Samuel Houston Kelton (1833 - 1910)

Born 25 Jul 1833 in Greene, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca Harrison (Evans) Kelton — married 25 Dec 1853 in Greene, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1910 at age 76 in Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States

Biography

When Samuel Houston Kelton was born on July 25, 1833, in Greene, Tennessee, his father, Stephen, was 27 and his mother, Catharine, was 26. He married Rebecca Harrison Evans on December 25, 1853, in his hometown. He died on April 7, 1910, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, having lived a long life of 76 years, and was buried in Rogers, Arkansas.

MILITARY, Civil War:

Name Samuel H. Kelton

Side Confederate

Regiment State/Origin Tennesee

Regiment 5th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (McClellan's)

Company F

Rank In Second Lieutenant

Rank Out Third Lieutenant

Film Number M231 roll 24

Other Records 5th Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry (McClellan's)

Name Samuel H Kelton

Residence Knoxville, Tennessee

Enlistment Date 14 Aug 1861

Rank at enlistment 2nd Lieutenant

Enlistment Place Knoxville, Tennessee

State Served Tennessee

Service Record Commissioned an officer in Company F, Tennessee 5th Cavalry Battalion on 14 Aug 1861.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14528330/samuel-houston-kelton

• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/36407284/person/260183374424/facts

• 1850 United States Federal Censu

• 1860 United States Federal Census

• 1870 United States Federal Census

• 1900 United States Federal Census

• Tennessee, State Marriages, 1780-2002

• U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865; Film Number M231 roll 24

• U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service RecordsTennesseans in the Civil War