Parents: Frederick & Maria Makeig
married: Irene Clayton 6 Mar. 1866
military service: Color Bearer, Co. E, 4th TX Infantry, Hoods Brigade, CSA
Active member of United Confed. Veterans # 222.
He died at the Confederate Veterans Home in Austin.
Info source: Early Waco Obituaries & Various Related Items - 1874-1908
"Three times wounded and was the third man shot down under the regimental colors at Chatanooga, and served as an Ensign for the remainder of the war. He was captured but once, and that was near Richmond, near the close of the war, and he was a prisoner at Fortress Manor at the time of the surrender."
After returning from the war he worked at farming but because of war injuries he quit farming and moved to Waco. "He aquired a knowledge of the law, being admitted to the bar, and practiced for several years, and was serving his second term as Justice of the Peace at the time of his death. He left a second wife and 2 daughters."
Source: Memorial & Biographical History McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.
In the 1880 census of McLennan County he is listed as "The Keeper" of the County Poor House.
married: Irene Clayton 6 Mar. 1866
military service: Color Bearer, Co. E, 4th TX Infantry, Hoods Brigade, CSA
Active member of United Confed. Veterans # 222.
He died at the Confederate Veterans Home in Austin.
Info source: Early Waco Obituaries & Various Related Items - 1874-1908
"Three times wounded and was the third man shot down under the regimental colors at Chatanooga, and served as an Ensign for the remainder of the war. He was captured but once, and that was near Richmond, near the close of the war, and he was a prisoner at Fortress Manor at the time of the surrender."
After returning from the war he worked at farming but because of war injuries he quit farming and moved to Waco. "He aquired a knowledge of the law, being admitted to the bar, and practiced for several years, and was serving his second term as Justice of the Peace at the time of his death. He left a second wife and 2 daughters."
Source: Memorial & Biographical History McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.
In the 1880 census of McLennan County he is listed as "The Keeper" of the County Poor House.
Parents: Frederick & Maria Makeig
married: Irene Clayton 6 Mar. 1866
military service: Color Bearer, Co. E, 4th TX Infantry, Hoods Brigade, CSA
Active member of United Confed. Veterans # 222.
He died at the Confederate Veterans Home in Austin.
Info source: Early Waco Obituaries & Various Related Items - 1874-1908
"Three times wounded and was the third man shot down under the regimental colors at Chatanooga, and served as an Ensign for the remainder of the war. He was captured but once, and that was near Richmond, near the close of the war, and he was a prisoner at Fortress Manor at the time of the surrender."
After returning from the war he worked at farming but because of war injuries he quit farming and moved to Waco. "He aquired a knowledge of the law, being admitted to the bar, and practiced for several years, and was serving his second term as Justice of the Peace at the time of his death. He left a second wife and 2 daughters."
Source: Memorial & Biographical History McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.
In the 1880 census of McLennan County he is listed as "The Keeper" of the County Poor House.
married: Irene Clayton 6 Mar. 1866
military service: Color Bearer, Co. E, 4th TX Infantry, Hoods Brigade, CSA
Active member of United Confed. Veterans # 222.
He died at the Confederate Veterans Home in Austin.
Info source: Early Waco Obituaries & Various Related Items - 1874-1908
"Three times wounded and was the third man shot down under the regimental colors at Chatanooga, and served as an Ensign for the remainder of the war. He was captured but once, and that was near Richmond, near the close of the war, and he was a prisoner at Fortress Manor at the time of the surrender."
After returning from the war he worked at farming but because of war injuries he quit farming and moved to Waco. "He aquired a knowledge of the law, being admitted to the bar, and practiced for several years, and was serving his second term as Justice of the Peace at the time of his death. He left a second wife and 2 daughters."
Source: Memorial & Biographical History McLennan, Falls, Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.
In the 1880 census of McLennan County he is listed as "The Keeper" of the County Poor House.
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