Benjamin Franklin Arbuthnot (1841 - 1893)

Biography

Private Benjamin Arbuthnot served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 29 September 1861
Mustered out: unk
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Company A, 16th Louisiana Infantry

Benjamin Arbuthnot was Wounded in Action during United States Civil War.

Benjamin Arbuthnot was a Prisoner of War during United States Civil War.

Benjamin Franklin Arbuthnot was born in Liberty, Mississippi on 5 Aug 1841. Died Ethel, Louisiana 22 December 1893. Buried in Dawson-Woodside Cemetery Ethel, Louisiana, USA.^[1]

Enlisted as a Private, 16th Louisiana Infantry 29 September 1861; wounded at Battle of Shiloh 6 April 1862; captured at Missionary Ridge 25 November 1863 and sent to Rock Island Barracks, Illinois 9 December 1863, being exchanged 2 March 1865.

Married first in Amite, Louisiana, 18 April 1869, Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Catherine Irwin (born Amite, Louisiana 24 November 1845; died Clinton, Louisiana 12 January 1879), daughter of Samuel Irwin and Evelyn, née Averette.

Benjamin Franklin Arbuthnot married second in Covington, Louisiana, 13 October 1881, Jane Azilia Beauchamp (born 31 January 1851; died Covington 13 January 1925; buried Roselawn Cemetery, Baton Rouge).

Arbuthnot, B. F., Pvt. Co. A. 16th La. Infty. En. Camp Moore, La., Sept. 29th, 1861. Present on

• All Rolls to Feb., 1862. Roll for May and June, 1862, "Absent. On Furlough from Wound Recd.
• Battle of Shiloh April 6th, 1862." Rolls from Oct., 1862, to June, 1863, "Present." Rolls from*

July, 1863, to Oct., 1863, "Absent. Hospl. Lauderdale Springs July 13th, 1863, Order of Dr.

• Ware." Rolls from Jan., 1864, to April 30th, 1865, "Absent. Captured at Missionary Ridge Nov.
• 25th, 1863." Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War Captured Missionary Ridge Nov. 25th, 1863. Sent
• to Military Prison, Louisville, Ky., from Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 6th, 1863. Forwd. to Rock
• Island Barracks. Ill., Dec. 9th, 1863. Transfd. for Exchange March 2nd, 1865.

Ongoing research

DBE 210 Father was dead before birth. James Sawyer or Burton Arbuthnot. Father born 1773-00-00 Aberdeenshire killed 1815-01-08 Battle of New Orleans Male

Also inconsistent with mother's date. Of Death. Update: Find A Grave sites for both Benjamin and his mother list Benjamin's date of birth as the same day as his mother's date of death. Still looking for other records. Kabrich-1 13:59, 10 April 2018 (EDT)

Was listed under the wrong father, has now been corrected, his father was William Burton Arbuthnot, mother Sarah Woodside.

My Southern Family

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Benjamin was born about 1841. He passed away about 1893. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial Page for Benjamin Franklin Arbuthnot
2. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Sir William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster Bt.

• "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29S-YRHZ : 13 March 2018), T Arbuthnot in entry for Gordon Dunn Cain and Ola Gorden Arbuthnot, 04 Jul 1911; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 912,104.

• "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29S-YPH3 : 13 March 2018), Frank Arbuthnot in entry for Gordon Dunn Cain and Ola Gorden Arbuthnot, 03 Jul 1911; citing Orleans, Louisiana, United States, various parish courthouses, Louisiana; FHL microfilm 912,104.

• "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3SY-G53 : 10 March 2018), Benj Franklin Arbuthnot in entry for Ola Arbuthnot Cain, 12 Jan 1919; citing Calhoun, Ouachita, Louisiana, certificate number 1012, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 2,365,252.

• The source of most of this data is Kittybrewster.com - Table 03_1. — This is not a primary source and you are invited to improve upon it.
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