Individual Details

Probably Luke:
1850 Census. Lafayette, Ouachita Co, AR, Hh 118
Luke W. Wesson, 44, Carpenter, b. VA
Marietta, 20, b. VA
Lucy, 9, b. AR
Edward 6, b. AR

Arkansas Confederate Veteran Records
Arkansas History Commission
Biographical Memoranda
Troy, AR, 22 Jan 1912
Edward Henry Wesson, of Stephens, AR, born 3 Sept 1844 in Ouachita Co, AR. Father - Luke Wesson of Tennessee. Mother - Ann Mosely (?).
Moved to Ark. about or in the year 1840. Occupation was millwright, died in the year 1869.
Commenced Farming after the war in 1865.
High private in the rear ranks.
Supplement
Com G, 1th Arkansas regulars. Enlisted Sulphur Springs, Ouachita Co. Under Capt. F. T. Scott. Served 2 1/2 years.
Company engaged in the following battles: Port Hudson, Killers Lane, Big Black, Miss., Jackson, La., Clinton, Miss., Red Wood Bridge.
Married Bennavista Rhodes daughter of David & Emily Rhodes, 9 Nov 1869.
[Last page gives experiences while in service in great detail)

Birth

1806

Father	Edward Wesson (1785 - 1840)
Mother	Jane "Jincy" Williams (1785 - 1850)
Sibling	Lewis G. Wesson (1808 - )
Sibling	William Tucker Wesson (1810 - 1886)
Sibling	Mary Ann Wesson (1811 - )
Sibling	Edward L. Wesson (1814 - 1823)
Sibling	Benjamin W. Wesson (1816 - )
Sibling	James C. Wesson (1818 - 1827)
Sibling	John A. Wesson (1820 - )