James Wyatt Auld (1836 - aft. 1886)

Born 1836 in Sumter, Alabama, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Georgia Ann (Williams) Auld — married 1 Jan 1857 (to 7 May 1860) in Union, Louisiana, United States

Husband of Cecilia Ann (Feazle) Auld — married about 1865 in Union, Louisiana, United States

Descendants

Died after 1886 after age 50 in United States [uncertain]

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Biography

James was born in 1836. He was the son of James Alexander Auld and Elizabeth Hollis. He passed away after 1886.

James Wyatt Auld was born in Sumter County Alabama, the son of James Alexander Auld and Elizabeth Ann Hester. In the latter 1840s, he moved with his parents to Union Parish Louisiana, settling east of Farmerville on a farm near that of his uncle, Elijah Michael Auld.

James Wyatt Auld married on 1 January 1857 in Union Parish Louisiana to Georgia Ann Williams. She died on 7 May 1860 of a lingering cold after suffering for two weeks.

Leaving his two young children in the care of relatives, Wyatt enlisted with his brothers, uncle, and cousin in the summer of 1861 as a private in the Farmer's Guards, a unit that became Company I, 12th Regiment Louisiana Infantry on August 13. He served honorably with his unit until his capture at Water Valley, Yalobusha County Mississippi on 4 December 1862. He was sent to the military prison at Alton, Illinois on 10 January 1863, and then paroled and sent to City Point, Virginia for exchange on April 8. He returned to his unit and present for duty for the balance of the year 1863. On 4 January 1864, Colonel Nelson ordered Wyatt Auld on detached service with the Engineer Corps, and in August 1864, Army of Tennessee commander General Hood ordered him transferred permanently to Company B, 2nd Confederate Engineering Troops, in which he served for the duration of the war.

James Wyatt Auld returned to Union Parish after military service, and he married about 1865 to Cecilia Ann Feazle, the daughter of Solomon Feazle (1808-30 July 1862) and Sarah Elizabeth Farmer (c1818-c1857).

Wyatt and Cecilia lived in Union Parish until about 1871, when they moved to Texas. They lived in Rains County TX in 1880, and in January 1881, Wyatt purchased a 121-acre farm on the river near Emory. He sold this farm in 1886.

It is unclear what became of Wyatt and Cecilia after 1886, but they vanish after March 1886. Many of their children returned to Union Parish to live, so they may have died about that time. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150219233/james-wyatt-auld