Lieutenant (CSA), Andrew Porter Pickle

Veteran. Andrew Porter Pickle served as Lieutenant in Company D, Flournoy's Regt., 16th Texas Cavalry, CSA.

For additional information on the 16th Texas Cavalry during the Civil War, please see URL below:

https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qks15

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Andrew Porter Pickle was a son of David Jones Pickle & Mary Porter. He was born on Wythe County, VA 4/1/1833 and died in Leander, TX on 1/7/1909.

Andrew grew up in Wythe County, VA and moved to Knoxville, TN where he worked as a carpenter. In 1854, he moved to Texas where he was employed as a carpenter building the old State Capitol building, that eventually burned down.

Andrew was the husband of Isabella Faubion (1845-1891). They married in 1862. They raised a large family of 13 living children.

Burial is in the Bagdad Cemetery, Leander, TX.

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15946342/andrew-porter-pickle