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Francis Marion Medlen Sr.

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Francis Marion Medlen Sr.

Birth
Greene County, Tennessee, USA
Death
31 Jan 1901 (aged 75–76)
Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
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Francis Marion Medlen, Sr. born abt 1825 in Greene County, Tennessee to Abraham and Cynthia (Buchanan) Medlen. He was one of seven siblings. His brothers and sisters were Mary Cinthia Medlen Bradley, John W. Medlen, Sr., Lemuel Willis Medlen, Sarah J. Medlen Worthy, William A. Medlen, and Wilson Jasper Medlen.

Francis Marion Medlen, Sr. joined the 6th Kansas Volunteer Regiment, Infantry, Co H, at Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, serving from 1861-1865. He was mustered out in 1865 at DuVall's Bluff, Arkansas.

Francis Marion Medlen, Sr. married Elizabeth Locke on January 12, 1854, in Cassville, Barry County, Missouri. She died about 1865 in Crawford County, Kansas. They had three sons, William, Josiah, and Francis Marion "Buck" Jr.

F.M. Sr. married Mary Jane Brantley Hudson in 1866, in Oklahoma. She died in 1898. They had four children, Martha, Laurie, Jesse, and Thomas.

F.M. Sr. married Celeste Rosalia Allred Crawford on December 6, 1899 in Oklahoma. She died in 1917.

Francis Marion Medlen, Sr., 82, died on January 31, 1901, in Lone Grove, Chickasaw Nation, Pickens County (a/k/a Garvin County), Oklahoma. He was buried at Robberson Cemetery, Pernell, Garvin County, Oklahoma.


Francis Marion Medlen, Sr. born abt 1825 in Greene County, Tennessee to Abraham and Cynthia (Buchanan) Medlen. He was one of seven siblings. His brothers and sisters were Mary Cinthia Medlen Bradley, John W. Medlen, Sr., Lemuel Willis Medlen, Sarah J. Medlen Worthy, William A. Medlen, and Wilson Jasper Medlen.

Francis Marion Medlen, Sr. joined the 6th Kansas Volunteer Regiment, Infantry, Co H, at Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, serving from 1861-1865. He was mustered out in 1865 at DuVall's Bluff, Arkansas.

Francis Marion Medlen, Sr. married Elizabeth Locke on January 12, 1854, in Cassville, Barry County, Missouri. She died about 1865 in Crawford County, Kansas. They had three sons, William, Josiah, and Francis Marion "Buck" Jr.

F.M. Sr. married Mary Jane Brantley Hudson in 1866, in Oklahoma. She died in 1898. They had four children, Martha, Laurie, Jesse, and Thomas.

F.M. Sr. married Celeste Rosalia Allred Crawford on December 6, 1899 in Oklahoma. She died in 1917.

Francis Marion Medlen, Sr., 82, died on January 31, 1901, in Lone Grove, Chickasaw Nation, Pickens County (a/k/a Garvin County), Oklahoma. He was buried at Robberson Cemetery, Pernell, Garvin County, Oklahoma.


Bio by: Sally Medlen Bishop

Gravesite Details

Husband of Celeste. Civil War Vet-6th Reg., Kansas Cav.. Vol., Union Army. Unmarked.



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