Actual name George Mifflin. Served as a CORPORAL in CO G 30 REGIMENT ALABAMA INFT, CONFERDERATE ARMY, was a cook. He was captured by Yankees on Dec. 16, 1864. Many Confederates were allowed to take home an animal and their gun. He brought home his mule and the big iron pot he used for cooking. He married Louisa Boyd in Alabama in 1866. They came by covered wagon from Alabama to TX in 1870. They traveled by covered wagon from Texas to Oklahoma around 1884 along with five of their adult children, Bob and his wife Lizzie, Lela Hopper Cook who was widowed, Lander and his wife Lillie, Minnie and Her husband Lee Faulk and an unmarried son Delbert. One son Jim and his family remained in Texas. He and a partner opened a store. The area where the store sat was known as Hopperville for a short time, then called Blackgum. His son Bob, bought a ten acre section including the land where the store sat and formed the township of Blackgum in 1909. The store became known as the Blackgum General Store. After his death his partner sold the store to the Fink Family. He was a Mason and was known for his pratical jokes and teasing.
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Actual name George Mifflin. Served as a CORPORAL in CO G 30 REGIMENT ALABAMA INFT, CONFERDERATE ARMY, was a cook. He was captured by Yankees on Dec. 16, 1864. Many Confederates were allowed to take home an animal and their gun. He brought home his mule and the big iron pot he used for cooking. He married Louisa Boyd in Alabama in 1866. They came by covered wagon from Alabama to TX in 1870. They traveled by covered wagon from Texas to Oklahoma around 1884 along with five of their adult children, Bob and his wife Lizzie, Lela Hopper Cook who was widowed, Lander and his wife Lillie, Minnie and Her husband Lee Faulk and an unmarried son Delbert. One son Jim and his family remained in Texas. He and a partner opened a store. The area where the store sat was known as Hopperville for a short time, then called Blackgum. His son Bob, bought a ten acre section including the land where the store sat and formed the township of Blackgum in 1909. The store became known as the Blackgum General Store. After his death his partner sold the store to the Fink Family. He was a Mason and was known for his pratical jokes and teasing.
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
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Age 66 yrs 6 mos 22 days
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