James A. Bethune was born in Georgia in 1844. In the 1880 United States Census he and his wife and their two children (Narcissa and John H. Bethune), resided in Fauquier, Virginia, with his father and where he was a farmer. The Captain and his wife, Narcissa Garrett (born in 1872 in Louisiana), were married 26 March 1872 at Monroe, Ouachita Parrish, Louisiana.
During the Civil War he served as a Captain in Campbell's Independent Company, Georgia Siege Artillery.
BETHUNE, JAMES A
CAPT.CAMPBELL'S IND
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1923
- BURIED AT: SECTION 16 SITE 158-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
BETHUNE, NARCISSA G WIDOW OF JAMES A
- DATE OF DEATH: 11/19/1923
- BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE SITE 158-A
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