Obituary for James R. Pickett, Henry, Alabama

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October 2000

   
* This was sent to the Dale Co., Al mailing list by Terri Tait, she gave me permission 
to copy anything she has sent and send to the Dale Co., Archive site. 
Christine Grimes Thacker, 10/4/2000.

Source:  Confederate Veteran, Vol XX, October 1912, No. 10, page 481

James Reynolds Pickett


James R.  Pickett  was born in Henry County, Ala.,March 17, 1843, and was taken by his 
parents to Apalachicola, Fla., in 1845, arriving there on the child's birthday, The Irish 
citizens of the city were celebrating the day in honor of St. Patrick, but the two-year-old 
youngster thought it was in honor of his birthday.

James Pickett enlisted in Company E, 2nd Florida Cavalry on May 8, 1862, under Captain Blocker.  
He was transferred to Houston's artillery company late in 1863, and after about a year's 
service with that company he was transferred to the navy and ordered to Wilmington,N. C.  
The struggle was over and Lee had surrendered before he could reach Wilmington.  He was 
in the battles of Natural Bridge and Olustee, Fla.  He was faithful to all the duties of 
his soldiership, was never sick a day in camp, always answered roll call, and was always 
ready for duty

He was never paroled and never took the oath of allegiance, yet he made one of the best of 
citizens.  He was a fearless and competent seaman, and after returning home from the war 
he shipped on a bark bound for Liverpool.  While in mid-Atlantic fire broke out in the 
cotton and the ship was burned.  A vessel saved the crew and landed them at Quebec, Canada 
where he stayed for some time, working and studying navigation, and he returned to Apalachicola 
with a certificate as navigator of the deep sea.  After his marriage, in July, 1869, he was 
made a pilot, and was still engaged in this occupation on the Gulf of Mexico when he was 
taken with his last sick-ness.  His death occurred at Carrabelle, Fla., on July 5, 1912.  
Surviving him are his wife, five daughters, and a son.

[Sketch by his comrade, J. R. Blocker, of Carrabelle, Fla.]