Richard Tallant was born 26 March 1839 in Cass County, Georgia (now Bartow County). His parents were James Tallant and Matilda Mitchell Tallant. He was a farmer, had the post office in his home at Welch, Arkansas (Bumble Bee community now) , where he also sold Bibles and books. When Richard was about ninteen years old the Civil War was brewing, and some of his relatives had left Cass County giving his father enough reason, so it seems, to leave Georgia. His first Arkansas home was in Pike County, in Brewer township where his Uncle John lived. They were there about four years or so before moving back into what was then Clark County. Later all of the neighborhood was in Montgomery County. His first cousin John Tallant, son of John Tallant, came along. There were also other first cousins--Elizabeth E. "Beckie" Whisenhunt, the Wassons, and David Tallant. There was also his Aunt Jane Fisher and other relatives. The Civil War was a near fatal act for Richard Tallant. In 1861 he was a private in the 4th Arkansas Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, Company C.. In June 1862 he was discharged at Priceville, Mississippi, due to illness. His record gives this physical discription: age twenty three - six feet, light complection, gray eyes, and red hair.
In 1863 he was back in the army as third lieutenant in Wetherspoon's Battery, Arkansas Cavalry. He was in the Pea Ridge (Elk Horn) battle.. Shortly after, he was captured and taken to prison. Records show that he was taken from one prison to another, St. Louis; Camp Chase, Ohio and on to Fort Delaware, Del. Near the end of the war his captors started sending him back by way of various prisons. He was to be exchanged.
The records stopped and the traditional story as told by Richards son Arthur, will end the story. It seems that Richard and a friend made a pact that if either should be taken prisoner the other would never stop until he found and rescued him. The friend located Richard, and he waited for darkness when all prisoners would be sleeping. He crawled among the sleeping men, almost getting caught several times, until he found Richard. Richard was too weak to crawl out with him, so the friend had to put him on his back and crawl out with him. It was then that a sentry almost caught them. It has been said that Richard was so thin when he got home from the prison experience, that one could reach around him with two hands! He had been given one potato each day as his total intake of food! History tells us that some prisoners did starve to death.
Richard was the church clerk where his first cousin, Hamilton Wasson was pastor, Bethel Missionary Baptist. His first wife (to be) was also a member. About a year before Richard married, he, along with others, including Rev. Wasson and Louisa Childers Hall, left the church and organized Mt. Pisgha Church located about six miles east of Glenwood on highway 70. On Dec 20 1865 Richard Tallant was married to Mrs. Louisa Childers Hall, at Mt. Pisgah Church by his cousin Hamilton L. Wasson. Her husband had been killed in the war. She had one little son, John W. Hall. She was born in 1841, a daughter of John and Frances Childers. She and Richard had four children, Martha Ann "Mattie", Robert E. Lee, Richard Stockton (Dick), and Frances Matilda.
After the death of his first wife, Richard met Cynthia E. Bevell, probably while selling books in the Hopper, Arkansas area. They were married 12 November 1879 and lived out their lives and raised all of Richards twelve children at Welch, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Richard and both of his wives are buried at Bethel Cemetery in Montgomery County near Glenwood, Arkansas. Three large red rocks mark the graves.
Update, in 2003 someone had a Civil War headstone placed on his grave. We don't know who but thank them very much for doing it.
Taken from the Montgomery County Book, written in part by Azalee Tallant Duke.
They were married by, H. L. Wasson, MG most likely at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, near Glenwood, Montgomery Co. Arkansas. Richard was a farmer, Post Master, sold Books and was of the Baptist belief. Information: Bible records, Census records, Civil War Records, and tradition. By Azalee Tallant Duke.
In 1863 he was back in the army as third lieutenant in Wetherspoon's Battery, Arkansas Cavalry. He was in the Pea Ridge (Elk Horn) battle.. Shortly after, he was captured and taken to prison. Records show that he was taken from one prison to another, St. Louis; Camp Chase, Ohio and on to Fort Delaware, Del. Near the end of the war his captors started sending him back by way of various prisons. He was to be exchanged.
The records stopped and the traditional story as told by Richards son Arthur, will end the story. It seems that Richard and a friend made a pact that if either should be taken prisoner the other would never stop until he found and rescued him. The friend located Richard, and he waited for darkness when all prisoners would be sleeping. He crawled among the sleeping men, almost getting caught several times, until he found Richard. Richard was too weak to crawl out with him, so the friend had to put him on his back and crawl out with him. It was then that a sentry almost caught them. It has been said that Richard was so thin when he got home from the prison experience, that one could reach around him with two hands! He had been given one potato each day as his total intake of food! History tells us that some prisoners did starve to death.
Richard was the church clerk where his first cousin, Hamilton Wasson was pastor, Bethel Missionary Baptist. His first wife (to be) was also a member. About a year before Richard married, he, along with others, including Rev. Wasson and Louisa Childers Hall, left the church and organized Mt. Pisgha Church located about six miles east of Glenwood on highway 70. On Dec 20 1865 Richard Tallant was married to Mrs. Louisa Childers Hall, at Mt. Pisgah Church by his cousin Hamilton L. Wasson. Her husband had been killed in the war. She had one little son, John W. Hall. She was born in 1841, a daughter of John and Frances Childers. She and Richard had four children, Martha Ann "Mattie", Robert E. Lee, Richard Stockton (Dick), and Frances Matilda.
After the death of his first wife, Richard met Cynthia E. Bevell, probably while selling books in the Hopper, Arkansas area. They were married 12 November 1879 and lived out their lives and raised all of Richards twelve children at Welch, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Richard and both of his wives are buried at Bethel Cemetery in Montgomery County near Glenwood, Arkansas. Three large red rocks mark the graves.
Update, in 2003 someone had a Civil War headstone placed on his grave. We don't know who but thank them very much for doing it.
Taken from the Montgomery County Book, written in part by Azalee Tallant Duke.
They were married by, H. L. Wasson, MG most likely at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, near Glenwood, Montgomery Co. Arkansas. Richard was a farmer, Post Master, sold Books and was of the Baptist belief. Information: Bible records, Census records, Civil War Records, and tradition. By Azalee Tallant Duke.
Richard Tallant was born 26 March 1839 in Cass County, Georgia (now Bartow County). His parents were James Tallant and Matilda Mitchell Tallant. He was a farmer, had the post office in his home at Welch, Arkansas (Bumble Bee community now) , where he also sold Bibles and books. When Richard was about ninteen years old the Civil War was brewing, and some of his relatives had left Cass County giving his father enough reason, so it seems, to leave Georgia. His first Arkansas home was in Pike County, in Brewer township where his Uncle John lived. They were there about four years or so before moving back into what was then Clark County. Later all of the neighborhood was in Montgomery County. His first cousin John Tallant, son of John Tallant, came along. There were also other first cousins--Elizabeth E. "Beckie" Whisenhunt, the Wassons, and David Tallant. There was also his Aunt Jane Fisher and other relatives. The Civil War was a near fatal act for Richard Tallant. In 1861 he was a private in the 4th Arkansas Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, Company C.. In June 1862 he was discharged at Priceville, Mississippi, due to illness. His record gives this physical discription: age twenty three - six feet, light complection, gray eyes, and red hair.
In 1863 he was back in the army as third lieutenant in Wetherspoon's Battery, Arkansas Cavalry. He was in the Pea Ridge (Elk Horn) battle.. Shortly after, he was captured and taken to prison. Records show that he was taken from one prison to another, St. Louis; Camp Chase, Ohio and on to Fort Delaware, Del. Near the end of the war his captors started sending him back by way of various prisons. He was to be exchanged.
The records stopped and the traditional story as told by Richards son Arthur, will end the story. It seems that Richard and a friend made a pact that if either should be taken prisoner the other would never stop until he found and rescued him. The friend located Richard, and he waited for darkness when all prisoners would be sleeping. He crawled among the sleeping men, almost getting caught several times, until he found Richard. Richard was too weak to crawl out with him, so the friend had to put him on his back and crawl out with him. It was then that a sentry almost caught them. It has been said that Richard was so thin when he got home from the prison experience, that one could reach around him with two hands! He had been given one potato each day as his total intake of food! History tells us that some prisoners did starve to death.
Richard was the church clerk where his first cousin, Hamilton Wasson was pastor, Bethel Missionary Baptist. His first wife (to be) was also a member. About a year before Richard married, he, along with others, including Rev. Wasson and Louisa Childers Hall, left the church and organized Mt. Pisgha Church located about six miles east of Glenwood on highway 70. On Dec 20 1865 Richard Tallant was married to Mrs. Louisa Childers Hall, at Mt. Pisgah Church by his cousin Hamilton L. Wasson. Her husband had been killed in the war. She had one little son, John W. Hall. She was born in 1841, a daughter of John and Frances Childers. She and Richard had four children, Martha Ann "Mattie", Robert E. Lee, Richard Stockton (Dick), and Frances Matilda.
After the death of his first wife, Richard met Cynthia E. Bevell, probably while selling books in the Hopper, Arkansas area. They were married 12 November 1879 and lived out their lives and raised all of Richards twelve children at Welch, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Richard and both of his wives are buried at Bethel Cemetery in Montgomery County near Glenwood, Arkansas. Three large red rocks mark the graves.
Update, in 2003 someone had a Civil War headstone placed on his grave. We don't know who but thank them very much for doing it.
Taken from the Montgomery County Book, written in part by Azalee Tallant Duke.
They were married by, H. L. Wasson, MG most likely at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, near Glenwood, Montgomery Co. Arkansas. Richard was a farmer, Post Master, sold Books and was of the Baptist belief. Information: Bible records, Census records, Civil War Records, and tradition. By Azalee Tallant Duke.
In 1863 he was back in the army as third lieutenant in Wetherspoon's Battery, Arkansas Cavalry. He was in the Pea Ridge (Elk Horn) battle.. Shortly after, he was captured and taken to prison. Records show that he was taken from one prison to another, St. Louis; Camp Chase, Ohio and on to Fort Delaware, Del. Near the end of the war his captors started sending him back by way of various prisons. He was to be exchanged.
The records stopped and the traditional story as told by Richards son Arthur, will end the story. It seems that Richard and a friend made a pact that if either should be taken prisoner the other would never stop until he found and rescued him. The friend located Richard, and he waited for darkness when all prisoners would be sleeping. He crawled among the sleeping men, almost getting caught several times, until he found Richard. Richard was too weak to crawl out with him, so the friend had to put him on his back and crawl out with him. It was then that a sentry almost caught them. It has been said that Richard was so thin when he got home from the prison experience, that one could reach around him with two hands! He had been given one potato each day as his total intake of food! History tells us that some prisoners did starve to death.
Richard was the church clerk where his first cousin, Hamilton Wasson was pastor, Bethel Missionary Baptist. His first wife (to be) was also a member. About a year before Richard married, he, along with others, including Rev. Wasson and Louisa Childers Hall, left the church and organized Mt. Pisgha Church located about six miles east of Glenwood on highway 70. On Dec 20 1865 Richard Tallant was married to Mrs. Louisa Childers Hall, at Mt. Pisgah Church by his cousin Hamilton L. Wasson. Her husband had been killed in the war. She had one little son, John W. Hall. She was born in 1841, a daughter of John and Frances Childers. She and Richard had four children, Martha Ann "Mattie", Robert E. Lee, Richard Stockton (Dick), and Frances Matilda.
After the death of his first wife, Richard met Cynthia E. Bevell, probably while selling books in the Hopper, Arkansas area. They were married 12 November 1879 and lived out their lives and raised all of Richards twelve children at Welch, Montgomery County, Arkansas. Richard and both of his wives are buried at Bethel Cemetery in Montgomery County near Glenwood, Arkansas. Three large red rocks mark the graves.
Update, in 2003 someone had a Civil War headstone placed on his grave. We don't know who but thank them very much for doing it.
Taken from the Montgomery County Book, written in part by Azalee Tallant Duke.
They were married by, H. L. Wasson, MG most likely at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, near Glenwood, Montgomery Co. Arkansas. Richard was a farmer, Post Master, sold Books and was of the Baptist belief. Information: Bible records, Census records, Civil War Records, and tradition. By Azalee Tallant Duke.
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