CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: GEORGE KEENAN WHITCOMB, Amarillo, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson, p. 141.

G. K. WHITCOMB.

George Keenan Whitcomb, of W. B. Plemons Camp, an­swered the last roll
call at his home in Amarillo, Texas, Aug. 23, 1906.  He was a native 
of western Virginia, but in 1854, removed to Augusta, Ark.  In 1861 
he joined the First Ar­kansas Cavalry and for gallantry was made a 
lieutenant and served with distinction throughout the war.  Returning 
home he engaged in business and soon advanced to the front as a man 
of affairs.  In 1890 he moved his family to Texas and cast his lot 
with the frontier town of Amarillo, and helped to make it the 
prosperous city it now is.  He was an elder in the Presbyterian 
church and a Mason of long and high standing.  He was married in 
1866 to Miss Cordelia Flynt, of Augusta, Ark., who survives him, 
together with five children.