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Submitted: 7/26/20 • Approved: 7/30/20 • Last Updated: 9/20/21 • R336913-G0-S3
CAPTAIN Confederate States Army
Civil War Confederate
November 3, 1834 - October 12, 1914
Soldier, Statesman, Patriot
US Congressman. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, he graduated from Jackson College, Tennessee in 1854, studied law and moved to Arkansas in 1856. There he engaged in growing cotton and served as a member of the Arkansas State House of Representatives in 1858. During the Civil War, he served as a Captain in the Confederate Army. After the war, he was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Forrest City, Arkansas. In 1879, he was elected as a Democrat to the Forty sixth Congress and to the next four succeeding Congresses, serving until 1889. Not a candidate for renomination, he resumed the practice of law in various states and was appointed a special commissioner for the prevention of frauds on the customs revenue, New York City, in 1893. Relocating south, he was involved in the construction of railroads until his death at age 79 in Texarkana, Texas.
He married Susan Fussell
Contributed on 7/26/20 by dgueterman
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