. A little background. He was born in New Salem, Illinois, where his father and Abe Lincoln were friends. By 1860 he was in Smith County, and enlisted in the 22nd Texas Infantry. He was subsequently detailed to work as a gunsmith at the Little Rock Arsenal, and when it was closed, was transferred to the new Tyler Texas Ordnance Works. In November 1863 when the first large group of prisoners arrived at Camp Ford, until a stockade was built, armory workers were sent to guard the prisoners by day, while the militia guards were doubled at night. Clary was possibly one of the few, if not only CS soldiers who could lay claim that he had been bounced on Abe Lincoln's knee when he was a baby.
Submitted by Randy Gilbert. Tyler
. A little background. He was born in New Salem, Illinois, where his father and Abe Lincoln were friends. By 1860 he was in Smith County, and enlisted in the 22nd Texas Infantry. He was subsequently detailed to work as a gunsmith at the Little Rock Arsenal, and when it was closed, was transferred to the new Tyler Texas Ordnance Works. In November 1863 when the first large group of prisoners arrived at Camp Ford, until a stockade was built, armory workers were sent to guard the prisoners by day, while the militia guards were doubled at night. Clary was possibly one of the few, if not only CS soldiers who could lay claim that he had been bounced on Abe Lincoln's knee when he was a baby.
Submitted by Randy Gilbert. Tyler
Inscription
PVT - 22 TEXAS INF CSA
Family Members
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Mary Ann "Polly" Clary Hays
1820–1864
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Phalby Clary Daily Sinclair Laymance
1822–1914
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John Armstrong Clary
1825–1906
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Enoch Barnett Clary
1828–1900
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William Jackson Clary
1832–1889
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George Washington Clary
1834–1877
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Pvt Joseph M. Clary
1836–1862
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Martin Van Buren Clary
1840–1874
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Jasper Newton Clary
1843–1914
