CPL - Co. H, 13th West Virginia Infantry - Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered out June 2, 1865.
NOTE: CAV inscribed on the tombstone is an error.
After the war he lived in Cabell County, WV, in 1890.
From Obituary:
JAMES P. ELKINS--Eighty six years old, a Civil War veteran, died early Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. P. Hanley, 827 Ninth Avenue, following a six months' illness. Surviving are three sons, John Elkins of Marland, Okla; M. W. Elkins an A. C. Elkins, of Huntington, and three daughters, Mrs. Nora Hanley, Mrs. Ada Powell and Mrs. Elsie Smith, all of Huntington.
-The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. VA., Saturday Morning, April 5, 1930
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&2447671
www.rootsweb.com/~wvcabell/military.html
CPL - Co. H, 13th West Virginia Infantry - Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered out June 2, 1865.
NOTE: CAV inscribed on the tombstone is an error.
After the war he lived in Cabell County, WV, in 1890.
From Obituary:
JAMES P. ELKINS--Eighty six years old, a Civil War veteran, died early Friday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. P. Hanley, 827 Ninth Avenue, following a six months' illness. Surviving are three sons, John Elkins of Marland, Okla; M. W. Elkins an A. C. Elkins, of Huntington, and three daughters, Mrs. Nora Hanley, Mrs. Ada Powell and Mrs. Elsie Smith, all of Huntington.
-The Herald-Dispatch, Huntington, W. VA., Saturday Morning, April 5, 1930
Sources: http://www.civilwardata.com/active/hdsquery.dll?SoldierHistory?U&2447671
www.rootsweb.com/~wvcabell/military.html
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