Historical Marker
Capt. F. Marion Hastings
Historical marker location:
Mt. Vernon, Texas
( take SH 37 about 5 mi. south to FM 900, go west about 2 mi. to CR 3170, go south to Pleasant Hill Cemetery)
Marker installed: 1970
(Nov. 17, 1823 - April 25, 1905)
Confederate veteran. Enlisting in 1861, Dade County, Mo., served under Generals Sterling Price, Joseph O. Shelby, J. S. Marmaduke, in raids in Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Surrendered June 13, 1865, at Shreveport. Moved to Texas in October 1865. Was a Franklin County commissioner, 1877-1881; county judge, 1886-1890.
He married Harriet J. Irby of Yalobusha County, Mississippi. They had six children. (1970).