Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Captain P.B. Keyser ******************************************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ******************************************************************************** Jacksboro Gazette October 24 1907 Resolutions of respect Headquarters Camp R.E. Lee No. 1314 U.C.V. Captain P.B. Keyser, the subject of this sketch, was born in Page county, Virginia, 24 October 1834, where he remained till he was 18 years old, when he moved to California where he engaged in mining. In 1861 there was much sympathy for the Southern cause in California and the authorities in Richmond encouraged them to raise a few companies for the Confederate Army which they did, and Captain Keyser was elected to command one of them as captain. He had several skirmishes with the Federal troops returning home in 1868 and remain there until 1876, when he turned his face west again. He moved to Cooper County, Missouri, and in 1883 came to Jack County, Texas, In 1884 he married Miss Mary Cullers; four children were born to them, all of whom survive him. He died 27 September 1907, at his home near Bryson, and was laid to rest in the Bryson cemetery, mourned by his many friends and comrades Ð leaving positive evidence he has gone to that beautiful rest above. J.M. Maddox J.A. Hudson J.M. Hughes