Confederate Veteran – June 1903

On February 19, 1903, the soul of Comrade A.G. Bobo passed into the land of peace, where he will again enjoy companionship with those noble sons of the South who have preceded him. A.G. Bobo was born in Floyd County, Ga., March 19, 1839. At the age of twenty-two, when the war began, he enlisted in the Confederacy with Company E of the Eighth Georgia Regiment of Infantry. This regiment was assigned to the Army of Virginia.

Comrade Bobo was wounded in the left hand at Gettysburg. He was also wounded in the right arm during the battle around Richmond. This maimed old hero was a conspicuous actor in the ranks of the chivalrous army of the South in the great war drama. At its close he returned to his desolated home in Georgia, but soon went to Montgomery County, Miss., and in 1867 married Miss Maggie Fair, the daughter of Richard Fair, a Mississippi planter, and in 1868 he, with his family, migrated to Hood County, Tex.

Comrade Bobo was an exemplary member of the Baptist Church, and was one of the charter members of Joe Wheeler Camp, No. 581, U.C.V., of Cresson, Tex., serving as first lieutenant since its organization. A widow, five daughters, and two sons survive him.

Andrew Green Bobo was born March 19, 1838 and died February 19, 1903. He was buried in Cresson Cemetery in Johnson County, Texas.

~ Web Page by Virginia Hale ~

Confederate Veteran – June 1903

2001 HOOD COUNTY TEXAS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY