AT LAMAR GRAVE

  The Paris News, Monday, June 14, 1964

Civil War Vet Gets New Stone

"Three cousins revisited the Lamar County grave of a Civil War veteran - Union Sgt. John Stakely - on Saturday and laid a new tombstone in his memory.

Sgt. Stakely, who was with the 11th Missouri Cavalry (Union), died of Bright's Disease1 at High in Lamar County on December 21, 1896, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery 12 miles west of Paris.

The cousins who returned Saturday to place his new bronze headstone were Hope Calwell of Paris, Ted Jackson Satcher of Alamogordo, N. M., and Tom Wood of Wichita Falls. The bronze marker was set in a limestone base.

John Stakely was born on Sept. 11, 1841, in Hawkins County, Tenn. In 1857, he moved to Lawrence County, Mo., and joined the 11th Missouri Cavalry (Union) in December of 1862. He served most of the Civil War as a scout and ended his service in July, 1865, with the victorious North at New Orleans, La. He returned to Lawrence County, Mo., and moved to Texas in 1882.

The accompanying picture of John Stakely was made in November or December of 1864 when he was a Sergeant 7th Grade."

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Transcribed by Todd Reeves, 2000
Note: Sgt. John Stakely's father was George Stakely. George was born and raised in Hawkins Co., TN, along with nine other siblings. It appears most, if not all, of the family eventually moved to Monroe County, TN, except for George, who took his family to Missouri.
1. Webster's: "Any of several kidney diseases marked especially by albumin in the urine."
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