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923 E. Fifteenth, Pine BLuff, Arkansii



-	- — — — — — — — — ~ — — ~ ~ —--~—— — ~ - — — - — — — - - — ~. — — “I know I was born in Arkansas. The first place I

recollect t was in Arkansas.

	*1 was a drummer in the Civil War. I played the little drum. The bass druii~er was Rheuben Thrner,

	ni rua off from borne in Drew County. Five or six of us mn off here to Pine Bluff. We hearl if we could get with the Yankees is‘ d be free ‚ so we r~in off here to Pine Bluff and got with acme Yankee soldiers--the

twenty-eighth Wiaconsin.

“Then we went to Little Rock and I j t med the

fifty—8eveath colored infantry. I thought I was good

and safe then.

	“We went to Fort ~nith froca Little Rock and freed~

come on~ us while we was between New Mexico and Fort

&aith.

	~They mustered us out at Fort Leavenworth and I

went right back to~ my folks in Drew County, Monticello.

	“I‘ve been a farmer all my life till I got too
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