Newton Fletcher Chalk

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Marriage: Newton Fletcher Chalk married Mary F. Bundy, daughter of James Bundy and Rebecca Collier. She was born in Tennessee. There is an article in Van Zandt County history book about James Bundy on page 163.≤/line>≤line />≤line>Newton Fletcher Chalk served during the Civil War as confederate. Was member of the 15th Texas Cavalry. Joined as Private. Rank at death was Sergeant. He died in the P.O.W. camp, St. Louis, Missouri. He is buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.≤/line>≤line />≤line />≤line>1850 Census Lewis Co., TN, Civil Dist. #1, 18 Sep, p. 407:≤/line>≤line />≤line>Fletcher Chalk, 19, farmer, b: TN
(living with father William Chalk, 59, and brother Matthew M., 37 and his brothers and sisters)≤/line>≤line />≤line />≤line>They are on 1860 census of Van Zandt County, Sabine, p. 50 with N. F.
Chalk, age 29, Mary F., age 26, and Brownlow, age 1 (male) born in Texas.≤/line>≤line />≤line>1880 census Van Zandt Co., TX, p. 113, lists Brownlow as age 21.≤/line>≤line />≤line />≤line>Newton served in Captain James E. Moore's Company (Company One) of the 15th Texas Cavalry. His military records show different dates of enlistment. Some show Newton joining for duty and enrolling on April 24, 1862, at Van Zandt. Other records note that Newton enlisted on March 29, 1862, at Canton, TX. Newton was 31 years old when he enlisted.≤/line>≤line />≤line>He was captured at Ft. Hindman, Arkansas Post, AR on Jan 11, 1863. He died twenty days later while a prisoner of war at the Hickory Street General Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Newton had been admitted to the hospital on January 26. He died from chronic diarrhea.