 • Last Updated: 3/15/17 • R571888-G0-S3
PRIVATE
Company B 1 Mounted Infantry Missouri
Confederate States Army
December 5, 1826 - February 8, 1911
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, February 17, 1911
FELTON, James - {from The Prairie Grove Herald} James Felton, an aged and highly respected citizen of this county, died last night at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. J.H. Huffaker, in Greasy Valley, following an illness of about one week with pneumonia. Mr. Felton was in his 85th year and had been a very active man for his years. He was a native of the state of Tennessee and came to Arkansas in 1867. He served as a soldier in the Confederate army and was a member of Prairie Grove Camp of Confederate Veterans. Mr. Felton was a member of the Baptist church and was one of our best citizens. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. J.H. Huffaker, Mrs. Wm. Huffaker, Mrs. E.W. Scott and Mrs. J.A. Nugent. The funeral services will be conducted Friday morning by Rev. J.F. Parker and the burial made in the West graveyard.
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Film # M380 Roll 5
From "Arkansas Northwestern Counties History 1889"
In 1841 James Felton moved to Mo from Tn. He married Cordelia P. Tillman on September 1,1853,in Christian Co Mo.
At the outbreak of the Civil War,he enlisted in the Confederate Army,as a Pvt,First Mo.Inf. He served until the surrender of Vicksburg, participating in the battles of Elk Horn,Grand Gulf, Corinth, Iuka, and the siege and surrender of Vicksburg.
He was taken prisoner in the last engagement and was held at Camp Morton until the end of the war. Four of James Felton's brothers were in the same regiment as himself; one was killed, and the other three were wounded, but he escaped unhurt.
In February of 1867 he came to Arkansas, locating in Washington Co,where he purchased his farm of 200 acres, three miles east of Boonsboro.
Contributed on 8/4/11 by judyfrog
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