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Mrs. Charlotte Morton Dexter
Born 1787 Died Aug. 17, 1819,
Montgomery, Alabama at age 32.
Located just to the right of the entrance gate. She was the daughterof the Governor of Massachusettes. The Reverend James King, officiatedat her funeral, and she is believed to have been the first personofficially buried in that portion of the cemetery donated by herhusband. Other members of her family are buried here. Andrew Dexter,her husband, was a founder of Montgomery and donor of the firstland for the cemetery. He died of yellowfever while visiting Mobile and was buried there in an unmarkedgrave.
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Henry Washington Hilliard
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, August 4, 1808. He was Educatedin South Carolina and in Georgia, and became a practicing attorneyin Georgia. He came to Alabama as professor of English at theUniversity of Alabama in 1831. After some three years he resignedand moved to Montgomery to practice law. Becoming one of the mostfamous of Alabama Whigs, Hilliard served in the Legislature asa Whig, and was appointed by President John Tyler to a diplomaticmission to Belgium. In 1844, Hilliard was elected to the U. S.House of Representatives, and re-173;elected for two additionedterms. While he was in the U. S. Congress, Hilliard served asa regent to the Smithsonian Institution. Hilliard opposed secession,and debated the issue with the redoubtable William L. Yancy, withthe result that Hilliard had the general reputation of being theonly man in the state who could really stand up to Yancy in adebate. Following secession, Hilliard supported the ConfederateCause, raised Hilliard's Legion of some 3,000 men, and servedfor a short time as a brigadier general. After the war he movedto Georgia, practicing law in Augusta and Atlanta. President RutherfordB. Hayes appointed Hilliard as U. S. minister to Brazil. Whilein Brazil, Hilliard supported the emancipation of slaves in thatcountry. Hilliard was the auther of a number of books, including" Politics and Pen Pictures". He died in Atlanta, December17, 1892. Hilliard's grave is located in Lot 2, Square 52, Survey3. Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
MARKER # 3
Mrs. William H. Jones
Died 1818. Daughter of Reverend Stephen Puncey was the first whiteperson officially buried in the old grave-yard, the locationof this grave was handed down from caretaker to caretaker throughthe years. A corner of the headstone still exist near the northeastcorner of the Banks Mausoleum in what is now Section 1, Scott'sFree Burial Ground.
MARKER # 4
John Schockler 
Located near the center of Scott's Section 1. He was drowned inthe Alabama River. The stone is formed in the shaped of waves,and bears a stern warning to the reader:
" Stop as you pass by my grave here. I, John Schockler, wasborn in New Orleans the 22nd of Nov. 1811, was brought up by goodfriends, not taking their advice, was drowned in this city inthe Alabama River the 27th of May, 1855. Now I warn allyoung and old to beware of the dangers of this river, and nowI am fixed in this watery grave. I have got but two friends tomourn. "
MARKER # 5
James Chastaine
The burglar, unmarked grave, located near the southwest cornerof Scott's Section 6. He was reputed to be a suave young man ofgood family from Eufaula, Alabama, who was a fashionable dresseralways wearing white gloves, and was all excellent dancer. Hewas invited to most of the balls and parties in Montgomery. Followinga rash of burglaries, he was suspected of burglarizing the housesat which he had recently attended social functions. Conjecturewas that he was addicted to morphine and it was discovered thathe was living in a rundown hotel on North Court street. The traditionalstory holds that Adolphus Sanford Gerald, who had become suspiciousof Chastaine and had been following him, surprised him in theact of burglary, and when Chastaine attempted his escape shothim to death. The story is handed down that the mayor made GeraldChief of Police shortly after this event, an office he held for27 years. Gerald is also buried in Oakwood.
MARKER # 6
William Burr Howell
Born February 22, 1795 in Trenton, New Jersey. Died March 16,1863 in Montgomery, Alabama. Mr. Howell was the father of Mrs.Jefferson Davis. At the age of his death he was 68 years of age.It was said by some that he was a Ne'ver do well whowas operating a failing business in Montgomery at the time ofhis death. he is buried in Square 4 of the Scott's Free BurialGround.
MARKER # 7 
Jim
Slave of the Sebuessier Family
MARKER # 8
James Hale
Buried June 17, 1888 at age 59
he was a slave of the family of Dr. Williams O. Baldwin. Afteremancipation, he became a contractor and was reputed the wealthiestblack in Montgomery in the 1880's. He built Hale's infirmary inthe memory of his two children who died as young adults. His daughtermarried Dr. Cornelius Dorsett, who came here in 1883 as Montgomery'sfirst black physician. He is buried in Square 7, Scott's FreeBurial Ground.
MARKER # 9
Governor Benjamin J. Fitzpatrick
Born in Greene County, Georgia, June 30, 1800. When only sevenyears of age, Fitzpatrick became an orphan and was under the careof a sister and older brothers. He first came to Alabama to livein 1816, settling on lands belonging to his brothers located inthe vicinity of Montgomery. He read law in a private office inMontgomery and practiced there in partnership with Henry Goldthwaite.Fitzpatrick appears to have been the originator of the modernAlabama custom that those who suceed in an election to the governorshipusually have had some previous experience in losingan earlier race for governor. In Fitzpatrick's case, he triedtwice to win the governor's post against Arthur P. Bagby and twiceBagby defeated him. In 1841, however, Fitzpatrick defeated JamesW. McClung of Madison County and won the governorship. Fitzpatrickwas the last governor of Alabama to serve his term completelywhile Tuscaloosa was the state capital. He was suceeded in thegovernorship by Joshua L. Martin. When Senator Dixon H. Lewisdied, Governor Reuben Chapman appointed Fitzpatrick to representAlabama in the U. S. Senate. In 1853, when Senator William R.King resigned to become vice president of the United States, GovernorHenry W. Collier appointed Fitzpatrick for a second time to theU. S. Senate to complete King's term. Fitzpatrick then was re-electedto the U. S. Senate by the Alabama Legislature. The Senate electedhim president pro tempore. In the controversial 1860 election,the supporters of Stephen A. Douglas invited Benjamin Fitzpatrickto serve as running mate on the Douglas ticket nominated by theBaltimore Democratic Convention, but Fitspatrick declined thenomination. Fitzpatrick was an earnest supporter of the Confederacy,and when this movement for Southern independence failed, Fitzpatrickbecame president of the Alabama Constitutional Convention of 1865.This was the last official position held by the distinguishedAlabamian because, like so many prominent Southern citizens ofhis generation, he was deprived of the privilege of voting andholding office. In retirement, he lived on his plantation in thevicinity of Wetumpka and died in Wetumpka on November 21, 1869.His grave is located in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabamain Section 6, Scott's Free Burial Ground. In spite of his manyaccomplishments, the simple inscription merely reads: BenjaminFitzpatrick, Born June 30, 1800; died November 21, 1869.
MARKER # 10 
John Gindrat
Born 1777, Died March 29, 1851
Born in Purrysburg, South Carolina, in 1817 he purchased on ofthe original tracts of land that now lies within the city of Montgomery.He was a banker, a member of the first board of directors of theMontgomery and Chattahoochee Railroad Company. Intendant (mayor)of Montgomery in 1824 and 1834, and donor inl832 of the land forthe first house of worship of the First Baptist Church. He diedat his home in Franklin, in Macon County, Alabama. He was 83 yearsold. Buried in Square 6, Scott's Free Burial Ground.
MARKER # 11
General John Scott
Born January 6, 1773 Died November 26, 1839
His granddaughter, Emily Semple, wrote in her memoirs in 1892that when Scott died, a messenger was sent to have a coffin madeby John Dickinson, the undertaker in Montgomery, he was told thatit was ready. The General had called on Dickinson a few weeksbefore, had his measures taken and ordered his own coffin to bemade. The exact location of his grave is not known however hedied on his plantation at Pintlala Creek in Lowndes County andwas buried here at his monument. This memorial faces north, whileall the surrounding gravestones face east.
MARKER # 12 
Vinnie Fitzpatrick
A wash woman, she lived in a shot-gun house, now locatedin Old Alabama Town.
MARKER 13 
Confederate Veterans of the Civil War
They are in great numbers, and even a few Union Veterans are buriedthroughout the private plots of old Oakwood. These soldiers hadfamily or friends with plots in which to bury them. There is howevera special Confederate Section where 724 Confederate Veterans wereburied side by side beneath marble headstones in rows set askewof the steep hillside. As the years passed, many of the simpleinscriptions became almost indistinguishable, and these weatheredstones were replaced in 1980 by uniform marble crosses, at theexpense of the Federal Government. Although some have names onthe headstones, they were all buried by number, since so manyof them died anonymous deaths. A number of Confederate soldiersdied at the Remount Station, near the present Harrison Road, andwere later re-interred in this section of Oakwood.
MARKER # 14 
Bishop Nicholas Hamner Cobbs
Born in Bedford County, Virginia, February 5, 1796. He died Junell, 1861. He attended "old field" school and,when he was only seventeen years old, became a teacher himself.In 1824 he became an ordained Episcopal minister and within afew years was serving as chaplain at the University of Virginia.When a meeting of the Alabama Episcopal Church was held in Greensboroin 1844, Cobbs was selected as first bishop of the diocese ofAlabama. The bishop lived in Tuscaloosa while that city was thestate capital and moved to Montgomery when the capital was moved.He was Rector of Saint John's Episcopal Church from 1854 to 1858.At that time the population of Montgomery was 12,000 and his churchboasted 110 communicants. He died in Montgomery and was buriedin Oakwood Cemetery Lot 10, Square 12, Survey 1.
MARKER # 15 
W. A. Bellingrath
He opened the Coca Cola Bottling Plant in 1902.
MARKER # 16 
James T. Holtzclaw
Born December 17, 1833 in Henry County, Georgia. He died in Montgomery,AlabamaJuly 19, 1893. With his family, young Holtzclaw moved to Alabama,living first in Chambers County and later in Coosa County. Heattended Presbyterian High School in Lafayette and then the EastAlabama Institute. Holtzclaw studied law in the office of Elmoreand Yancey, and practiced law in Montgomery, commencing in1855. At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Holtzclawwas a lieutenant in the Montgomery True Blues and with them tookpart in the capture of the Pensacola Navy Yard in 1861. Promotedbrigadier general on July 7, 1864, he was shot through the lungsat Shiloh, Tennessee and supposed mortally wounded, he returnedto duty in ninety days. As the war progressed, he suceeded tothe command of Clayton's brigade when Clayton was promoted tomajor general. Holtzclaw was paroled in Meridian, Mississippi.after the war, General Holtzclaw returned to his law practicein Montgomery. He died in Montgomery, Alabama and was buried inOakwood Cemetery. Attending physician, R. F. Michel listed thecause of his death to be "softening of the brain."He is buried in Lot 3, Square 15, Survey 2.
MARKER # 17 
Land of Peace
The Old Hebrew Cemetery
MARKER # 18
Mary Hill and her Lambs 1856
Scarlet fever epidemic ravaged the household of Luther Hill. Maryand their seven children died and are buried in this plot.
MARKER # 19 
Colonel Tennant Lomax
Died June 1, 1862 at forty-two years of age. He was Montgomery'sWar Between the States hero, and was killed in action in the battleof Seven Pines, Virginia on the same day that his commission asa brigadier general arrived on the battle field. His grave islocated in Lot 7, Square 8, Survey 1, Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery,Alabama. Tennant Lomax was born in Abbeville District, South Carolinaon the twentieth day of September in 1820. His father was HonWilliam Lomax, a lawyer of distinction, who served in the legislatureof South Carolina. His mother was a Miss Tennant, a lineal descendantof the celebrated family of Presbyterian preachers of that name,the founders of the famous Lay College in Pennsylvania. He grewto manhood in South Carolina, and was educated at Randolph-MaconCollege, graduating fourth of his class in which Mr. Justice Clopton,of the Alabama Supreme Court, was valedictorian, and the lateHonorable Joseph F. Dowdell and R. H. Powell, of this state, andBishop H. N. McTyeire, of the Southern Methodist Church, weremembers. After his graduation he moved to Alabama and began thestudy of law in the office of Honorable John A. Calhoun, who waspracticing his profession at Eufaula, Alabama. Completing hisstudies, he was admitted to the bar, and practiced law until thebreaking out of the Mexican War. Upon the President's call fortroops, he raised a company in the county of Barbour, and wasmade its captain. The command was mustered into the service atMobile in 1847, and became a part of the fifth Battalion, AlabamaInfantry Volunteers, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel JohnJ. Seibel. The battalion sailed for Vera Cruz and was in serviceat that place and also at San Juan, Cordova and Orizaba, beingstationed at the latter place on garrison duty for seven monthsprior to the close of the war. The subject of this sketch wasfor a short period of this time Military-Governor of Orizaba.While stationed at the last named place, he, with a select partyof companions, attempted the ascent of the famous Volcano of Orizaba,a feat in which Humboldt had failed. He, with one of his companions,reached the summit, being the first man who had ever climbed thatdizzy height and looked down into the extinct crater of Orizaba,an honor which has since been claimed by other persons. This incidentis vouched for by the survivors of the battalion, one of whomColonel T. T. Tunstall, who resided in Baldwin County, Alabamaand who was of the party that went with Captain Lomax, havingrelated it to the writer. After the close of the Mexican War,Captain Lomax returned to Eufaula and, in 1849, was married toMiss Sophie Shorter, a member of the distinguished family of thatname, so widely known in Alabama. His wife dying soon after hismarriage, he moved from Eufaula to Columbus, Georgia, and, abandoningthe practice of law, he entered journalism and was, for a numberof years, one of the proprietors and the editorof the Columbus Times and Sentinel. While editor of this paper,he achieved a reputation as an able and brilliant writer,not only in Georgia, but throughout the Southern States, rankingas the peer of Forsyth and other distinguished Southern journalists.While engaged in this profession, he held the position, by electionof the legislature, of the State Printer of Georgia. While nevera candidate for a political office, he took a conspicuous partin politics, and was president of the Democratic Convention whichfirst nominated the present Senator Joseph E. Brown for Governor.He was at one time offered the position of Charge d'Affaires ofthe United States to Belgium but declined the appointment. InMarch 1857, he was married to Mrs. Carrie A. Shorter,nee MissBillingsled, of Georgia and shortly after his marriage he soldout his paper and moved to Montgomery, Alabama. After coming toAlabama he devoted his time to planting until the beginning ofthe War Between the States. In the great political campaign of1860, Colonel Lomax was an enthusiastic advocate of the electionof Breckenridge and Lane, and by his brilliant pen and his eloquenceas an orator, he used his best endeavors toward securing thatresult, contributing many articles to the newspapers of his party,and taking an active part on the stump, both in Alabama and Georgia.The natural inclination of his life seemed to be toward a militarycareer. While a resident of Columbus he was captain of a militarycompany for several years, and, shortly after his move to Montgomery,he became captain of the Montgomery True Blues, a position heheld until the outbreak of the Civil War. Through his influencethe Second Volunteer Regiment was organized soon after the Harper'sFerry raid. In 1861, as colonel regiment, he was ordered to Pensacolaby Governor Moore, to assist the Florida authorities in takingpossession of the forts and navy yard, and Fort Barnacas and McRaewere surrendered to him by Lieutenant Slemmer of the United StatesArmy, who withdrew, with a mere handful of men to Fort Pickens,on Santa Rosa Island. Colonel Lomax realized the fact that forthe latter fort to remain in the hands of the Federals renderedthe other forts useless, and placed the navy yard at the mercyof the Federals, desired, and insisted upon being allowed totake Fort Pickens, but the Florida authorities refused their assentto such a course. He urged upon the officer in command of theFlorida forces the importance of taking Fort Pickens before itwas reinforced, and insisted that the fort could easily be takenwithout a struggle, even if it was not surrendered upon a demonstrationof force. But his prayers were unheeded, and instead of promptaction, a council of was composed of militia officers gravelydetermined that the taking of Pickens was impractical at thattime it was soon rendered impossible by its reinforcement,and thus the Federals were left in command of the approaches toPensacola Harbor, and from this " coin of vantage"they battered down the other forts at their leisure and renderedthe navy yard the second best in the Southern States uselessto the Confederate cause. Finding Himself thwarted in the mainpurpose of his mission, and recognizing the futility of his commandremaining longer in their state of masterly inactively, ColonelLomax wrote to Governor Moore asking their recall, and shortlyafter its return to Montgomery, the regiment disbanded, the termsof service of the men having expired. In April, 1861, ColonelLomax was elected Lieutenant-Colonel of the afterward famousThird Alabama Regiment. He soon became colonel by the promotionof Colonel Withers. The regiment was stationed at Norfolk untilthe spring of 1862, and was perfected in drill and disciplineunder his command and instruction, so that when it passed throughRichmond on its way to the front, it was the subject of universaladmiration. Former governor Watts, of Alabama, having declaredto the writer that the praise bestowed upon it made him proudof his State. Colonel Lomax was commissioned a brigadier-generaljust before the battle of Seven pines, but not having been assignedto a brigade, he remained in command of his regiment and led itin that battle. On the first day of June, 1862, while at the headof the regiment, leading itto its"baptism of fire", he was instantly killed,his body falling into the hands of the Federal troops, by reasonof the necessary withdrawal of the command, so far in advanceof the Confederate line had the regiment been thrown by the blunderof some general officer. His remains were recovered and interredin the cemetery at Montgomery, where his widow has erected a maritalshaft to mark his resting place." No event of that terriblewar sent a deeper pang of regret to the public heart," saysMr. Brewer in his n Alabama,"than the death of Tennant Lomax," and hisfame is cherished today throughout the State, as furnishing oneof the brightest pages in the history of the commonwealth. GeneralLomax was six foot four inches in height, as straight as an Indianwarrior, and in form and features was the most handsome of men." His bearing was knightly and his manner polished."He was remarkable for his stern devotion to duty, his patientendurance and manly self-reliance.
MARKER # 20 
William Lowndes Yancey
Born August 10, 1814 at the Falls of Ogeechee, Georgia, he diedJuly 27, 1863. Yancey was educated at Mount Zion Academy in HancockCounty, Georgia, and thereafter in many Northern schools, includingacademies at Troy, New York, and Williams College in Massachusetts.He studied law in a lawyer's office in Georgia and also in theoffice of Governor B. F. Perry in Greenville, South Carolina,where he later edited a newspaper. In 1836, Yancey moved to Alabamawhere he lived at Cahawba in Dallas County and edited the CahawbaDemocrat. Moving to Wetumpka, he then edited the Wetumpka Argus.Wetumpka was at that time a part of Coosa County, and Yancey waselected to represent Coosa County in the State House of Representativesand then in the State Senate. In 1844, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to the seat madedistinguishedby Dixon H. Lewis. After Completing Lewis' term, Yancey was electedto another term in the U. S. House of Representatives but didnot seek re-election after that term. It was Yancey who wrotethe Alabama Platform and Yancey who led the bolt from the Charlestonconvention in 1860 when the Northern wing of the Democratic Partyrefused to accept the Alabama Platform. After secession and theformation of the Confederate States government, President JeffersonDavis appointed Yancey a commissioner to England and France withthe mission of representing the Confederacy in those countriesand, if possible, of procuring recognition. This mission provedunsuccessful and Yancey returned to the Confederate States Senateand was occupying this position at the time of his death. He diedwithout seeing the wreck of the Confederacy he had helped construct.Yancey is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama, Lot9, Square 8, Survey 1.
MARKER # 21
Major General James Holt Clanton
Born January, 1827, died September 27, 1871.
Born in Columbia County, Georgia. He died at Knoxville, Tennessee.His family moved to Alabama in 1835. He opened the battle of Shiloh.Promoted to brigadier general November 16, 1863, he was badlywounded at Bluff Springs, Florida in March 1865. Paroled at MobileMay 25, 1865, while recovering form his wounds. He was assassinatedat Knoxville, Tennessee by a drunk Colonel David M. Nelson, aformer Union soldier and also was the son of a former Union congressmanfrom East Tennessee who provoked a quarrel with him over a courtproceeding involving the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. Afterthe assassination his body was returned to Montgomery and buriedin Lot 3, Square 9, Survey 1.
MARKER # 22
Captain Abraham Calvin Caffey
Died April 22, 1929 at age of 65. He was the commander of theCapital City Guards in 1890 and was a prominent black businessmanof his time. He died of pneumonia. he is buried in Square 1 ofClay's Plat.
MARKER # 23
William Knox
He opened the first bank on Montgomery. He died with modest means.
Loaned money to C. S. A.
MARKER # 24
Samuel Phoppin Wreford
A large underground mausoleum built into the hillside near therailroad track, with only its entrance showing. This was builtby Samuel Phippin Wreford, who operated a mercantile businessin the Dexter Avenue building now known as the Hub Building, andwas constructed to accommodate eight members of his family inabove ground vaults. However, his is the only burial which evertook place there. He died in 1866 at the age of 47, and was buriedin a casket made of cast iron in the shape of a canoe. Locatedon Lot 3, Square, 33, in the second Plat.
MARKER # 25
William A. Ludecas
When " Billy " Ludecas, a well known dwarf around town,died by suicide in 1905 at the age of 41, it was said that atlast Billy could have a man-size suit and a man-sizecasket. His father, Edward Ludecas, who died in 1879 after cominghere from Germany, is also buried in Oakwood, Lot 9, Square 32,Section 3. Billy's grave is located in Lot 1, Square 41, Survey3.
MARKER # 26
Brigadier General Birkett Davinport Fry
Born June 24, 1822-Died January 21, 1891
born in Kanawah County, Virginia. He attended Washington Collegein Pennsylvania and Virginia Military Institute in Lexington,Virginia. He was then appointed as a cadet to the United StatesMilitary Academy at West Point, but did not attend long enoughto graduate. Instead he read law in a private office, and wasadmitted to the bar. Fry served in the War with Mexico and therereceived his first military commission. He was in the army ofGeneral Winfield Scott and served in the regiment of which JosephE. Johnston was lieutenant colonel. After the Mexican War, Frymoved to California in the gold mining movement of the "Forty Niners". The adventurous life attracted him to thefamous filibustering expedition of William Walker to Nicaragua.Fry already had the title of general when he moved to Alabamain 1859, settling in Tallassee where he operated a cotton milluntil the outbreak of the War Between the States. At the startof the war, Fry obtained a colonel's commission and commandedthe Thirteenth Alabama Infantry Regiment. He was seriously woundedin the Battle of Seven Pines, but continued on a duty status.Fry was wounded again at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antieam) andwounded for the third time at Gettysburg. It was at Gettysburgthat he commanded a brigade. He was captured and imprisoned onJohnson's Island, but later exchanged, and continued his confederateservice, fighting in the Battle of Drewry's Bluff. On May 24,1864, Fry was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and placedin command of the defenses of Augusta, Georgia. After the war,General Fry moved to Cuba for a few years before returning toTallassee and to his work with the cotton mill. He later livedin Montgomery and then in Richmond, Virginia. General Fry diedin Richmond, January 21, 1891. he is buried in Montgomery, AlabamaOakwood Cemetery in Lot 6, Square 32, Survey 3.
MARKER # 27
Governor William Calvin Oates
Born December 1, 1835-Died in 1910
Born in a portion of Pike County which is now in Bullock County.Oates taught school in Henry County, studied law in a privatelaw office in Eufaula, and was admitted to the bar. He commencedpracticing law in Abbeville and also edited a newspaper. Thiswas substantially the extent of his experience when he enteredthe Confederate States Army, serving at first as captain in theFifteenth Alabama Infantry. He fought in twenty-seven engagementswith this regiment before being transferred to the command ofthe Forty-Eighth Alabama Infantry. Oates lost his right armwhile on duty near Petersburg, Virginia, August 16, 1864. Afterthe war, he returned to his law practice in Abbeville. He servedin the Alabama House of Representatives as chairman of the committeeon ways and means, and also served in the State ConstitutionalConvention of 1875. Oates was elected to the U. S. House of Representativesin 1880 and there served seven consecutive terms. He was stillin the U. S. Congress when he received the Democratic nominationfor governor in the 1894 election. In this election, he ran againstReuben F. Kolb of Eufaula in a race that was one of the most heatedin Alabama's political history. Oates won the election. Whilehe was governor, improvements were made in the convict systemand in state finances. During the Spanish-American War, Oateswas appointed a brigadier general, being one of two Confederateofficers in Alabama who became generals in the Spanish-AmericanWar. The other was General Joseph Wheeler. During the war, Oateswas stationed at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania. Later he was a memberof the Constitutional Convention of 1901 which drafted Alabama'spresent Constitution. In the convention Oates was a member ofthe committee of suffrage and this committee opposed the restrictivesuffrage provisions which were adopted. Governor Oates is buriedin Montgomery, Alabama in Oakwood Cemetery, Lot 6, Square 49,Survey 3.
MARKER # 28
Justice Anthony D. Sayre
The father of Zelda Sayre, who married F. Scott Fitzgerald, diedon November 20, 1931, at the age of 73 and is buried in Lot 7,Square 51, Survey 3.
MARKER # 29
Victor H. Tulane
Prominent black Montgomery businessman, was born in Elmore Countyand delivered groceries here before opening his own grocery store.In 1905 he built the Tulane Building, which stands today at thecorner of High and Ripley Street. He was a cashier of the PennySavings Bank, a druggist, and member of the Board of Trusteesof Tuskegee Institute. He died at the age of 57 and was buriedin Montgomery, Alabama, in Oakwood Cemetery Lot 2, Square 16,Survey 4.
MARKER # 30
Major Henry Churchill Semple
"The Pelham of the West," was a Confederate Artilleristfrom Montgomery, who led Semple's Battery through a great dealof fierce fighting during the Civil War. He died of heart diseaseon February 13, 1894 at the age of 72. A native of Virginia, heis buried in Square 6, Scott's Free Burial Ground.
MARKER # 31
Robert Tyler
Son of John Tyler, President of the United States, he was theConfederate Register of the Treasure, and a long time editor ofthe Montgomery Advertiser. He died here in 1877, and lies undera marker in Square 6, Scott's Free Burial Ground. His daughter,Letitia Tyler, raised the first Confederate Flag on the CapitolBuilding, after Alabama seceded from the Union and Montgomerybecame the first capitol of the Confederacy. She died in 1924at the age of 82 and is buried in Lot 4, Square 27, Survey 3.
MARKER # 32
The Union Military Section
At the bottom of the hillside where the Confederate Veterans areburied, and across the railroad track from them, lies a smallcontingent of Union soldiers who died or were killed in this areatoward the end of the Civil War. Some of them died as Prisonersof War here in the latter stages of the conflict. An attempt wasmake shortly after the war ended to re-inter these Northernsoldiers in a Military Cemetery near Chamblee, Georgia. All theremains were not found for this interment, and consequentlythis area is not used since scattered, unmarked graves are knownto still exist there.
Also, there are twenty-five Union soldiers buried togetherin an area of Survey 4. This area, over which flies the UnionFlag, is memorialized by a large marker topped with a granitecannonball, which was placed by the Federal Memorial Associationof Montgomery on May 30, 1908. The marker honors all Union soldiersin the cemetery, whether buried at this location or not.
The inscription reads:G. A. R.
Dedicated to the Federal Soldiers buried at Montgomery, Alabama
Erected May 10, 1908, by the Federal Memorial Association of Montgomery,Alabama
This interesting marker not only lists the seven named and theeighteen unknown Union soldiers buried around it, but it alsonames nineteen other Federal Soldiers, on its other faces, buriedat various places about the old cemetery. Six of these are inScott's Free Burial Ground. The approximate location of each ofthese six graves is given by the number of feet that it is situatednorth and the number of feet west of the main entrance gate. Also,the names and locations are listed for nine Union soldiers inPlats 1 through 4, and four in the Catholic Cemetery.
MARKER # 33
Benajah Smith Bibb
He was for many years a prominent jurist and an ardent supporterof the Confederacy. He was the first office holder in Alabamato be removed by Federal authority at the close of the Civil War,a distinction of which he was extremely proud. He died at theage of 87 on February 2, 1884, and is buried in Lot 5 and 6, Square9, Survey 1.
MARKER # 34
Sophia Lucy Ann Gilmer Bibb
Born March 11, 1801 and died January 9, 1887
She was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. Her maiden name wasGilmer, she was the sister of Governor Gilmer of Georgia. Shemarried Judge Benajah S. Bibb, brother of the two governors, and,with Judge Bibb, made her home in Montgomery County, where shewas distinguished as a leader in social, civic, and patrioticaffairs. During the War Between the States, Mrs. Bibb renderednotable service as nurse. She organized other ladies in this activity,and later organized the Society for the Burial of the Dead. Intime this organization became known as the Ladies Memorial Association.For twenty-one years Mrs. Bibb was president of this organization.Under her leadership the graves of over eight hundred of Confederatesoldiers were marked and the Confederate Monument was erectedon the grounds of the Alabama Capitol. Mrs. Bibb died in Montgomery,and is buried there in Oakwood Cemetery in Lots 5 and 6, Square9, Survey 1.
MARKER # 35
Dr. Carnot Bellinger
Born March 7, 1806-Died July 25, 1886
At his death he was 71 years old. he established and donated the" First Soldiers' Home", a hospital for Confederatesoldiers during the war, at his home on Bellinger Heights, atSouth Hull Street and Burton Lane. He is buried in Scott's FreeBurial Ground.
MARKER # 36
Judge David Clopton
Born September 29, 1820 and was buried February 7, 1892. Bornin Putnam County, Georgia, he graduated from Randolph-MaconCollege in Virginia. Clopton studied in a private law office inMacon, Georgia and became a member of the bar. He moved to Alabamain 1844, settling in Tuskegee. In 1859, Clopton was elected tothe U. S. House of Representatives, defeating Thomas J. Judgein the election. David Clopton was one of the Alabama membersof the U. S. Congress who resigned and returned to the state afterthe passage of the ordinance of secession in 1861. He served inthe Confederate States Army, and then in the Confederate StatesHouse of Representatives from 1861 to 1865. After the surrender,Clopton settled in Montgomery and practiced law in partnershipwith George W. Stone and General James H. Clanton. years laterClopton was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives andbecame speaker. Governor O'Neal appointed Clopton Associate Justiceof the Supreme Court. He was elected to the position and thenre-elected, serving until the time of his death, February5, 1892. Judge Clopton's second wife was quite famous. She wasVirginia Clay Clopton and at the time of her marriage to Clopton,November 29, 1887, the widow of Clement Clairborne Clay. JudgeClopton is buried in Montgomery, Alabama in Oakwood Cemetery inSquare 4 of Scott's Free Burial Ground.
MARKER # 37
John Falconer
Came from the Eastern Shore of Maryland, was financially associatedwith the Andrew Dexter in the purchase of Dexter's land and thefounding of New Philadelphia, which became part of Montgomery.Mr. Falconer was Montgomery's first Postmaster. He died on June30, 1854 at the age of 77 and is buried in Lot 7, Square 1, Survey1.
MARKER # 38
George Goldthwaite
Born December 10, 1810-Died March 18, 1879. Born inBoston, Massachusetts , he attended the Boston Latin School. Goldthewaitebecame a cadet at West Point at the time when General LeonidasPolk, Jefferson Davis, Joseph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee werealso cadets at the academy. After three years Goldthwaite leftWest Point, moved to Montgomery and studied law in the officeof his brother Henry Goldthwaite. On being admitted to the bar,George Goldthwaite moved to Monticello in Pike County where hepracticed law. Later he moved to Montgomery. He was elected judgeof the circuit court of Montgomery and them elected an AssociateJustice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and later Chief Justice.During the War Between the States, Goldthwaite was general ofAlabama. He was elected to the U. S. Senate from Alabama, servingfrom January 15, 1872, to March 3, 1877. Senator Goldthwaite diedin Alabama and is buried in Montgomery, Oakwood Cemetery in Lot4, Square 34, Survey 3.
MARKER # 39
Colonel Hilary Abner Herbert
Born March 12, 1834-Died March 6, 1919 Born in LaurensCounty, South Carolina. His early education was received in SouthCarolina. He enrolled in the University of Alabama, but left aftera short stay because of an incident known as" Doby Rebellion" Herbert then attended the University of Virginia. Aftergraduation at Virginia, Herbert returned to his family home inGreenville, Alabama. In Greenville he read law, was admitted tothe bar and practiced during the War Between the States. Herbertserved as an officer in the Greenville Guards, commencing as asecond lieutenant. He was stationed in Pensacola at the outsetof the war, and fought in numerous Virginia engagements, includingthose at Yorktown, Fairoaks, Fredricksburg, Salem Heights, Antietam,and Gettysburg. At the battle of Fairoaks he was captured by Unionforces, but was exchanged and resumed his Confederate career.During the Wilderness Campaign, he was seriously wounded, losingthe use of his left arm, and as a result retired from Confederateservice. After the war, Colonel Herbert returned to Greenville,resuming his law practice. In 1872 he moved to Montgomery andestablished a law partnership with Colonel Virgil Murphy. In 1876Colonel Herbert was elected to the U. S. House of Representativesand re-elected through 1892. In the House of Representativeshe served on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, the Committeeon the Judiciary, and on the Naval Affairs committee. As chairmanof the Naval Affairs Committee, Herbert had considerable influenceon the policies which led to construction of the ships which weresoon to fight the Spanish-American War. These ships wereknown as the Great White Fleet. His service in the U. S. Houseof Representatives did not end until President Grover Clevelandappointed Herbert Secretary of the Navy. It was during his periodas secretary that the celebrated U. S. S. Maine and U. S. S. Oregonwere placed in commission, along with other vessels which hadimportant histories during the Spanish-American War. Herbertexposed a price-fixing combine among manufacturers of armorplate, with resulting substantial reduction in cost of armor plateto the United States government. Herbert was author of numerousmagazine articles and of two books, one of which was entitled" The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences" ColonelHerbert's death occurred March 6, 1919, while he was on a visitto Tampa, Florida. His cemetery stone reads:
Colonel Hilary A. Herbert-Born Laurens District, SouthCarolina. March 12, 1834 Entered Into Life Eternal March 6, 1919.Soldier, Lawyer, Statesman, Author, Christian. Colonel of theEighth Alabama C. S. A. Served in U. S. Congress 1876-1893Secretary of the U. S. Navy 1893-1897. One of the foundersof the re-organized Red Cross Society 1905, Vestryman ofthe Church of the Epiphany Washington, D. C. 1907-1916. Foremostin furthering the work of reconstruction in the Southern States.A leader in the movement of re-uniting the South and theNorth, which culminated in holding the convention of theU. C. V. 's in the National Capitol in 1917. Chairman of the executivecommittee which erected the monument to the Confederate dead inthe National Cemetery in Lot 2, Square 52, Survey 3. he was 85years of age.
MARKER # 40
Sarah Parker Herron
Born 1826 Died 1899
She was born in London, England, and was one of the most faithfulworkers at the Ladies Hospital here during the Civil War. Shedied March 10, 1899 and is buried in Square 2, Scott's Free BurialGround.
MARKER # 41
General Crawford H. Jackson
He was active in a number of military campaigns prior to the CivilWar. He served in the Alabama Legislature as a member of the Houseof Representatives from Autauga County in 1843, 1845, 1855, and1857, being elected Speaker of the House in 1857. He died in 1860at the age of 37 and lies in Square 3 of Scott's Free Burial Ground.
MARKER # 42
Governor Thomas Goode Jones
Born November 26, 1844 died April 29, 1914.
Born in Macon, Georgia, he attended Virginia Military Institutewhere he studied under General" Stonewall " Jackson.With the coming of the War Between the States, Jones left V. M.I. to serve as a sergeant. He rose through the ranks to majorin the Confederate States Army. In gallant service he was woundedfour times during the war. After the war, his interest in militarysubjects continued and he was active in the Alabama National Guard.Jones commenced studying law while in the Confederate States Armyand began practicing in 1866. for a time he was editor of theMontgomery Daily Picayune. Jones was an alderman of the city Governmentof Montgomery and a member of the Alabama House of Representativesduring the 1880's serving as speaker during 1886-1888. In1890 Jones received the Democratic nomination for governor ofAlabama after a heated convention fight with Reuben F. Kolb andother contenders for the nomination. Elected governor in 1890and re-elected in 1892, after another hard fight with ReubenF. Kolb. In 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt appointed Jonesas Federal Judge for the northern and middle districts of Alabama.Jones died in Montgomery, Alabama and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery,Lot 5, Square 2, Survey 3.
MARKER # 43
Colonel Robert Fulwood Ligon
Born December 15, 1823, in Watkinsville, Georgia, died October11, 1901. He was a captain in the Mexican War. A member of theU. S. Congress, and a Confederate Captain in the War Between theStates. He was the father of General Robert F. Ligon, who builtthe present Governor's Mansion. His grave is in Lots 7 and 8,Square 55, Survey 3.
MARKER #44
Dr. Samuel Clark Oliver
He came to Alabama in 1826 from Georgia, having begun the practiceof medicine before he was twenty-one years old. He was amember of the Alabama Legislature for nineteen years, servingin both houses. He was instrumental in causing the removalof the State Capitol from Tuscaloosa to Montgomery, anddied here at the age of 49. He was buried on April 14, 1848, inthe Oliver plot in Lot 7, Square 7, Survey 1.
MARKER # 45
Charles Teed Pollard I
His remains lie in the Scott Family in Section 6, Scott's FreeBurial Ground. He married General John Scott's daughter, EmilyVirginia Pollard, a native of Virginia, became one of the South'sgreatest financiers. He was a founder of Saint John's EpiscopalChurch, and was its senior warden for forty-one years. Hewas a founder and trustee of the University of the South at Sewanee,Tennessee, and builder and first president of the Montgomery Railroad.He was chairman of the building committee for the State CapitolBuilding. His total support of the Confederate Cause destroyedhis health, he died in Montgomery on January 10, 1888, a man ofmodest means. Pollard, Alabama is named for him. Pollard was adevoted Christian and was one of the founders of the Alabama BibleSociety.
MARKER # 46
Jack Thorington
Mayor of Montgomery 1839-1840, and director of the Montgomerybranch of the State Bank, was a Confederate Colonel during theWar Between the States. He built a house in the early 1850's at532 South Perry Street known as" The House of Mayors".He died August 6, 1871, and is buried in Square 6, Scott's FreeBurial Ground.
MARKER # 47
Governor Thomas Hill Watts
Died April 25, 1872 at the age of 73-Born January 3,1819
Born in Butler County, he attended Airy Mount Academy in DallasCounty and the University of Virginia. After graduating from theUniversity of Virginia, he practiced law in Greenville and thenin Montgomery and Autauga counties. He was a member of the Americanor " Know Nothing" Party. Watts opposed secession untilthe election of Lincoln. After which he attended the secessionconvention and voted for secession. Watts ran for governor in1861, but was defeated by John Gill Shorter. When the war started,Watts became colonel of the Seventeenth Alabama Regiment. He servedat Pensacola, Florida, and Gorinth, Mississippi. he was in thisposition when President Jefferson Davis appointed him AttorneyGeneral in the Confederate Cabinet. Watts was the third of Alabama'sthree governors during the war. After the war Watts was imprisonedby Union forces. When released, he resumed the practice of lawin Montgomery. He was pardoned for his Confederate career by PresidentAndrew Johnson, and in the years 1880-1881 served once morein the Alabama House of Representatives. Governor Watts died inMontgomery and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lot 8, Square 7,Survey 1.
MARKER # 48
Joseph S. P. Winter
Born 1821-;Died 1895
He was president of the bank of St. Mary's and owner of the WinterBuilding at the southeast corner of Dexter Avenue and Court Streetform which the telegram ordering the firing on Fort Sumter wassent. He was president of the Winter Iron Works which manufactureda steam engine that won a silver medal at the 1852 New York World'sFair, and was an incorporator of the Montgomery Gas Light Company.He died July 3, 1895, at 75 years of age and is buried in Square6, Scott's Free Burial Ground.
MARKER # 49
Samuel Doak Holt, M. D.- Laura Hall Holt
Ninth and youngest child of William Holt M. D. and Lucy Saunders,was born at Elberton, Georgia on October 14, 1803, he died inMontgomery, Alabama April 23, 1863. He graduated at the SouthCarolina Medical College at Charleston, and relocated in Montgomeryin 1827 where he practiced medicine for nearly forty years. Hewas captain of the Montgomery Guards, and in 1836 he was majorin the regiment that served in the Creek Indian War, First BattalionLight Infantry and Riflemen. He was Montgomery's first mayor in1838. Again mayor in 1852. He was a Whig and a Methodist. On July22, 1830, at " Ellerslie" in Autauga County (Now ElmoreCounty) Samuel Doak Holt, M. D. was married to Laura Hall, daughterof Bolling Hall and Jane (Abercrombie) Hall. She was born May26, 1815, died in Montgomery, Alabama June 9, 1889. She was anartist and left many oil paintings which are treasured by herdescendants. She painted miniatures on porcelain. Also paintedbeautifully on china and had her own oven and apparatus for burningand finishing it. She was noted for her executive ability andunbounded energy. She was part of the social and cultural lifeof her time, and she and her husband did much in the way of charity.She was one of the charter members of the Ladies Society for theburial of deceased Alabama Confederate soldiers, later changedto the Ladies Memorial Association. After the death of her husband,she moved to their plantation home on the Carter Hill Road threemiles east of Montgomery, and corner of Lee and Tallapoosa Streets,where now stands the M & O Railroad Freight Office. Therethey had a famous garden. They are buried in Lot 7, Square 4,Survey 1.
MARKER # 50
Dozier Thorton
March 4, 1839-May 6, 1919
Dozier Thorton was twenty-one years old when he joined theConfederate Army. He was wounded at Cold Harbor, June 27, 1862,and was absent in consequence until the Battle of Sharpsburg andthen he was absent on detail in command of the proudest guardof the brigade, but was returned to duty with his company in thesummer of 1863. He was promoted first sergeant of his companyNovember 16, 1861, elected third lieutenant July 1, 1862, promotedsecond lieutenant January 1863, and first lieutenant July 24,1863. He was severely wounded on the Darbytown Road near Russell'sHills, August 16, 1864, but recovered, returned to duty and continuedto serve until the surrender. He was an excellent soldier anda faithful officer. Everybody about Eufaula knew Dozier Thorton.He was a cotton buyer and businessman there for many years afterthe war. He got into some serious trouble growing out of his embarrassmentin cotton speculation, but it was adjusted to his satisfactoryadjusted, and ever since then, Mr. Thorton was trusted and honoredabout the same as he was before. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky,and engaged in business there. He was a Brigadier General in theUnited Confederate Veterans of Kentucky. He is buried in survivorsSection Camp Lomax, to the right of Confederate Veterans Section.
We want to thank those descendants of LieutenantColonel John Henry Holt for this information and for their kindnessin sharing so many of their memories. . . .
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John Henry Holt was born March 7, 1821 and killed at the Battleof Chickamanga on September 20, 1863. He attended West Point asa young man but afterwards gave up the army and became a planternear Montgomery, Alabama, about nine miles northeast. The McLembiesbought his place and said that his vegetable garden for the househad been laid out like a flower garden, with paths and hibiscussbordering the paths. He married Louisa Benton in Columbia, Georgiaon November 20, 1845. They had about fourteen children, many ofwhom died as infants. John Henry Holt managed the house as wellas the plantation. Mrs. Holt had babies and brought up the children.When the Yankees marched through Montgomery, they burned the Holtfamily home and about $100,000 worth of cotton, in the battleof Chickamanga, in the fall of 1863 Colonel Holt of the 61st AlabamaRegiment and his younger brother, Benjamin Holt of the Georgiaregiment. Both were wounded, Colonel Holt in the leg, had it amputatedand died from the operation, Benjamin Holt was shot in the templeand left for dead. He was found by the Yankees and they foundthat he was still alive. They had him carried to a hospital andtreated him until he was able to be sent to prison at Point Lookout,Maryland. He was so manly and courteous in his manners that hebecame a great favorite with the Federal soldiers, which in 1864,Colonel Mosby, a Confederate Colonel killed seven Federal soldiers,which the Federals claimed to be murder and against the customs.They decided to retaliate and made all the Confederate prisonersdraw lots as to who should be executed in retaliation. It fellto Ben Holt's lot to be executed. He had become such a favoritewith the officers at the prison, that they asked him if they paroledhim to go to see his father, would he come back. His reply was" yes ". They paroled him for thirty days and put himacross the lines. He went to Augusta, Georgia and told his fatherwhat had happened to him. He stayed two weeks at home, as it wouldtake a week to get back to prison, as transportation was very slow,when the citizens of Augusta found that he was going back to beexecuted they rose in a mass and went to his father's home, whowas Judge William W. Holt, and tried to dissuade him from goingback to prison. His reply to them was," I would rather bedead than break my parole of honor, even to an enemy". Hewas in a room with the most influential citizens of Augusta, begginghim not to go back. He then said, " I will leave it to myfather ". Judge Holt took him in his arms and with tearsin his eyes, said, " Go back, my son, go back. I rather haveyou dead than break your parole, even to an enemy. He left next morning, and arrived at the prison the daybefore he was to be executed. The Federal officers met him andsaid, " Why did you come back Ben? Don't you know that wereleased you to save you? " Ben said, " I didnot, I took your parole in good faith and would rather be deadthan break it." The Federal officers were awe-struckwith the noble character that he was as he was to be executednext day. They telegraphed the facts to President Lincoln, whoat once telegraphed his reprieved and release from prison, andagain sent him across the lines for home. He was an invalid fromthe wound in his temple, which caused frequent convulsions. ColonelJohn Henry Holt was brought back to Montgomery in a wagon drivenby his manservant who had accompanied him into war. Colonel Holtdied three weeks later. At the time he died, his youngest childwas two years old and named Charles Nelson Holt. Colonel JohnHenry Holt is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabamaand he has descendants still living here. Lt. Col. John HenryHolt is buried in Lot 12, Square 20, Survey 2.
WAR RECORD OF W. R. HOUGHTON
WHILE SERVING IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
NAME- W. R. Houghton
BIRTH PLACE- Franklin, Heard County, GA
RANK AT ENTRANCE- Private
RANK AT CLOSE- Orderly sergeant
detached as scout for General Longstree
AGE-18
OCCUPATION AT ENLISTMENT- School teacher
OCCUPATION AT END OF WAR- Lawyer
HEALTH- Never Robust
RESIDENCE- Smith's Station, Alabama
WHERE MUSTERED INTO SERVICE-Tybee Island
HOW LONG- One year, afterward for the war
COMPANY NAME- Columbus Guards, Co. G
Captains Roswell C. Ellis -
Thomas Chaffin, Jr.
REGIMENT- Second Georgia
BRIGADE- Bennings, afterward Toombs
DIVISION- Jones, afterward Hood's
COPRS- Longstreet's
ARMY- Northern Virginia
AT FURLOUGH- Twice for wounds,
once for galllantry at Chickamauga, &
out on one day's leave
IN SERVICE- Three years, eleven
months, three weeks
WOUNDED WHERE- Seven times, once
at Nalvern Hill, once at Second Manas
other wounds slight at Chickamauga,
Petersburg and below Richmond
P. O. W.- WHERE- In the evening on t
ninth of April 1865, after General Lee
had surrendered at Appomatiox. Discharged
from service April 12, 1865 at
Appomatiox Court House, VA., paroled
as a prisoner of war. Engaged in battle
and skirmishes in Yorktown, Seven Pines,
Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, .
Thoroughfare Gap, Fredericksburg,
Saffolk, Gettysburg, Falling Waters, _
Maryland, Chickamauga, Wills Valley, _
Knoxville, Fort Saunders, Spottsylvan
Cold Harbor, Trenches after Petersbur
one month under incessant fire,
North James River, Tusell Mills,
Fort Harrison, Darbytown Road
(Three separate engagements), Petersburg
again April 1, 1865, Farmville
April 8, 1865, Appomatiox April 9,
1865 and numerous skirmishes
outside the lines.
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His wife was full of good deeds, kindness and helpfulness, buthe asked for no inscription to chiseled on his monument commemoratingany of his virtues but requested this only:
W. R. Houghton
A Confederate Soldier
Birmingham Age-Herald of July 31st, 1906
Judge William R. Houghton died last night at the Hillman Hospitalas the result of a stroke of paralysis suffered last Tuesday morning.Since strickened he had been in a critical condition and therehad been little hope of his recovery. On Tuesday, Judge Houghtonwas paralyzed while walking on 18 Street and in a few hours lapsedinto unconsciousness. He was conveyed to the hospital where hehad received the best medical attention. He remained in a deepstupor most of the time with only occasional returns to consciousness.His vocal organs were affected by the stroke and he had neverbeen able to speak a word, but by the slight movements of thehead he was able to indicate that he understood remarks addressedto him. Last evening about six-thirty o'clock, there wasa sinking spell and relatives were hurriedly summoned. The endcame about seven-thirty o'clock. At his bedside at the timewere his son, Harry S. Houghton of Montgomery and the deceased'sbrother, M. B. Houghton. He leaves also a sister who resides inAustin, Texas. Judge Houghton's body will be carried to Montgomerythis morning at eight-thirty o'clock. The funeral will takeplace there this afternoon. Judge W. R. Houghton was born May22, 1842. He, along with his brother, wrote two books, "Two Boys in the Civil War and After" and "From the Beginning Until Now ". Sergeant Houghtonis buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lot 6, Square 41, Survey 3.
MARKER # 53
Christian Kreutner Born October 26, 1819-Died October9, 1884. Born in Germany, he came to Montgomery, Alabama in 1847at the age of 28, and soon thereafter established himself as amaster gunsmith. Kreutner made exeptional fine percussion huntingrifles both before and after The War Between the States. His weaponsare prized by collectors and are scarce. He also made qualitypercussion pistols, and example was a large affair, 15 inchesin overall length, .58 caliber with a nine-inch octagon barrel,and featuring a silver fore-end cap and barrel escutcheon.His pistols bore the characteristics of his rifles. During thewar, Christian Kreutner maintained a small gun factory at 14 NorthCourt Street in Montgomery, where ten or twelve workers were employedto manufacture fireamrs for the Confederacy. He had a contractwith the State of Alabama for the production of Mississippi Riflesat thirty-five dollars each. The total number of rifles producedand delivered by Kreutner is unknown, but between October 1, 1863and November 1, 1864, when his contract expired, the factory haddelivered thirty-six Mississippi Rifles for which Kreutnerwas paid the sum of $1,260.00. Christian Kreutner also servedas Captain at the Montgomery Arsenal and supervised the repairand modification of arms in support of the Confederate Army andstamped " C. Kreutner of Montgomery, AL ". It is notknown if the rifles produced during the war displayed the stamping.After the war, Kreutner established a gunsmith business at No.5 North Perry Street (on the east side of Perry Street and betweenDexter Avenue and Monroe Street). He continued his trade at thislocation until the time of his death at the age of 65. He is buriedin Oakwood Cemetery, Lot 1, Square 13, Survey 1.
MARKER # 54
John Wesley Durr, Sr. Born June 23, 1835-Died June30, 1909. Born near Warm Springs, Georgia and died in Montgomery,Alabama. Son of Rev. Michael and Elizabeth (Pinkard) Durr, ofLoachapoka. Durr received a common school education, and movedto Montgomery when he was seventeen years old, starting in businessfirst as a clerk in a grocery store, and afterwards as bookkeeperfor a flouring mill. In 1855, he was employed as bookkeeper inthe Central Bank of Alabama , remaining there five years, thenformed a partnership with M. E. Vaughn and E. S. Johnson, andbuilt what is now known as the Alabama Warehouse. He was in thewarehouse and commission business under the firm name of M. E.Vaughn & Co. until 1863 when his partners sold out to LehmanBrothers under the firm name of Lehman, Durr and Co. which continueduntil 1891 when the firm was incorporated as the Lehman Durr Company,of which Mr. Durr was president. He held that office until hisdeath in 1909. He was also president of the Tallassee Falls ManufacturingCompany, and a director of the South and North Alabama RailroadCompany, at one time, was the director of the First National Bankof Montgomery for about eighteen years, and was elected aldermanof the city of Montgomery in 1863 and again in 1875. During theWar Between the States, he served in the commissary departmentof the C. S. Army under Colonel Michael Wand's command with therank of captain. He was a Democrat, had been a deacon in the PresbyterianChurch for about forty-five years, and was a Mason. MarriedNovember 25, 1856 in Montgomery to Rebecca Hart Holt, daughterof Tournay and Elizabeth (Burke) Holt, who lived in Montgomery.Buried on July 1, 1909 in Lot 2, Square 2, Survey 1.
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Daniel S. E. Starr
Daniel S. E. Starr came to Montgomery at some point before theWar Between the States from Connecticut. He and his wife, Sophronia,had two boys, Daniel and Ebeneezer. Starr supported them as astonemason. Unlike the vast majority of Montgomerians, he opposedsecession and then the war. A number of northern-born individualsshared his feelings, but Starr was the only Montgomerian to losehis life because of his convictions. The circumstances date toearly March 1863.
On Tuesday March 10, 1863, authorities arrested Starrat his house. There seems to have been some pistol shotsbut nobody was hurt. Officials had reason to believe Starr waswriting what the" Montgomery Mail" described as"Abolition manuscript ". The exact contents are not known,but that the material reflected unfavorably on the Confederacycan be assumed. Within several days Starr appeared before thelocal Vigilanty Committee. (That organization had formed whenthe war began to investigate those suspected of disloyalty). Mobjustice prevented a verdict from ever being reached. Late Saturdaynight, March 14, a group of citizens removed Starr from jail.His body was found hanging from a tree the next morning on theedge of town. Why Starr was lynched is not hard to figure out.Who was responsible remains a total mystery. As the " Mail" speculated about the corpse, " How it got there willprobably never be made public. " Daniel S. E. Starr is buriedin section 2 1/2 Scott's Free Burial Ground.