"Rufus was the 14th of Hezekiah and Polly Elliott's 16 children. During the Civil War he was in F Co. 12th Ark. Inf. CSA, the same outfit two of his brothers, Samuel and Mark, were in. He was captured June 9th, 1863 and paroled July 12-13 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. He applied for a Confederate Pension with the State of Arkansas in 190, his application being #15286. Of the three brothers who fought in the Civil War, he was the only one to survive. After the war, Rufus made his living as a farmer. On Dec. 29, 1869 he married Margaret Minerva Alston. THey had at least two children, Ella (born 1871), and Milton (born 1875). Margaret passed away in 1900." (bio written by Dorothy Varnell)
"Rufus was the 14th of Hezekiah and Polly Elliott's 16 children. During the Civil War he was in F Co. 12th Ark. Inf. CSA, the same outfit two of his brothers, Samuel and Mark, were in. He was captured June 9th, 1863 and paroled July 12-13 at Port Hudson, Louisiana. He applied for a Confederate Pension with the State of Arkansas in 190, his application being #15286. Of the three brothers who fought in the Civil War, he was the only one to survive. After the war, Rufus made his living as a farmer. On Dec. 29, 1869 he married Margaret Minerva Alston. THey had at least two children, Ella (born 1871), and Milton (born 1875). Margaret passed away in 1900." (bio written by Dorothy Varnell)
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