| BETTIS, IRVIN H., (?"Spy") (Buried:
Plot 3: Evergreen Cemetery, Orange, Texas), Born: 1833. Deceased: 1908.
Enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America in June of 1862,
and served "Honorably" as a "Private" in "Special
Service Marines", C.S.A. He was at His time of enlistment a
resident of St. Louis, Missouri. He was discharged from said service by parole
from Federal Prison in May of 1865. He spend most of His service to the
Confederate States behind Federal lines!
(Information obtained
from "Southern Cross of Honor" application…His writing). Wife: Anna E. Bettis, (Buried: Plot 3: Evergreen Cemetery, Orange, Texas), Born: 1836. Died 1912.
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