Per ancestry.com
Married 1852.
Served in 26 Texas Cavalry, CSA, as a farrier. Received $50 bounty Dec 3, 1862 paid by W. M. Armstrong Debray;s Cavalry. Enlisted at age 28 on August 28, 1861 as a private Capt John J. Myers' Company Caldwell County Rangers in Lockhart for the war - value of horse $105, equipment $12, Mustered in Sep 18, 1861 in Galveston -- 220 miles to rendezbous. On sick furlough in Lockhart much of the time from December 27, 1861.
Notes: D.B. Brite enlisted Lone Star Mounted Rifles, Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, Jul 1861, Captain John J. Myers.
***May have died of illness contacted during war.
References:
"The Brites of Capote", Keith
1840 Texas Census
1850 Bastrop County, Census
1860-1910 Caldwell County, Texas Census
Texas Death Records 1903-1940
Bastrop County Land Records"
Early Kentuckians in Missouri"
"The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865", Vol. II by J.B. Hewett ... David B. Brite TX 26th Cav Co. B.
Far.
Married 1852.
Served in 26 Texas Cavalry, CSA, as a farrier. Received $50 bounty Dec 3, 1862 paid by W. M. Armstrong Debray;s Cavalry. Enlisted at age 28 on August 28, 1861 as a private Capt John J. Myers' Company Caldwell County Rangers in Lockhart for the war - value of horse $105, equipment $12, Mustered in Sep 18, 1861 in Galveston -- 220 miles to rendezbous. On sick furlough in Lockhart much of the time from December 27, 1861.
Notes: D.B. Brite enlisted Lone Star Mounted Rifles, Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, Jul 1861, Captain John J. Myers.
***May have died of illness contacted during war.
References:
"The Brites of Capote", Keith
1840 Texas Census
1850 Bastrop County, Census
1860-1910 Caldwell County, Texas Census
Texas Death Records 1903-1940
Bastrop County Land Records"
Early Kentuckians in Missouri"
"The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865", Vol. II by J.B. Hewett ... David B. Brite TX 26th Cav Co. B.
Far.
Per ancestry.com
Married 1852.
Served in 26 Texas Cavalry, CSA, as a farrier. Received $50 bounty Dec 3, 1862 paid by W. M. Armstrong Debray;s Cavalry. Enlisted at age 28 on August 28, 1861 as a private Capt John J. Myers' Company Caldwell County Rangers in Lockhart for the war - value of horse $105, equipment $12, Mustered in Sep 18, 1861 in Galveston -- 220 miles to rendezbous. On sick furlough in Lockhart much of the time from December 27, 1861.
Notes: D.B. Brite enlisted Lone Star Mounted Rifles, Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, Jul 1861, Captain John J. Myers.
***May have died of illness contacted during war.
References:
"The Brites of Capote", Keith
1840 Texas Census
1850 Bastrop County, Census
1860-1910 Caldwell County, Texas Census
Texas Death Records 1903-1940
Bastrop County Land Records"
Early Kentuckians in Missouri"
"The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865", Vol. II by J.B. Hewett ... David B. Brite TX 26th Cav Co. B.
Far.
Married 1852.
Served in 26 Texas Cavalry, CSA, as a farrier. Received $50 bounty Dec 3, 1862 paid by W. M. Armstrong Debray;s Cavalry. Enlisted at age 28 on August 28, 1861 as a private Capt John J. Myers' Company Caldwell County Rangers in Lockhart for the war - value of horse $105, equipment $12, Mustered in Sep 18, 1861 in Galveston -- 220 miles to rendezbous. On sick furlough in Lockhart much of the time from December 27, 1861.
Notes: D.B. Brite enlisted Lone Star Mounted Rifles, Caldwell County, 25th Brigade, Jul 1861, Captain John J. Myers.
***May have died of illness contacted during war.
References:
"The Brites of Capote", Keith
1840 Texas Census
1850 Bastrop County, Census
1860-1910 Caldwell County, Texas Census
Texas Death Records 1903-1940
Bastrop County Land Records"
Early Kentuckians in Missouri"
"The Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865", Vol. II by J.B. Hewett ... David B. Brite TX 26th Cav Co. B.
Far.
Inscription
Calla Lily emblem
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Gone but not forgotten.
Gravesite Details
Double headstone with wife, Mary Frances (nee Sims) Brite.
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Siblings
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