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Ambrose H “Sevier” Fortenberry

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Ambrose H “Sevier” Fortenberry

Birth
Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA
Death
30 Oct 1868 (aged 39)
Denton County, Texas, USA
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Denton County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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In the 1850s, A. H. (Sevier) Fortenberry and his second wife Jane (Odell) moved from Arkansas to the wilderness then existing in this section of Texas. Living as a farmer and stock raiser, Fortenberry joined neighbors in warding off Indian raids which endangered the settlements. On October 30, 1868, at a site 3/4 of a mile northwest of this marker, he was intercepted and killed by Indians while trying to join a defensive posse. He was buried in the Pollard Cemetery, Denton County. It is thought that he was the last fatality in the Indian Wars in this vicinity. (1977)

Sevier H. FORTENBERRY-22 (1829- )
1st sp-Unknown CRAVENS-154 ( - )
first child Elizabeth FORTENBERRY-318 (1849- ) Lawrence Co. Arkansas
second child Amanda FORTENBERRY-319 (1851- )Lawrence Co. Arkansas (sp-Samuel K. GIBSON-320 ( - )
2nd sp-Jane ODELL-155 ( - )
1st child Lucy A. FORTENBERRY-321 (1855-1940) Denton Co. Texas (sp-James M. WAIDE-322 ( - ).
In the 1850s, A. H. (Sevier) Fortenberry and his second wife Jane (Odell) moved from Arkansas to the wilderness then existing in this section of Texas. Living as a farmer and stock raiser, Fortenberry joined neighbors in warding off Indian raids which endangered the settlements. On October 30, 1868, at a site 3/4 of a mile northwest of this marker, he was intercepted and killed by Indians while trying to join a defensive posse. He was buried in the Pollard Cemetery, Denton County. It is thought that he was the last fatality in the Indian Wars in this vicinity. (1977)

Sevier H. FORTENBERRY-22 (1829- )
1st sp-Unknown CRAVENS-154 ( - )
first child Elizabeth FORTENBERRY-318 (1849- ) Lawrence Co. Arkansas
second child Amanda FORTENBERRY-319 (1851- )Lawrence Co. Arkansas (sp-Samuel K. GIBSON-320 ( - )
2nd sp-Jane ODELL-155 ( - )
1st child Lucy A. FORTENBERRY-321 (1855-1940) Denton Co. Texas (sp-James M. WAIDE-322 ( - ).

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