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Elgin Brightwell

10 Jun 1822 – 7 Jul 1898

Birth	10 Jun 1822
Death	7 Jul 1898
Cemetery	Mount Pisgah Cemetery Sharp County , Arkansas , USA
Added by	Lindan Shann Caldwell on 24 Nov 2012
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13525306

Bio

Civil War Service Name: Elgin Brightwell Company: F Unit: 8 Arkansas Infantry. Rank - Induction: Private Rank - Discharge: Private Allegiance: Confederate ----- COMPANY F (OLD) 8TH ARKANSAS INFANTRY REGIMENT CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BRIGHTWELL, ELGIN Pvt Captured 19 May 1864 in Independence Co, AR and sent to MP at Rock Island, IL 22 May 1865. Released 27 May 1865. Ht 5' 7 1/2",age 43. eyes drk, hair drk, complx drk. Mount Pisgah Cemetery Brightwell, Elgin 6-10-1822 to 7-7-1898 Brightwell, Eunice Pearl 11-5-1899 to 2-17-1917 Brightwell, G. W. 4-29-1855 to 10-8-1896 Brightwell, James Haverty 9-16-1847 to 12-6-1919 Brightwell, Nancy Thersa 10-8-1849 to 7-31-1894 Brightwell, William L. 11-28-1942 ∼ Elgin fought in the Civil War alongside his Brothers, Gainum and William Edward, in the 7th Infantry from Arkansas. He married Elizebeth Armstrong Aug. 20,1843, and Mary Jane Houser on Oct.24,1850, in Meigs count, Tenn.

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Family

Parents

• Leonard Lemuel Brightwell 1790–1839

Spouse

• Mary Jane Houser Brightwell 1827–1920

Siblings

• William Edward Brightwell 1819–1872
• Leonard Brightwell 1820–1863
• Capt Gainum M. Brightwell 1823–1870
• Matilda Ann "Milly" Brightwell Houser 1825–1875
• John Haden Brightwell 1826–1894
• Leetie Brightwell Bunch 1834–1906

Children

• James Harvey Brightwell 1847–1919
• Wiley O Brightwell 1850–1910
• Matilda E. Brightwell Haney 1852–1927
• Tennessee Virginia "Tenny" Brightwell Ring 1853–1923
• Josiah Brightwell 1857–1889
• Phillesee Felicia Brightwell Johnson 1861–1958
• Mary Elizabeth Brightwell Haney 1864–1908

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