Obituary of James Richard Simmons of Union Parish Louisiana Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Marc Hollingsworth, 11/2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ ================================================================================= Obituary of James Richard Simmons of Union Parish Louisiana "Confederate Veteran" Magazine, Vol XIII, No. 5, May 1905, Nashville, TN ================================================================================== Capt. E. T. Sellers.was born in Russell County, Ala.,in December, 1838; and died in Minden, La., January 27, 1905, of apoplexy. Capt. Sellers united with the first company to leave Union Parish, La., in 1861. He was elected second lieutenant, the company becoming Company I, 12th Regiment, Louisiana Volunteers. The regiments served throughout the war in the Army of Tennessee, and surrendered with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston at Greensboro, N.C., in 1865. After the fall of Atlanta, Capt. Sellers was sent back to Louisiana with Col. T. C. Standifer, of the same regiment, as recruiting officers. They surrendered at Monroe, La., in 1865. After the war Capt. Sellers married the daughter of Rev. C. W. Hodge, who was captain of the company and its organization. His widow, with six boys and two daughters, survives him. He was a cousin to the late Capt. E. T. Kindred, of Roanoke, Ca., their mothers being sisters. He had several times represented his parish in the State Legislature, and was delegate to the last Constitutional Convention. He had been a member of the Masonic fraternity for many years, and at the time of his death was Deputy Grand Master of Louisiana Masons. Only a few weeks before his death he moved from his farm in Union Parish to Ruston, in Lincoln Parish, where his family still resides. ###########################################################