CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  JOSEPH S. BARRON - Smith County, TX

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Submitted by Peggy Brannon - peggybrannon@hotmail.com
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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

JOSEPH S. BARRON

Joseph S. Barron was born in Hoginsville, Ga., June 2, 1838, went to Alabama 
ten years later, and in 1860 removed to Texas. He enlisted in Douglas' Texas 
Battery at Tyler, in June, 1861, and participated in all the campaigns of 
that famous artillery company under the command of the gallant Capt. James 
P. Douglas. He was wounded at Elk Horn Tavern, but soon returned to his 
command and served to the end of the war in May, 1865. He went back to Pike 
county, Alabama, and was married to Miss Mary Tomlinson, August 16th, 1865, 
returned to Smith county, Texas, and has been an honored citizen since that 
time. He has been a farmer and a prominent man of this county, true to 
principle and loyal to the South. Postoffice, Tyler, Texas.