Hopkins Co TX -Sid Lackey obituary



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SID LACKEY - CIVIL WAR SOLDIER



Sid Lackey past away Tuesday morning . His half-sister, Mrs. H. A. Weaver, of

Mt. Vernon, was here to attend his funeral. M. M. Lackey, now of Hansford, was

also here. (S. S. Gazette, Fri., June 10, 1910) Matt Ashcroft Camp, U. C. V. -

In Memorial - At his home, near this city, on the 7th day of June, 1910,

Comrade Sid Lackey laid down his armor and answered to the last roll call on

earth. He was a brave soldier in Co. I 9th Texas Cavalry, Ross’ Brigade. He

was born in Missouri in 1842. At an early age his mother moved to Texas where

she married Cam (sic) English, a pioneer of this state who was possessed of

the sturdy qualities of the frontier men of that day and time, and under these

influences Comrade Lackey was reared and developed into manhood. His last wife

and several children by a former marriage survive him. Submitted by J. F.

Norman, D. P. Shugart, J. R. Beck, J. A. Asbill. (Cumby Rustler printed he was

buried at Pleasant Grove cemetery - this cemetery is the one located north of

Sulphur Springs, and not the one near Cumby)( S. S. Lackey - b. 8 Dec. 1842,

d. 7 June 1910) (On the stone with him is Katie Lackey - b. 18 Oct. 1844, d. 2

Dec. 1895.)