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Submitted: 1/14/14 • Approved: 8/26/15 • Last Updated: 4/17/18 • R745997-G745996-S3
Benjamin
LIEUTENANT
Company B
2nd Regiment Missouri Mounted Vol
Captain Dent's DeKalb Rangers
Mexican American War* Killed In Action
Mar. 21, 1818 Montgomery Co Maryland
Dec. 28, 1846 Santa Fe Co New Mexico
Eldest son of George Lynn Lackland and Elzy Edwards
George
LIEUTNANT
Company D
2nd Regiment Missouri Mounted Vol
Captain S. H. McMillin's company
Mexican American War Died from illness while in service
May 21, 1827 Rutherford Co Tennessee
Feb. 15, 1847 Santa Fe Co New Mexico
Son of George Lynn Lackland and Elzy Edwards
Photo(s) Contributed by David M Habben DHabben@aol.com
*While skirmishing, a party of St. Louis county boys, including Quisenberry and a member of the Lackland family, fell into the hands of Mexican guerrillas. After being tortured, Quisenberry and Lackland were burned at the stake before the eyes of their horrified companions. A relieving party beat off the guerrillas before they had time to add more victims to their sacrifice. The ashes of the murdered Americans were brought back to their St. Louis county homes. The older generation of residents in the county still remember the impressive funeral."
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch; 02 Apr 1900)
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