James Monroe Deskins, Sr.
born 22 Nov 1824 Alabama
died 27 Sept 1897 Athens, Henderson, TX
married ca. 1845 Leake Co., MS
Matilda Ann Peoples
born 01 Nov 1827 Pickens Co., SC
died 20 Oct 1897 near Athens, Henderson, TX
both buried Merdith Camp Ground, Henderson Co., TX
Civil War: 1st Battalion Mississippi State Troops (Infantry) 1862-63; Private, Company A - "Cumberland Guards", 33rd Mississippi Infantry Regiment of Confederate Troops from Neshoba Co., MS; wounded at Peachtree Creek, GA 20 Jul 1864.
Sources: 1830 census Walker Co., AL; 1840 census Choctaw Co., MS; 1850 census Choctaw Co., MS as James W. Duscan; 1853 and 1866 State censuses Leake Co., MS; 1860 census Carthage, Leake Co., MS as James M. Deskins; not found in 1870 census, but death of son indicates they were in Yazoo Co., MS in 1872; 1880 census Rusk Co., TX as J. M. Deskins; Federal land patent Leake Co., MS 1859.
Ten children (data if needed)
His father: John Greenberry Deskins (Smith, John)
born 21 Feb 1799 Tazewell Co., Virginia
died 05 Sept 1873 Yazoo, Yazoo Co., Mississippi
buried Spars Cem., Yazoo Co., Mississippi'