Another Confederate ancestor, with a good story.

[rrobertscv]

This is another one of my Confederate ancestors, this is Houston Roberts. He fought with the 16th Alabama Infantry. He is a cousin to the previous man(John Roberts) I posted. Houston was wounded at Shiloh and was thought to be dead, they put him on the dead pile to be buried and someone happened to see him take a short breath, he was almost buried alive. He survived and joined up with his brothers later in the war. He was wounded again and was sent home. After the war, he moved to Texas.

 

[SARGE]

I love old family photos like this. I also collect some military/police photograph albums and these photos are truely a window into the lives of these folks.

 

I see the photo was taken in Indian Territory by the Harper Brothers photographer imprint. On his way to Texas I suppose when the photo was taken. Do you know what he was doing in the West after the war?

[rrobertscv]

I don't have any information about him after he got to Texas, that might be a good story to start researching.

[SARGE]

The town of Ryan, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) is just across the Texas / Oklahoma border NE of Wichita Falls, Texas. It is now a town of around 900 folks according to the atlas. Ryan is close to the old Chisholm Trail, so I bet there is a family story there somewhere.

[siege1863]

In 1880, Houston Warren Roberts was residing in Mexia, Limestone County, Texas. In 1900, he was in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). In 1910, he was residing in Waurika City, Jefferson County, Oklahoma. He died 19 April 1917, and is buried in the Ryan Cemetery in Waurika. It appears his widow, Mary Ann Roberts applied for a Confedeate pension in 1929. You can write the Oklahoma state archives for a copy of this record.

[rrobertscv]

Thanks for all the info, that is a big headstart on the research.