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Submitted: 9/10/08 • Approved: 5/19/23 • Last Updated: 5/22/23 • R54639-G0-S3
CAPTAIN
Arkansas
Civil War Confederate
June 20, 1826 - February 14, 1908
*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, February 21, 1908
HAM, J.E. – Col. J.E. Ham, an old ex-Confederate soldier, 83 years of age, died Thursday night at his home at Fayetteville.. The remains were interred at Mount Comfort. (name corrected from Hamm by compiler)
*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Thursday, July 25, 1901
J.E. Ham of Fayetteville was favorably passed by the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for the sum of $100 per annum.
*Obituary
Fayetteville Democrat
Wednesday, February 20, 1908
Col. J.E. Hamm died last night at his residence in this city of the infirmities of old age. He as 83 and has been in declining health for more than two years. He was a gallant Confederate soldier and never lost interest in his comrades. The funeral will be held at Mt. Comfort tomorrow afternoon and interment will be in the cemetery at that place.
*Obituary (Pension)
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives
Jonathan E. Ham filed Veteran Application #1796 with the State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Board for a Confederate pension and was allowed August 6, 1895.
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Washington County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
Contributed on 9/10/08 by ashaw444
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