Mount Vernon, TX, United States
Capt. F. Marion Hastings. (Nov. 17, 1823 - April 25, 1905) Confederate veteran. Enlisting in 1861, Dade County, Mo., served under Generals Sterling Price, Joseph O. Shelby, J. S. Marmaduke, in raids in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Surrendered June 13, 1865, at Shreveport. Moved to Texas in Octo
ber 1865. Was a Franklin County commissioner, 1877-1881; county judge, 1886-1890. He married Harriet J. Irby of Yalobusha County, Mississippi. They had six children. (1970) #9845
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