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Pvt Phillip Weaver “Uncle Phil” Bearden

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Pvt Phillip Weaver “Uncle Phil” Bearden

Birth
Perry County, Alabama, USA
Death
6 Dec 1929 (aged 86)
Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Farmerville, Union Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Confederate War Veteran of our family.

Husband of Mary Frances Skains.

A crowd from Farmerville, Monroe, Ruston and other places paid final tribute to Phillip W. Bearden, 88, when services were conducted at Sardis cemetery. Mr. Bearden, widely known as "Uncle Phil", was five years old when his parents settled in Union Parish in 1847. At 18 he entered the war between the states and served for the duration of the conflict.

Record of Confederate Service:

Bearden, Phillip W., Pvt., Corpl. Co. G. 31st La. Infty. En. May 6th, 1862, Monroe, LA. Roll for January and February, 1863, "Absent. Detached Service, Guarding Negroes on Fortifications." Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War Captured and Paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4th, 1863. Reported in
Camp for Exchange at Vienna, La., March 29th, 1864. On Rolls of Prisoners of War Paroled at Monroe, LA., June 12th, 1865. Res., Union Par., LA.
Confederate War Veteran of our family.

Husband of Mary Frances Skains.

A crowd from Farmerville, Monroe, Ruston and other places paid final tribute to Phillip W. Bearden, 88, when services were conducted at Sardis cemetery. Mr. Bearden, widely known as "Uncle Phil", was five years old when his parents settled in Union Parish in 1847. At 18 he entered the war between the states and served for the duration of the conflict.

Record of Confederate Service:

Bearden, Phillip W., Pvt., Corpl. Co. G. 31st La. Infty. En. May 6th, 1862, Monroe, LA. Roll for January and February, 1863, "Absent. Detached Service, Guarding Negroes on Fortifications." Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War Captured and Paroled Vicksburg, Miss., July 4th, 1863. Reported in
Camp for Exchange at Vienna, La., March 29th, 1864. On Rolls of Prisoners of War Paroled at Monroe, LA., June 12th, 1865. Res., Union Par., LA.


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