KEEPER of the FLAME

is for our family members who were military men and women, who died for their country.

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Death is never sweet, not even if it is suffered for the highest ideals. erich fromm 1941

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Zachariah Blackledge
b 1830, Jones CO. Ms. 
War Between the States,
private CO. E, Waul's Texas Legion, Leon Co, Texas
d 6 Oct. 1862 Vicksburg, MS.
Seige of Vicksburg
buried; Cedar Ridge Cem.
common grave #219, Vicksburg, MS                        
braswell & Sarah Buie Overstreet,  grandson

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Henry King HOUSTON b. 1829 d. 6 May 1862
CSA 43rd MS Infantry Co K
son of Nancy Overstreet Houston, and husband of Adeline Virginia Overstreet.

Eugene "Dock" HOUSTON b. 1832   d. October 1862
CSA Ms Infantry Killed, Battle of Corinth
son of Nancy Overstreet Houston

William A. HOUSTON b 1838 d. Oct 1862
CSA Ms Infantry Killed, Battle of Corinth
son of Nancy Overstreet HOUSTON

James J HOUSTON b 9 Jan 1839 Killed Civil War
CSA Ms Packer's Co (Pope Guards) Capt./ 5th Ms Infantry, Sgt.
son of Nancy Overstreet HOUSTON

Nancy (Overstreet) Houston's 5 sons went to war for the south. Only one came home.

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George H. Overstreet, Pvt. 

Co. E 38 Al d. 17 July 1864

died during the war between the states

Charles E. Overstreet

Rock Island County Korean War

killed in action on 8 January 1953

Jacob Overstreet
Co A 31 GA Regt CSA, enlisted 12/8/1861
killed at Coals Harbor, VA 6/27/1862
son of Moses & Elizabeth Carter OVERSTREET

James Overstreet, Pvt.
Co. F. 34 VA 6 June 1864

James Overstreet of Mississippi
The Clarion Ledger, Jackson MS, published a list of soldiers
that died in Rock Island, Illinois Included on the list as #114 

James Overstreet, Sr..
Born 1750 NC
Killed 1782 in Rev. War
5th Great-grandfather Ed. Overstreet
5th Great-grandfather Nancy Nilsen

Jeramiah Overstreet, Pvt
Co. C 28 VA 23 June 1863

J M Overstreet, Pvt.
Co. F 34 VA 6 June 1865

Major John Ellis Overstreet,
b 1906 Ft. Worth, TX.
World War II      
Wing Commander, March AFB, Riverside, CA.
B-26 Pilot, plane sabotaged over Calif. 1943
Susan Buckley,  uncle



Capt. John Robin Overstreet,
b 1920 Ft. Worth, TX World War II  US Cavalry, Ft. Sill, OK.
training mules for duty in Italy
d 1945 Bulbar polio.  Ft. Sill, OK.
Susan Buckley,  uncle

John R. Overstreet of Newton Co. MS, 

A Pvt. in Capt. Daniels Co. apparently convalescent, after an attack of small pox at Matamoras,  a slight exposure, however, brought on by typhoid fever, which  generally follows the small pox. He died at the residence of  Mr. Johnson, on Tuesday.

Joseph Overstreet Stagg Jr., 
b 1922 Danville, KY.
World War II
U.S. Army Air Corp.
Shot down over Burma, 1944
Anne Meadows,   uncle

L Overstreet, Pvt. 

Co. D. 24 SC Infantry d. 5 March 1865

 died during the War between the States

S.F.Overstreet listed as Franklin S. Pvt
Co. A 31 GA Regt CSA, enlisted 12/8/1861.
Wounded and captured at Richmond, VA 6/29/1862,
died in field hospital 6/1862.
son of Moses & Elizabeth Carter OVERSTREET

Thomas Jefferson Overstreet
Abt 1844
Jasper County, Mississippi
War between the States, private
16th Regt. MS. Infantry, Co. F Jasper Grays
d 27 June 1862
Elizabeth  Ratcliff  wife
Madison & Margaret Overstreet,   son

Walter Hubert Overstreet
b 4 NOV 1916
Thaxton, Bedford County, Virginia
World War II, m/sgt
m/sgt., 42nd Engineer Combat Battalion
served Aleutian Islands, Philippine
d 10 Dec 1987
Brenda Overstreet,  father 

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