The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24

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for life from q wound received at Ger
|5mantown. He resi- gned / July 10, 1880.
His brother Robert was also in Col.
/ George Bayor.s regiment. So they were
|3all rebels, and very prou d OF the title,
las Is also your humble servant, having
been senior aid d to G en-. Albert Sidney
Johnston SO that being aids to rebel
generals runs in the family. S. ,5a
MY grandfather, Walker, married Jane
Bledsoe, at the Baylor homestead, New
| Market, Caroline county, and my father,
John Walker, was born there. The
! family went to Kentucky, and there q
| large family was reared. Hon. Jesse
! Bledsoe. Of Kentucky, was my grand
mothers brother.
Capt George Baylor. OF CharlestoWn.
Viva, has written q very interesting
book, .'FAom Bull Run to Bull Run" with
quite extended notice OF the Baylors,
, with. however, some errors In re t'rd to
my great grandfathcr's will,1 setd YOU
Il copy-a pretty history In itself Of old
lVirginians. %
Not to burden you with details, will
say my father, John Walker Baylor. mar
lrjed Sophie Mary Weidner, and mad issue,
| four sons; I
Walker, who went to West Point, and
| fought duel with Cadet Freeman. using
bnyonets, and punching more holes in
him than army regulation allowed. and
was dismissed. President jackson rein
suited him, saying he did not consider
! fighting was n serious objection to q
soldier. Walker, instead OF going back
AMI behaving himself. only shook his ne
|Instatement in the commandments facs
and left. General Jackson. when he
heard OF It, turned all the air blue around
tho White House. with an occasional
| straak OF brilliant red IA 80 sS3a8llta,
| Walker came homo to Natchez, Miss,
and went to Texas to Join IN the nght
lfor Independence Was member OF lIor-.
toms Videttes, with Fawnles command,
and being In advance, the Mexlcans cut
them Off from the main command. he
afterwards joined Patterson's company.
and was In tho battle OF San. Jaclnto.
and slightly wounded In the thigh Went
| to Ala bnma to his uncles. Judge Walker
Keith and r. u. B, Baylor, where, from
exposure at tho battle, fever set IN, and
| blood poison, resulting In death, 4J
| Henry Weidner WAS surgeon OF jack
Hays regiment OF Texas Rangers In the
| Mexican War; 1876; hut Mt the hattie Of
Monterey, as soon as the shooting ana
yelling began, no dropped saw and knife
and Joined In tho atorming party or
Bishops Palace, and after the fight re-
signed as surgeon, went back to Fayette
county, Texas, and raised % company Of
i rangers, and stayed at headquarters or
General Zack Taylor.
John Robert Baylor was appointed lieu
tenant colonel Of tho Second Texas
Mounted Rifles, John s. Ford (Old RIP,
colonel; Edwin Waller, major, Colonel
Baylor and Major Waller went to III pnso
with battalion, and did good service
which Ia Il matter OF history.
John r. organized q brigade after his
return to Texas. known AZ the Arizona
Rrignde. First Regiment. Peter IIarde-
man. colonies Second Regiment. George
1 Wytha Baylor colonel; Third REGIMENT
-- Phillips IA gallant young Vlr-
gilman, who came out with General Ma
gruder, and was killed In attack on
1 Donaldsvlle, la, $3.50. Unfortunately,
President Davis and General Bay
lor disagreed about the way to maze
q good Apache Indian, the General In
Stating "a dead Apache only was q good
indian Iic WAS deprived Of his rank
md ran for Congress- on the frontier
ana was elected and the President and
i my father were old friends, seryinH IN
the Seventh Infantry Az soon Ms my
brother explained tho conduct OF those
Aptches In Arizona md Texas he was
(. rcinstated, with authority 10 organize
! another brigade; but II WAS too late, and
only one company was organized, known
AZ The LaGles' Rangers, on account Of
this aid given by Galveston and Houston
ladies' IN equ'pplng the companyr Ths