William Read Scurry
Birthplace: Gallatin, Tennessee
Father: Thomas J. Scurry
Mother: Catherine Bledsoe Scurry
Wife: Janette B. Sutton Scurry 1829 – 1886
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Children (7):
Clara Scurry Rector 1852 – 1907
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Occupation before War:
District Attorney for San Augustine Texas
1842: Aide – de – camp to Thomas Jefferson Rusk
1844 – 1845: Representative for the Republic of Texas
Served in the Mexican War rising to the rank of Major
Attorney in Clinton, Texas
Owner and Editor of Austin State Gazette Newspaper
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention
Participated in the Confederate Invasion of New Mexico Territory
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 4th Texas Cavalry Regiment
1862: Colonel of 4th Texas Cavalry Regiment
1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Battles of Mansfield & Pleasant Hill
1864: Mortally Wounded in the leg during the Battle of Jenkins Ferry
Died: April 30, 1864
Place of Death: Grant County, Arkansas
Age at time of Death: 43 years old
Burial Place: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
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