| Name |
John Kaylor Booton |
| Unit of Confederate Service |
Dixie Artillery |
| Birth |
19 Aug 1823, VA |
| Death |
19 Dec 1903, Va. |
| Burial |
Green Hill Cemetery, Luray, Va. |
| Occupation |
Inventor/preacher |
| Father |
Ambrose Crittendon Booton |
| Mother |
Elizabeth Fry |
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| Misc. Notes |
RESIDENCES: A resident of Luray in 1850/1860/1870, Page Co., Va.
RECORD OF SERVICE: Enlisted 02 Jun 1861 and appointed as captain and company commander of the Dixie Artillery. Resigned Oct 1861 to serve in the
Virginia State Legislature. He was also put in charge of the harness-making industry in Page County until the end of the war.
POSTWAR INFORMATION: Ordained as a Primitive Baptist Minister 4 May 1870.
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| Spouses |
| 1 |
Emily Heiskell Lauck |
| Marriage Date & Place |
23 Feb 1862, Page Co., Va. |
| Birth |
07 May 1834 |
| Death |
04 Jun 1913 |
| Burial |
Green Hill Cem., Luray, Va. |
| Father |
William Cunningham |
| Mother |
Eliza Jane Sours |
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| Misc. Notes |
See the Virginia Regimental Histories Series book The Danville, New Market Eighth Star and Dixie Artillery by Robert H. Moore, II for more information about the unit history.
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