Pvt Obediah Mast Christian, (CSA)

Civil War Veteran Pvt Obed M Christian D Company, 36th Cavalry Texas, CSA

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Obediah Mast Christian (1822-1913) was the eldest child of Elijah Willis Christian & Drucilla Williford.

Known as Obed to family & "Obe" to others, Obed came to Texas in 1844. He had a store in New Braunfels before he settled in Denton Creek Texas.

He was a saddle maker.

He was married to Elizabeth Victoria Green (1842-1936) from Perry County Arkansas.

They built a residence about 400 or 500 yards westwardly from Thompsonville, and resided there until the Fall of 1867, when they moved to Denton Creek in Gonzales County, about 6 miles Northeast from Gonzales, on what is now known as the Gonzales-Waelder Highway, and also a part of the Old Spanish Trail from Houston to San Antonio.

They had 12 children.

William Willis Christian, died as infant
Martha Jane Christian (Wright)
Amanda Louellen Christian (Mangum)
Lucullus Forrest Christian
Laura West Christian (Martin)-Twin
Mary East Christian (Cobb)- Twin
Sarah Dulcinia Christian (Reese)
Hannah Elizabeth Christian (Phelps)
Elsie Lee Christian (Gardiner)
Lycurgus Claiburne Christian
Lybertus Green Christian
Bonnie Drucilla Christian (Gunn)

Burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Gonzales, Gonzales County, Texas.

Sources:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42930578/obediah-mason-christian

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/thirty-sixth-texas-cavalry

https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleU...