Subject:
C. C. Hornbuckle/Johnson
Christopher Columbus Hornbuckle
Whistler Cemetery, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Located between N. MacArthur and N. Meridian on N. W. 206th St.(Covell in Edmond)
Tombstone lists him as C. C. Hornbuckle-Johnson 1-22-1840 - 11-28-1927, CSA.
This is a modern military marker put there in 1998 by a grandson. The early marker was
gone and the grave was not marked, but a photo was located of the original stone.
Transcription of Obituary - "The Edmond Sun" 6 Oct 1927:
Christopher Columbus Hornbuckle was born in Alabama, Jan. 22, 1840 and passed this
life at the home of his daughter Anna Larkin, Sept. 28, 1927 age 87 yrs, 8 mo, 6 days.
He was married in 1897 to Nancy Luper (sic. Looper). To this union were born 14
children, 10 of whom are still living.
Mary Pace, Okla City; Ava Bruce, Salt Springs, OK; Anna Larkin, Edmond; Joe Johnston
Hornbuckle, Bill Hornbuckle, Okla City; Sallie Hinesley of Long Beach, Calif.; Owen
Hornsbuckle, Britton; Alice Roberts of Amarillo, Texas; D. G. Hornbuckle, St. Louis, Mo.;
and Preston Hornbuckle, Amarillo, Texas.
The wife of the deceased passed away four years ago..
Mr. Hornbuckle has since the death of his wife has made his home with relatives.
During the war between the states he wore the uniform of the confederacy.
Funeral services were conducted at the home, 14 miles north west of Edmond, by Rev.
J. Wesley Runyan. Burial in Hopewell Cem.
He married and had a family of five that went by the name Hornbuckle. In about
1879 he changed his name to Johnson for unknown reasons. He
married again and had a family of fourteen that all went by the name Johnson.
When he was old, could no longer work and needed his Civil War Pension, he went back to
using the name Hornbuckle. The daughter that he lived with at the time of his death
used the name Hornbuckle for all the Johnson sons in the obituary to avoid explanation.
She was the only one of his children to know where he was at the time of his death.
Abstract of Oklahoma Confederate pension application; Application 4414 pg 11
10 Dec 1920 - C. C. Hornbuckle, address Stock Yards Station, Oklahoma City, OK , resident
of Oklahoma City 6 years, born in Madison Co., AL, health "fair for my age",
used to be a farmer, indigent, names of witnesses of residency, J.P. Bash and Belle Bash,
granted by R. A. Sneed, Commissioner.
War record; Cavalry, enlisted October 2,1861 at Camp Reeves near Gainesville, Texas,
discharged 1865 at Charlotte NC, Co. B, 11th Texas Cavalry, Wheeler's Corps., Officers,
1st Col. Bill Young, 2nd Col. Burke (killed in Atlanta), Capt. M. C. Twitty, Wounded in
leg at Battle of Murfreesboro, a Teamster.
The 11 Texas Cavalry was one of the most heavily engaged units in the War. They fought
from Pea Ridge in Arkansas all the way to the March on Atlanta. Of over 500 men who joined
only 50 returned at the end of the War. He was one of those 50.
Please use any of this information you can. I am his Great grandaughter.
Thank you for helping us honor our forbears.