Martin Augustus Oatis
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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