Frank Armstrong Rector
Born: January 1830
Birthplace: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Father: Colonel Wharton Rector Jr. 1800 – 1842
Mother: Elizabeth Ann “Betsey” Langham 1801 – 1859
Wife: Laura Caroline Nowland 1838 – 1902
Education:
1849 – 1850: Attended West Point Military Academy
Occupation before War:
Miner in Nevada County, California
Civil War Career:
1861: Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General to General Pearce
Volunteer Aide during the Battle of Wilson's Creek
1861 – 1862: Colonel of Rector's Arkansas Infantry Regiment
1862: Resigned as Colonel due to bad health
1862 – 1865: Major & Quartermaster in Indian Territory
Occupation after War:
Clerk in Fort Smith, Arkansas Store
Died: September 10, 1874
Place of Death: Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
Age at time of Death: 44 years old
Burial Place: Unknown Burial Place
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