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The Anthony Republican

Thursday, September 27, 1928

Front Page Column 6 (Starts)

FRANCIS JOYNER.

CONFEDERATE VET.

Peacefully Passes Eventful Life
at the Ripe Age of Ninety-
Three Years

(Special From Bluff City)

Francis Marion Joyner, one of the very few surviving Confederate veterans, a most notable character, honored and beloved all over this southwest country, died at the home of his son in Wakita, Saturday morning, September, in the 94th year of his eventful life.  a Confederate soldier who was never known to feel nor to express a thought or word of malice even during the early reconstruction period. However, he did enjoy the occasional meetings with his southern comrades and attended the last national encampment of the Confederate veterans at Atlanta, Georgia, traveling to and from that city unattended.

A funeral service was held at Bluff City on Monday afternoon of this week at the Methodist church conducted by Rev. Terkins of the Wakita Methodist church and his remains were buried at the cemetery of that town with Masonic honors.

Francis Marion Joyner was born in North Carolina, August 5, 1835, (Continued to last page, this section)

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Francis Joyner

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and died at the home of his son Luther at Wakita, Okla., September 22, 1928, age 93 years 1 month and 17 days. When a small boy he moved with his father's, family to Taswell county, Virginia. In the year of 1859 or 1860 he emigrated with friends to Grundy county, Missouri, and in 1861 joined the Missouri state guard under General Price, Confederate service company H Third Missouri infantry, to the fall of Vicksburg in 1863. After this time companies 3 and 5 consolidated to the end of the war. He was with Johnson in front of Sherman through Georgia and was wounded in battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. He surrendered at Princeton, Virginia, 1865.

He was married to Catherine Dillow in Taswell county, Virginia, in 1865 and to this union four children were born. They are Dr. K. C. Joyner, Wakita, Okla.; Mrs. Jessie G. Fowler, Bolivar, Mo., and J. Ren Joner, Anthony, Kans