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 Capt. F. Marion Hastings
N 33° 05.798 W 095° 17.562
15S E 286035 N 3664337
Texas Historical Marker at the grave of Captain F. Marion Hastings, in historic Pleasant Hill Cemetery, southwest of Mt. Vernon, noting the military and civic career of F. Marion Hastings.
Waymark Code: WMWTGX
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2017
Views: 0
Marker Number: 9845
Marker Text:
(Nov. 17, 1823 - April 25, 1905)
Confederate veteran. Enlisting in 1861, Dade County, MO., served under Generals Sterling Price, Joseph O. Shelby, J.S. Marmaduke, in raids in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Surrendered June 13, 1865, at Shreveport. Moved to Texas in October 1865. Was a Franklin County commissioner, 1877-1881; county judge, 1886-1890.
He married Harriet J. Irby of Yalobusha County, Mississippi. They had six children.
Recorded --- 1970
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