Bradford Henderson Altman served as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He enlisted 30 Sep 1861 at Batesville, AR. He was captured and exchanged 1 Sep 1864 at Rough and Ready, GA. He was a 2nd Lt in Company K of the 8th Arkansas Infantry Regiment. He took a 75 day leave from Tupelo, MS 22 Jan 1865. Company K mustered out 9 Apr 1865.
He married Martha Ann Steele on January 24, 1866. They moved to Erath CO., Texas and had 16 children but only 4 reached adulthood: Wiley, Annie, Sidney and Ada.
The following is a listing of all children:
Sidney Wilson, Dgt 1, Dgt 2, Annie Margaret Jane, Wiley Futhy, Alice Houston, Minnie Elizabeth, Georgia Francis, Son 1, son 2, Ada Madora, Della Skillern, John Bradford, Tommy Henderson, Dgt 3, Dgt 4.
The graves of the 4 children who lived to adulthood are listed elsewhere on this site. Of the children listed in the Carlton Cemetery only 3 graves could be located. Those are Della, John and Daughter 3. The other children are listed here only to document their attachment to these parents. There burial sites are unknown. Since the family lived in the same area I would presume the children are most likely buried here without headstones to mark their graves.

Written by his Pastor, JC Carter
In Memoriam.
ALTMAN.-Bro. Bradford Henderson Altman was born in Madison County, Tenn., September 12, 1838. His father was Wiley J. Altman. His mother died when he was six years old, and he was raised by his grandfather Henderson. He went to Arkansas in 1858, and enlisted in the Confederate army early in 1861, and served in the army through the war. He was married to Miss Martha A. Steel, January 24, 1866. He moved from Arkansas to Texas is 1878; lived one year in Navarro County and then moved to Erath County and settled at the home where he lived till his death, which sad event occurred December 27, 1898, in the sixty-first year of his age. Bro. Altm raised four children of his own - two sons and two daughters. His sons and one daughter are married; his youngest daughter, a splendid young' lady, is still at the old home with her mother. His children are all members of the Church and doing well. Bro. Altman was a kind-hearted, charitable man. He had living with him at different times seven orphan children, and raised one from infancy to manhood; and he is now a respected Christian young man, and is in charge of one of the public schools of the county. Sister Ann Steel, an aunt of Sister Altman, has lived with them for twenty seven years; and a widowed sister and her daughter have made his house their home for three years past. Bro. Altman professed religion and joined the Methodist Church at the old Salem Campground, in Tennessee, in 1858, and lived a faithful and useful member for forty years, until the Master called him from labor to rest. He has been one of the main pillars of the Church at Gilmore for nineteen years. He wrought well in the building up of the Church in his community. As Steward, Sunday school superintendent and teacher and trustee he was faithful. He was a friend to his pastor; the itinerant ever found a welcome in his home. I was his pastor three years in other days, and I never had a truer friend. Bro. Altman lived in peace and good will with his fellowmen; was respected and loved by his neigh¬bors and was trusted by his brethren. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was a true Mason. The writer preached his funeral to a large congregation of his friends, and he was buried with Masonic honors. May his xx fall on his sons and may the Lord bless Sister Altman and the children and bring them to a happy reunion in heaven.
J. C. CARTER, Pastor