Dick was the son of Henry & Mary Windham Theus, who married on 15 Sep 1830 in Crawford Co. GA. then settled in Butler, Taylor Co. GA.

Dick's siblings:

James Jasper Theus (1831-1906)
John B. Theus (1834-1863)
William H. Theus (1836-1864)
Alfred Russell Theus (1837-1863)
Thomas B. Theus (1841-1918)
Septimus F. Theus (1844-1864)
George Washington Theus (1849-1929)
Georgiann H. Theus Starr (1852-1929)

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Dick enlisted in the Confederate Army in Georgia on May 10, 1862 as a private in Co. C, 7th Regiment State Troops. This regiment became the 59th Georgia infantry. He surrendered with General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865.

There is a Cenotaph Confederate Monument at Cliett Cemetery in Peach Co. GA and a memorial for that monument here.

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After Richard and brother Thomas left the Army, they, brother George and a John C. McKeeven lived together and worked on a farm in Jefferson, Marion Co TX.(1870). None of the the four could read or write.

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Dick was the son of Henry & Mary Windham Theus, who married on 15 Sep 1830 in Crawford Co. GA. then settled in Butler, Taylor Co. GA.

Dick's siblings:

James Jasper Theus (1831-1906)
John B. Theus (1834-1863)
William H. Theus (1836-1864)
Alfred Russell Theus (1837-1863)
Thomas B. Theus (1841-1918)
Septimus F. Theus (1844-1864)
George Washington Theus (1849-1929)
Georgiann H. Theus Starr (1852-1929)

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Dick enlisted in the Confederate Army in Georgia on May 10, 1862 as a private in Co. C, 7th Regiment State Troops. This regiment became the 59th Georgia infantry. He surrendered with General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865.

There is a Cenotaph Confederate Monument at Cliett Cemetery in Peach Co. GA and a memorial for that monument here.

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After Richard and brother Thomas left the Army, they, brother George and a John C. McKeeven lived together and worked on a farm in Jefferson, Marion Co TX.(1870). None of the the four could read or write.

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