Archibald Skaggs Flournoy, the son of James Flournoy III and Jane Skaggs was born in Adair County, Kentucky on the 31st of August of 1822. He moved to Lauderdale County, Mississippi before 1850 and worked as a mechanic for several years. There he met the Wilkerson family and moved to Guadalupe County, Texas about 1855. On the 14th of March of 1857, he married Cynthia Elizabeth Wilkerson in Guadalupe County, Texas. She was the daughter of Allen Wilkerson and Sarah Coats. An Edna Herald (a newspaper published in Jackson County, Texas) article, dated the 20th of January of 1927 and entitled "Birthday Dinner for Grandma Flournoy" quotes their son, Robert E. Flournoy: "Father and Mother then, after their marriage, moved to Victoria County, and in the Fall of 1860 moved to the town of Brazoria. Father went into the retail store business and in March 1862 volunteered and joined Col. Bate's regiment at the mouth of the Brazos and served until the close of the War in 1865. In 1866, he went to farming in that county. In 1875, he and family came to Jackson County, and after renting for four years, bought our present home in which we have lived for fifty years. Father died July 9th, 1897." Archibald Skaggs Flournoy and Cynthia Elizabeth Wilkerson were the parents of four children: William James, Richard Austin, Celestia Elizabeth and Robert Edward Lee. Archibald Skaggs Flournoy was the second burial in the Flournoy cemetery located off County Road 284 in Morales, Jackson County, Texas.
Archibald Skaggs Flournoy, the son of James Flournoy III and Jane Skaggs was born in Adair County, Kentucky on the 31st of August of 1822. He moved to Lauderdale County, Mississippi before 1850 and worked as a mechanic for several years. There he met the Wilkerson family and moved to Guadalupe County, Texas about 1855. On the 14th of March of 1857, he married Cynthia Elizabeth Wilkerson in Guadalupe County, Texas. She was the daughter of Allen Wilkerson and Sarah Coats. An Edna Herald (a newspaper published in Jackson County, Texas) article, dated the 20th of January of 1927 and entitled "Birthday Dinner for Grandma Flournoy" quotes their son, Robert E. Flournoy: "Father and Mother then, after their marriage, moved to Victoria County, and in the Fall of 1860 moved to the town of Brazoria. Father went into the retail store business and in March 1862 volunteered and joined Col. Bate's regiment at the mouth of the Brazos and served until the close of the War in 1865. In 1866, he went to farming in that county. In 1875, he and family came to Jackson County, and after renting for four years, bought our present home in which we have lived for fifty years. Father died July 9th, 1897." Archibald Skaggs Flournoy and Cynthia Elizabeth Wilkerson were the parents of four children: William James, Richard Austin, Celestia Elizabeth and Robert Edward Lee. Archibald Skaggs Flournoy was the second burial in the Flournoy cemetery located off County Road 284 in Morales, Jackson County, Texas.
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Archie S. Flournoy
Born Aug 31, 1822
Died Aug 9, 1897
God gave - He took - He will restore
He doeth all things well
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