Felix Huston Robertson
Born: March 9, 1839
Birth Place: Washington on the Brazos, Texas
Father: Brigadier General Jerome Bonaparte Robertson 1815 – 1891
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Cummins 1816 – 1868
(Buried: Old Independence Cemetery, Independence, Texas)
Wife: Sarah Davis 1844 – 1889
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas)
Wife: Elizabeth “Lizzie” Dwyer 1869 – 1950
(Buried: Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Texas)
Children:
Julia Robertson Cleveland 1868 – 1951
(Buried: San Fernando Cemetery No. 3, San Antonio, Texas)
Felix Davis Robertson 1871 – 1941
(Buried: Sparkman Hillcrest Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas)
Sara H. Robertson Smith 1876 – 1965
(Buried: Oaklawn Cemetery, North Machester, Indiana)
Jerome H. B. Robertson 1893 – 1955
(Buried: Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Texas)
Education:
Attended Baylor University
1857 – 1861: Attended West Point Military Academy
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Confederate Army Artillery
1861: Participated in the Shelling of Fort Sumter Charleston, South Carolina
1861: Staff Officer on the Staff of Brig. General A. H. Gladden
1862: Captain in the Confederate Army Artillery
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
1862 – 1863: Participated in the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee
1862 – 1863: Major on Confederate Army Artillery
1862 – 1863: Commander of Artillery Reserve for Army of Tennessee
1863: Participated in the Battle of Chickamuga, Georgia
1864: Lt. Colonel of Confederate Horse Artillery under Joseph Wheeler
1864: Participated in the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864: Temporarily held rank of Brigadier General and Chief of Staff
1864: Participated in the First Battle of Saltville, Virginia
1864: Wounded in the elbow during Battle of Buck Head Creek, Georgia
1865: Confederate States Senate rejected promotion to Brigadier General
1865: Captured in Macon, Georgia on April 20th
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Waco, Texas
Real Estate Speculator in Texas
Railroad Investor in Texas
1902: Unsuccessful Candidate for Mayor of Waco, Texas
1911 – 1928: Commander of Waco United Confederate Veterans
1913: Texas Representative for Battle of Gettysburg Commission
Died: April 20, 1928
Place of Death: Waco, Texas
Age at time of Death: 89 years old
Cause of Death: Senility & Natural Causes
Burial Place: Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas
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