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John GIVENS (VETERAN CSA)

Highfill (Highfill) Cemetery
Benton County,
Arkansas

John
CAPTAIN
Company H 16 Missouri Infantry
Civil War Confederate
November 6, 1839 - February 16, 1929

*Obituary
Benton County Record & Democrat & Sun
Thursday, February 21, 1929

John Givens, a resident of the Cave Springs and Highfill communities for 72 years, died of the home of his daughter, Mrs. Etta Bennett, in Lebanon, Mo. Saturday, February 16, 1929 at the advanced age of 89 years. He had been in ill health for some time with influenza and pneumonia. The body was returned here for burial which took place Monday afternoon in the cemetery at Highfill following the funeral services preceding it at the Mason Valley church. Uncle John, as he was familiarly called, was born in Monroe County,Tenn. Nov. 6, 1839. He came to Benton County with his parents in 1855 who located on Butler Creek north of Sulpher Springs on the state line, part of the farm being in each state. In 1860 he married Miss Frankie Wilkerson of that community and at the outbreak of the Civil War joined the Confederate army. His grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Following the war he located near Highfill where he engaged in farming. A number of years ago he gave up farming and moved to Cave Springs. Since last June he has made his home with his daughter in Lebanon. He is survived by four sons, John of Amarillo, Texas; Pleas of Ellinwood, Kansas; I. Jay, whose address is unknown; Jim of Centerton and Mack of Highfill (five sons named); also by one daughter, Mrs Etta Bennett of Lebanon, Mo.

Frankie
October 14, 1839 - November 13, 1902

*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
Friday, November 14, 1902

GIVENS, Mrs. John - Mrs. John Givens of Mason Valley died suddenly about seven o'clock last evening of heart trouble.

Contributed on 11/28/11 by judyfrog
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Submitted: 11/28/11 • Approved: 7/30/15 • Last Updated: 8/2/15 • R618786-G618786-S3

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