St. Louis Republic, St. Louis, Missouri, May 20, 1902

LIST OF SURVIVORS IN PARSONS' BRIGADE

Fifty-One Ex-Confederates at a Reunion Formed Organization to Preserve War Relics

Neosho, Mo. May 19 - Fifty-one surviving ex-Confederate soldiers of the Sixteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Parsons' Brigade, were present at the reunion at Dallas, Tex., and opposite their names are set their company and present address:

Sam T. Cooper. Company A, Lackey, Tex.
G. P. Henley, Company B, Paris, Tex.
Jasper Weir, Company B, Dallas, Tex.
A. T. Weir, Company B, Ash Grove, Mo.
J. O. Keeney, Company B
W. B. Hindman, Company B, Mount Vernon, Tex.
J. B. Porter, Company C, Terrell, Tex.
W. C. Robbins, Company C, Temple, Tex.
Mack Wilson, Company C, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
John R. Wilson, Company C, Pleasant Hill, Mo.
D. M. Patterson, Company C, detailed to sharpshooters.
J. A. Burcham, Company C, Paris, Tex.
J. R. Burcham, Company C, Paris Tex.
W. H. Smith, Company C, Wichita Falls, Tex.
W. M. McCarty, Company D, Tussey, I. T.
Asa McZonnis, Company D, Borekins, Tx.
D. P. Weems, First Lieutenant, Company E, Neosho, Mo.
G M. Powers, Company E, Wapaneuka, I. T.
Frank C Braidy, Company E, Checota, I. T.
L. O. Wilson, Company K, Waxahachie, Tex.
Frank I. Wilson, Company K, Waxahachie, Tex.
C. C. Wilson, Company B, Waxahachie, Tex.
John A. Briley, Companv C, Lamasco, Tex.
R. T. Mitchell, Jr., Second Lieutenant, Company K, Moreland, Tex
Arch Mitchell, Company E, Moreland, Tex.
J. M. Lowery, Company F, Johnson County, Missouri.
L. H. Dudley, Company F, Dallas, Tex.
J. A. Yanku. Company F, Cass County, Missouri
J. J. Hiser, Company F, Arcadia, La.
W. F. Williams, Companv G, Aurora, Mo.
X. H. Pamell, Company G, Bills, Ark.
W. W. McNutt, Company G, Arlington, Tex.
J. A. Mitchell, Companv G, Balm, Tex.
L. Fizer. Company G, Morrell, Tex.
N. C. Pharris, Company G, Morrell, Tex.
J. W. Scott, Companv G
J. L. Williams, Company G, Dallas, Tex.
P. McGee, Captain, Companv H, Springlaw, Ga.
R. C. Thompson, Lieutenant, Company H, Tulip, Tex.
G. L. Crlttendon, Company H, Bonham, Tex.
Jasper Weir, Companv H, Fulp, Tex.
W. H. Sellers, Company H, Joshua, Tex.
B. F. Millican, Company H, Gropive, Tex.
F. M. Millican, Company H, Gropive, Tex.
H. W. Caldwell, Company I, Bosque County, Tex.
Henry Wickersham, Company I, Cooper, Tex.
J. C. Holiday, Company I, Kingston, Tex.
S. F. Vaughn, Company I, Jonesvllle, Tex.
F. M. Knox, Company K, Whitney, Tex.
L. M. Williams, Company K, Springfield, Mo
Vard Cockrell, the first Colonel commanding the Sixteenth before dismounted. Abilene, Tex.

Colonel P. W. H. Cummings, in command of the Sixteenth Missouri Volunteer Infantry when the regiment surrendered at Shreveport, La., on June 7, 1865, is dead, and the Colonel’s two daughters were present with the old battle flag and the Colonel's sash, which he had preserved for many years. An organization was effected to take charge of these relics and to keep the members of the old regiment in closer touch with each other. Lieutenant D. P. Weems of Company E, who was Adjutant of the regiment, presented the old battle flags.