He was conservate and deliberate, carefully considering the consequences of an act, always keeping his temper well under control. She was quick to speak and act, but without rashness, displaying great energy and preservance in all her affairs. She was interesting and fluent in conversation and inspired in her children a love for reading and study.

This brief account furnishes but a faint idea of the exalted esteem and affection, which I cherish for my sainted parents.

RUFUS D., son of William E. and Ellen (Johnson) Hearne, born Sumner Co., Tenn., Mar. 20, 1842. He resides at Arkadelphia, Ark., having moved here Oct., 1859, while he was quite young. He received a fair English education in his native State and continued to study and teach after his removal to Ark., until June, 1861, when he enlisted as a soldier in the Clark Co. Light Artillery. He served in the cavalry east of the Mississippi River until the final surrender, and was paroled at Washington, Georgia, Apr. 1865. His battery and a brigade of cavalry were with Jeff Davis at the time of his surrender, they having been selected to escort him and his family from Greensboro, North Carolina, to Augusta. During this march the President, Mrs. Davis, and the 'Baby,' who has since grown to be the fair and lovely Winnie Davis, were the constant care and protection of this command. Just before arriving at Washington, the remaining coin in the Confederate treasury, which has been fabulously estimated in the millions, was divided among the soldiers, Hearne's company receiving $13 each in Mexican silver. There was no "gold reserve" to maintain its value, but it was acceptable and served well the purposes of these soldiers, whose only possessions were their ragged uniforms and as glorious a military record as the world has ever produced.

He was engaged in the great battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain, Fort Donaldson, and Chickamauga, besides many other hard-fought ones, though of less importance. His battery was actively engaged under Joe Wheeler, Wade Hampton, and Forest, which embraced active service in every Southern State save Louisiana and Texas. He was taken prisoner in a cavalry engagement at Shelbyville, Tenn., in the

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