Pike County AlArchives Biographies.....DeFee, Green Pinkham 1840 - 1906
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Author: Bill Sweeney

Biography of Green Pinkham DeFee
Green Pinkham DeFee was born 5 August 1840, in Pike County, Ala. He was a 
farmer in Pike County and later in Hunt County, Texas. He was the son of John 
L. DeFee and Isabella DeFee nee Baygents.(Bagience). The Bagience children 
changed the spelling so I was informed. 
Green married Margaret Anna Carr on 30 November 1859 in Georgia. Margaret was 
born 4 Dec 1842 in Pike County, Alabama. Her parents were Caroline Carr nee 
Sturdevant and William L. Carr.   
Green was in Company E, 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment through the entire Civil 
War. He was captured several times and released through prisoner exchange. Two 
of Green’s brothers, James McCullouch DeFee and Harmon Pratt DeFee were also in 
the 1st Alabama Infantry Regiment. 
James was in E Company as a Corporal and Harmon was in E Company also but later 
transferred to A Company. Another brother, Andrew Jackson DeFee enlisted in 
Company K, 1st Florida Infantry Regiment and was a Sergeant when he was paroled 
out of service.
After the war, Green returned home and continued his farming in Pike County, 
Ala. When his father, John L. DeFee died, a long drawn our probate of the 
estate took years to conclude. After the probate was settled, Green and his 
brother Harmon migrated to Hunt County, TX, where they started a new life with 
their families and continued with their farming. This was about 1870-71. Green 
and his wife Margaret had eight children: Laura Irene (1860), Minnie (1868), 
Maggie (1869), William Jackson (1871), Mattie Maude (1873), John Carr (1878), 
James G. (1880) and Harmon Fonville (1883).  Green would die 20 January 1906, 
in Hunt County, Texas. (White Rock, Texas.) His wife Margaret would move to 
Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas and live with a daughter until her death on 18 
April 1926. Her body was taken back to Hunt County, Texas and laid to rest with 
her husband Green Pinkham DeFee. Both are buried in Kingston Cemetery, Hunt 
County, Texas.
A book, “From Tall Grass to High Cotton”, published by the Wolfe City Chamber 
of Commerce, Wolfe City, Texas has several mentions of the DeFee’s.
There are photos of Green Pinkham DeFee and wife Margaret Anna DeFee nee Carr 
and his brother Andrew Jackson DeFee posted else where on this site.
Note: Green Pinkham DeFee and Margaret Anna DeFee nee Carr are my Great 
Grandparents, maternal side. Many of their children are buried in Texarkana, 
Bowie County, Texas. One will also find many of the DeFee family buried in Pike 
County and Bullock County Alabama.



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