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Calvin Houston Felkner (b. March 10, 1829, d. Bet. 1912 - 1913)

Calvin Houston Felkner (son of Henry Felkner and Mary Ann Wall)⁶ was born March 10, 1829 in Wilson County, Tennessee, and died Bet. 1912 - 1913 in Washita ,Oklahoma. He married Permelia Emaline Thompson on 1852 in Bedford County, Tennessee.

Notes for Calvin Houston Felkner:
Calvin enrolled in Perry County, Illinois September 11, 1862 as a Private in Murphy's Company D, 110th Regiment, Illinois Infantry Volunteers. He was promoted to Corporal. At the time of his enlistment he was five feet nine inches tall, had a dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair and was a farmer. He was discharged June 8, 1865 in Washington D.C. After his discharge, he lived in Ozark County, Missouri from 1867 to 1876, Dallas County, Texas from 1876 to 1903 and in Washita County, Oklahoma from 1903 until his death. At the time of his Pension Application, his address was Sentinel, Oklahoma. He served in ordinance as a Kanester.

In the 1881-82 Dallas County Directory, C. H. Felkner is shown in Cedar Hill, Texas listed under the following:
General Merchandise
Ginners
Farmers

Taken from the Dallas, Texas Directory, 1889-94
Caving H. Felkner, grocer, location: r south side, Exposition avenue near Fair Grounds, Dallas TX, 1889-1890
Calvin H. Felkner, groceries, 452 N. Harwood corner McKinney avenue and r. rear store, Dallas, TX 1891-1892
Calvin H. Felkner, groceries, 452 N. Harwood corner McKinney avenue and r. rear store, Dallas, TX 1893-1894

In the 1900 census, Calvin is living with daughter, Sarah and her husband, William Edward Derr.

More About Calvin Houston Felkner:
Census 1: October 04, 1850, 4th Civil District, Coffee County, TN.
Census 2: August 01, 1860, Marcy P. O., Franklin County, Illinois.
Census 3: July 08, 1870, Gainesville P.O., Ozark County, Missouri.
Census 4: June 13, 1880, Precinct 6, Dallas, Dallas County Texas.
Census 5: 1890, Veterans Schedule, ID# TX2823085.
Census 6: June 08, 1900, Ward 1, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
Military service: July 30, 2000, Civil War Muster Rolls: Company D, 110 Illinois Infantry, Rank Induction: Corporal, Rank Discharge: Private, Box #000539, Extraction # 0028, Record # 00002204; from ancestry.com.

More About Calvin Houston Felkner and Permelia Emaline Thompson:
Marriage: 1852, Bedford County, Tennessee.

Children of Calvin Houston Felkner and Permelia Emaline Thompson are:

+James Henry Felkner, b. August 05, 1853, Perry County, Illinois, d. 1936.
+William Franklin Felkner, b. March 10, 1856, Perry County, Illinois, d. February 27, 1931, Dallas County, Texas.
+Thomas Jefferson Felkner, b. April 14, 1859, Perry County, Illinois, d. date unknown.
+Rachel Elizabeth Felkner, b. January 27, 1862, Perry County, Illinois, d. June 12, 1948, Norman, Oklahoma.
+Sarah Jane Felkner, b. May 03, 1866, Perry County, Illinois, d. December 17, 1954, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.
+Rebecca Virginia Felkner, b. August 22, 1868, Ozark County, Missouri, d. April 1959, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
+Palo H. Felkner, b. April 16, 1871, Ozark County, Missouri, d. December 23, 1966, Dallas, Texas.
Viola Felkner, b. April 16, 1871, Ozark County, Missouri, d. 1947.