Person:Arkley Christian (1)

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Arkley Fiske Christian
  1. Arkley Fiske Christian1846 - 1943
m. 8 May 1880
Facts and Events
Name Arkley Fiske Christian
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 6 Sep 1846 Overton, Tennessee, United States
Marriage 8 May 1880 Montgomery, Tennessee, United Statesto Mattie Wiltshire
Death[1][2] 24 Feb 1943 Overton, Tennessee, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 photo of gravestone, in Find A Grave.

    (original stone is very faint, but appears consistent with newer stone that has these dates)
    Sept. 6, 1846
    Feb. 24, 1943

  2. 2.0 2.1 Tennessee, United States. Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958. (Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives).

    Name: A F Christian
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 6 Sep 1846
    Birth Place: Overton, Tennessee
    Death Date: 24 Feb 1943
    Death Place: Overton, Tennessee
    Father's Name: George Christian
    Father's Birth Place: Overton, Tennessee
    Mother's name: Celina Fisk
    Mother's Birth Place: Overton, Tennessee
    Certificate Number: 10396

  3.   "Only surviving confederate here observes birthday", in Overton County News
    [1].

    Calls him the oldest surviving Confederate veteran in the county. He enlisted in Captain F.H. Daugherty's Company, which later became a part of the Eighth Tennessee Regiment under General George G. Dibrell.