John Greene Chisum

Brief Life History of John Greene

Son of Bill Chisum and Mary Artimes Lewallen, husband of 1st Nancy Morris, 2nd Sarah Elizabeth Goswick. Children by Nancy: Liddie, Molly, Johnnie, Nancy, Tommie, Mary, Annie, Bill and Ollie. Children by Sarah: Bob and Josie.∼Private in Civil War Co.G Arkansas Infantry. Father of 11 children === Another Confederate Veteran Died Monday One of Arkansas two remaining Confederate veterans died Monday night at his home at Camp Victor, a small community in Pope County, Arkansas. He was John Greene Chisum, age 103, who served “in the camp with General Price in Jackson County, just below Newport“. Chisum a native of Izard County Arkansas used to recall that he was in Company “G” but was uncertain about the regiment. His death leaves William Loudermilk, of Jonesboro, as the only Confederate veteran in Arkansas. Two other died this year (1951) ; John A. Marcum, Age 97, died May 25th. at his home in the Birta Community in Yell County, near Ola, and Sam Bennett Russell, age 106, died March 9th. at his home at Heber Springs, in Cleburne County. Mr. Chisum, who was with Price’s army when it surrendered near the end of the war, spent the latter part of his life around Ben Hur near the Pope-Newton County line and in parts of the Ozark country. This Information Came From A Newspaper Dated June 14th. 1951

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Family Time Line

John Greene Chisum
1848–1951
Nancy Morris
1862–1907
Marriage: 22 November 1882
Ellen Chism
1881–1882
Lidia or Lydia Chisum
1886–1908
Mollie Chisum
1888–1917
John B Chisum
1890–
Nancy E Chisum
1892–1907
James Thomas Chisum
1894–1995
Mary Artemis Chisum
1895–1988
Martha Annie Chisum
1899–
William Henry Chisum
1901–1996
Ollie Jane Chisum
1904–1993
Chisum
1906–

Sources (17)

  • John Chism in household of Mary Chism, "United States Census, 1880"
  • John Chisem, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • John Greene Chisum, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Historical Boundaries - 1865: Newton, Arkansas, United States

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish: shortened form of Chisholm . This surname is now rare in Britain.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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