From the Eswau Huppeday issue from May 1988 (pg 117)
Vet who heard conversation of Lee, Grant passes
Laban Queen, Aged 89, buried today
Colorful life of soldier and churchman of Casar ends; member of Tenth Artillery
Laban Queen, 89-year-old Confederate veteran who loaded the cannon for
the last shot at Appomatox [sic] and who was present for the conversation
between Generals Lee and Grant, passed quietly at his home near Casar Monday
afternoon and was buried today at the Clover Hill cemetery. (20 Dec 1845
- 2 Sept 1935)
Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock from the home in which he
had lived all his life and interment was at the cemetery of the church
of which he had been a member since 1874. He joined Friendship Methodist
church at 13 years of age.
IN MANY BATTLES: Uncle Labe, as he was called was a member of the Tenth
North Carolina Artillery and was in the thickest of the battles of the
Civil War, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor,Richmond,
and closed at Appomattox.
Mr. Queen was twice married, first to Miss Catherine Newton, who died many
years ago. From this union one daughter, Mrs. Amanda Ivester of Great Falls,
SC survives. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary Crotts Newton, who
survives with the following children: Mrs. Doby Ledford of Grady, Ala.
Mrs.Lester Self, of Casar; Joe A. Queen, with whom he lived and Scott Queen
of the same community. Five children died early in life and Ruffin Queen
in 1925. A step-son, John Newton, lives in Casar
Vet who heard conversation of Lee, Grant passes
Laban Queen, Aged 89, buried today
Colorful life of soldier and churchman of Casar ends; member of Tenth Artillery
Laban Queen, 89-year-old Confederate veteran who loaded the cannon for
the last shot at Appomatox [sic] and who was present for the conversation
between Generals Lee and Grant, passed quietly at his home near Casar Monday
afternoon and was buried today at the Clover Hill cemetery. (20 Dec 1845
- 2 Sept 1935)
Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock from the home in which he
had lived all his life and interment was at the cemetery of the church
of which he had been a member since 1874. He joined Friendship Methodist
church at 13 years of age.
IN MANY BATTLES: Uncle Labe, as he was called was a member of the Tenth
North Carolina Artillery and was in the thickest of the battles of the
Civil War, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor,Richmond,
and closed at Appomattox.
Mr. Queen was twice married, first to Miss Catherine Newton, who died many
years ago. From this union one daughter, Mrs. Amanda Ivester of Great Falls,
SC survives. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary Crotts Newton, who
survives with the following children: Mrs. Doby Ledford of Grady, Ala.
Mrs.Lester Self, of Casar; Joe A. Queen, with whom he lived and Scott Queen
of the same community. Five children died early in life and Ruffin Queen
in 1925. A step-son, John Newton, lives in Casar
From the Eswau Huppeday issue from May 1988 (pg 117)
Vet who heard conversation of Lee, Grant passes
Laban Queen, Aged 89, buried today
Colorful life of soldier and churchman of Casar ends; member of Tenth Artillery
Laban Queen, 89-year-old Confederate veteran who loaded the cannon for
the last shot at Appomatox [sic] and who was present for the conversation
between Generals Lee and Grant, passed quietly at his home near Casar Monday
afternoon and was buried today at the Clover Hill cemetery. (20 Dec 1845
- 2 Sept 1935)
Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock from the home in which he
had lived all his life and interment was at the cemetery of the church
of which he had been a member since 1874. He joined Friendship Methodist
church at 13 years of age.
IN MANY BATTLES: Uncle Labe, as he was called was a member of the Tenth
North Carolina Artillery and was in the thickest of the battles of the
Civil War, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor,Richmond,
and closed at Appomattox.
Mr. Queen was twice married, first to Miss Catherine Newton, who died many
years ago. From this union one daughter, Mrs. Amanda Ivester of Great Falls,
SC survives. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary Crotts Newton, who
survives with the following children: Mrs. Doby Ledford of Grady, Ala.
Mrs.Lester Self, of Casar; Joe A. Queen, with whom he lived and Scott Queen
of the same community. Five children died early in life and Ruffin Queen
in 1925. A step-son, John Newton, lives in Casar
Vet who heard conversation of Lee, Grant passes
Laban Queen, Aged 89, buried today
Colorful life of soldier and churchman of Casar ends; member of Tenth Artillery
Laban Queen, 89-year-old Confederate veteran who loaded the cannon for
the last shot at Appomatox [sic] and who was present for the conversation
between Generals Lee and Grant, passed quietly at his home near Casar Monday
afternoon and was buried today at the Clover Hill cemetery. (20 Dec 1845
- 2 Sept 1935)
Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock from the home in which he
had lived all his life and interment was at the cemetery of the church
of which he had been a member since 1874. He joined Friendship Methodist
church at 13 years of age.
IN MANY BATTLES: Uncle Labe, as he was called was a member of the Tenth
North Carolina Artillery and was in the thickest of the battles of the
Civil War, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor,Richmond,
and closed at Appomattox.
Mr. Queen was twice married, first to Miss Catherine Newton, who died many
years ago. From this union one daughter, Mrs. Amanda Ivester of Great Falls,
SC survives. His second marriage was to Mrs. Mary Crotts Newton, who
survives with the following children: Mrs. Doby Ledford of Grady, Ala.
Mrs.Lester Self, of Casar; Joe A. Queen, with whom he lived and Scott Queen
of the same community. Five children died early in life and Ruffin Queen
in 1925. A step-son, John Newton, lives in Casar
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