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Submitted: 8/21/11 • Approved: 8/23/11 • Last Updated: 1/21/17 • R577981-G0-S3
CAPTIAN CSA
1 Regiment Arkansas M
Civil War Confederate
March 8, 1843 - July 23, 1910
Served 1861 - 1864
Widow Mary M Royston
Widow #29526
Widow Appl Hempstead County
Widow Deceased November 17, 1932
Captain Charles E Royston was the son of General Grandison D Royston and Mary C Bates & was born in Washington, Arkansas. In the latter part of the war he became an aide-de-camp to General Churchill in the Trans-Mississippi Department & operated in Louisiana, Texas & Arkansas. He surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana on April 7, 1864 & returned home to his farm. He married Miss Mary M Andrews in 1869 & they had six children. In 1882 Mr Royston was chosen to fill the unexpired term of James W Williams who had been serving as Hempstead county sheriff. Mr Royston and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church in Washington, Arkansas
Contributed on 8/21/11 by debbraszymanski
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