★★★ Oatis, Martin Augustus

Martin Augustus Oatis

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Born: April 2, 1833

Birthplace: Mississippi

Father: John Henry Oatis 1795 – 1863
(Buried: Oatis Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi)​

Mother: Mary William Buckley 1795 – 1886
(Buried: Oatis Cemetery, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi)​

1st Wife: Helen L. Teunisson 1837 – 1864
(Buried: Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi)​

2nd Wife: Nancy Rozaner Hooker 1835 – 1928
(Buried: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Texas)​

Children:

George Stanley Oatis 1860 – 1860​
(Buried: Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi)​
Marion May Oatis 1861 – 1900​
(Buried: Monticello City Cemetery, Monticello, Mississippi)​

Education:

Graduated from University of Mississippi (Honor graduate)​
Graduated from Cumberland University Law School​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Brookhaven, Mississippi​
Moved to Cleburne, Texas just before the War​

Civil War Career:

1861: 1st Lt. Company A, 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1861 – 1864: Captain, Company A, 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​
1862: Wounded at the Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana​
1864 – 1865: Major of 22nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment​
1864: Wounded at the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia​
1864: Commander of 22nd Mississippi Infantry at Battle of Nashville​
1865: Commander of Featherston’s Brigade at Battle of Bentonville​
1865: Colonel of 22nd Mississippi Consolidated Infantry Regiment​
1865: Paroled at Greensboro, North Carolina on May 1st

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1870: Attorney in Brookhaven, Mississippi​
Attorney in Cleburne, Texas​
Probate Court Judge in Cleburne, Texas​

Died: January 26, 1895

Place of Death: Cleburne, Texas

Age at time of Death: 61 years old

Burial Place: Cleburne Memorial Cemetery, Cleburne, Texas
 
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