Initially, I was planning to write about John W Lockhart only. Reading about the man, I came across some info regarding his brothers as well.
John W Lockhart was born in Alabama on 16 February 1834. He was the son of Samuel Webster Lockhart (born on 15 January 1806 in Tennessee) and Harriet Jane Riley (born on 16 January 1916 in North Carolina).
Samuel and Harriet were married on 13 May 1833. It happened in Morgan, Alabama (0).
John W was the eldest child in his family. He had 8 siblings. By 1853, the parents and children had relocated to Polk County, Texas.
♦ John's mother Harriet passed at the age of 37, on 23 August 1853. John was 8 years old then.
Three years later, John's father married again. His second wife was Josephina Christena Graham (born on 11 October 1833 in Mississippi).
In about 1857, 23-year-old John W Lockhart married Miss Eveline Melissa Loper (born on 19 February 1840 in Alabama). They had a daughter, Harriet Elizabeth, born on 11 November 1857.
🏠 In 1860, John lived with his wife and daughter in Justice Precinct #9, post office Morganville, Polk, TX. He worked as a turner. His brother Charles W (age 21) lived with John's family. The brothers' father, Samuel W, a farmer (age 44), lived with their stepmother Josephine (age 26)
in the nearby household (1) with their other siblings Wesley W (age 14), Samuel W (age 16), Josiah I (age 9), Harriet (age 7), Marilda (age 5), Nancy L. (age 3), and baby Thomas (6 months).
A few months later, Private John W Lockhart got sick and passed on ♦ 31 May 1862 in Virginia. He was buried in the Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, VA.
More about:
- 5th Texas Infantry: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/fifth-texas-infantry
- Hood's Texas Brigade: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/hoods-texas-brigade
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George Webster Lockhart (born on 5 August 1835, Alabama) married Nancy L Loper on ⚭ 25 November 1857, in Polk, TX (3). Nancy was Eveline's sister, mentioned above. George and Nancy had one son (4) John W (born on 18 January 1859 in Polk, TX).
According to the info given on findagrave.com, George W Lockhart died prematurely at the age of 24, on ♦ 31 January 1860, while rolling a log of wood.
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Charles H Lockhart (born on 27 December 1837, Alabama) married Melissa Liza (Elizabeth) Pace on ⚭ 6 May 1861 (5) in Tyler, TX. Melissa was born on 6 March 1842, she was the daughter of Milliner E Pace and Martha E. Herrin.
Like his elder brother John, Charles worked as a turner. And together with John, on 8 March 1862, the man was enlisted into the CA Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade.
On ➕ 7 May, Charles was wounded at Eltham Landing, in Virginia.The soldier was given a 20-day furlough, which he spent at home. Later, in August 1862, Charles was treated at the Winder Hospital in Richmond, as he had some fingers cut off in an accident.
At that time, Charles' father Samuel W lived with his second wife, and children (Jackson, age 20; Nancy, age 12; Thomas, age 10; Jane, age 5; Martha, age 2) lived next to Charles's household. His brother Samuel Jr. (age 24) had his house on the other side. Samuel Jr. was also a farmer. He lived there with his wife Sarah (age 23), and their one-year-old daughter Matilda (8).
By the day of the 1870 census, in the same year, the brothers' younger half-sister ♦ Marilda had passed at the age of about 13. After the census, Charles and Mellisa's daughter ♦ Mary left this world as well.
In later years, Charles moved with his family to 🏠 Justice Precinct #3, Pennington, Tyler, TX (9). More children had been born to Charles and Mellisa: John Wesley (on 2 May 1871), Elmer - Emma Jane (on 3 January 1873), Sam W (14 November 1876), and Mattie (8 March 1882).
Charles H Lockhart died at the age of 63, on ♦ 23 May 1901.
More about:
- The Battle of Eltham's Landing: https://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/620507.html
- Winder Hospital: https://www.civilwarrichmond.com/hospitals/winder-hospital
- Morgan's Texas Cavalry Battalion: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/morgans-texas-cavalry-battalion
- E Kirby Smith: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/smith-edmund-kirby
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Wesley W Lockhart (born on 7 March 1844), was enlisted into the CA on 28 March 1862 in Polk County, TX. He was a Private at Company K, 5th Texas Infantry, Hood's Brigade (10). The young man got sick during the service and died as a result of it on ♦ 6 June 1862. He was buried in the Hollywood cemetery in Richmond, VA.
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Samuel Webster Lockhart Jr. (born 7 May 1846, Morgan, Alabama). On 25 April 1864, Sam joined Company K, Morgan's Texas Cavalry Regiment. The man contracted typhoid fever during the service and on 3 June of the same year was sent on sick furlough which lasted till the end of the war.
In about ⚭ 1868, Sam married Miss Sarah C Harrison (born in 1846, Mississippi). She was the daughter of Albert Jeremiah Harrison and Matilda Caroline Guines.
Sam W Jr. died on ♦ 23 September 1887 in Cleveland, Liberty, TX. According to the info on findagrave.com, the man was robbed and killed after the sale of his crops.
Sources:
"There never were such men before: the Civil War soldiers and veterans of Polk County, Texas, 1861-1865" by Ruth Peebles, Polk County Historical Commission, Livingstone, TX, 1987.
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I enjoy reading about an area of the country I know very little about as far as genealogy. Thanks for sharing your ancestor's story. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading the article Jenny! Lockhart brothers are not my ancestors. I research and write about various people who lived in Texas and other places. Just help them be remembered.
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