1839 Charles Pickett, son of Micajah and Rachel Pickett, was born on January 17 in Georgia. [1] [2]
1885 MC Pickett (age 71) and Rachel K (age 66) lived in Franklin County, Florida. MC was a lawyer. Charles (age 46) lived with them. [3] [4]
1909 Charles Pickett died on August 20 in Carrabelle, Franklin County, Florida. He was single. He was born on January 17, 1839 in Georgia to parents Micajah C. Pickett and Rachel C. Pickett. [5]
1909 Charles Pickett died on August 20 and was buried at Carrabelle Cemetery, Carrabelle, Franklin County, Florida. Charles Pickett was born on January 17, 1839. [6] [7]
Chas. Pickett Died At Carrabelle
Special to the Journal
Carrabelle, Aug. 23.--Charles Pickett, after a lingering illness, passed away about 2 o'clock yesterday. He was a true and tried Confederate soldier, always ready to do his duty when called. He was captured at the battle of the Wilderness and kept a prisoner until the end of the war. He was 70 years of age and never married. He is survived by three brothers, Capt. James Pickett, pilot on the bar, R. F. Pickett, a prosperous merchant of Carrabelle, and F. C. Pickett, dealer in real estate.
Source: The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.), 24 Aug. 1909. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
Page 3, Cols. 6 & 7
(obit by: Jean Booton)
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- CHARLES PICKETT. -
The death of Charles Pickett occurred on the 20th of August, 1909, at his home, in Carrabelle, Fla., at the age of seventy years.
He enlisted in Company B, Captain Waller, 8th Florida Infantry, and served in Virginia. He was captured in the Battle of the Wilderness and sent to Point Lookout, Md., from which prison he was transferred to Elmira, NY, and there confined until the end of the war.
During the Battle of the Wilderness, as the Confederates were forced to retreat, Comrade Pickett felt a heavy blow on the knapsack on his back which threw him into a hole where a tree had blown down and caused his capture. On arriving at the prison, he examined his knapsack, which contained a blanket and a few clothes, and found therein several bullets which evidently struck the knapsack hard enough to cause his fall.
He then returned to his home, at Apalachicola, Fla., and later removed to Carrabelle with his brother James, with whom he continued to make his home, as he never married.
Two brothers survive him.
Source: Confederate Veteran, 1909, p. 522.
(Thanks BigFrench for the bio.)
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[2] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[3] Florida State Census, 1885, [FamilySearchImage], [FamilySearchRecord].
[4] Florida State Census, 1867-1945, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[5] Florida Deaths, 1877-1939, [FamilySearchRecord].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial 127851902, [FindAGrave].
[7] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].