James Manley Roden

Notes:

SOLDIER KILLED AT MOUNT ZION PIE SUPPER
Pvt. James Roden, 23, who was stationed at Greenville, N.C., was shot to death Tuesday night at a pie supper at the Mt. Zion commumity building. Bert Miller, 21, Valliant, has been placed under arrest and is being held in the county jail, as a result of the shootong, Clarence Lane, county sheriff, said this morning.
Miller said in an interview Wednesday morning, that the trouble arose, when Roden, who Miller says had been drinking, accused him of bullying a 13 year old boy.
He shot in self defense, he said, only after Roden had pulled out a white handle pocket knife. Investigations proved that three shots were fired with a .32 calibre pistol. One of the shots entered Roden's left cheek and ranged out the back of his head, the second entering his back at the left shoulder and coming out through his right breast and lodging in his shirt. The other shot was a complete miss.
Following the shooting, Miller went to the home of his brother-in-law, Bill Clark, and accompanied by his wife, eluded officers until sunrise, being found in Clark's barn by Ed Richardson, deputy, and Aud Penney, constable.
Roden, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Roden, southeast of Valliant, was home on a furlough and was to have left Wednesday. He had been in the army about six months.
He and Roden had an altercation little more than a year ago in which Roden had slashed his back with a knife, he said.
He added that Roden at that time had threatened his life.
The Broken Bow News
April 29, 1943

Fred married Mary Frances Banning on 30 Jun 1917 in Valliant, Oklahoma, USA. Mary (daughter of James C. Banning and Mary Elizabeth Spates) was born on 19 Jul 1897 in Arkansas, USA; died on 15 Oct 1968 in Paris, Texas, USA; was buried in Valliant Cemetery, Valliant, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Mary Frances Roden, 71, Valliant, died at 5:45 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the McCuistion Hospital in Paris, Tex.
Born July 19, 1897, in Arkansas, she had been a resident of the Valliant area for 50 years moving from Swink. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include one son, Harold of Ft. Smith, Ark.; one stepson, Lester H. of Valliant; three daughters, Mrs. Willie F. Segrest of Homestead, Ore., Mrs. Marie Osterdock of Valliant and Mrs. Lois Goodson of Midwest City; one brother, Alvin Thomas Banning of Burkburnett, Tex.; one sister, Mrs. Ida McCafferty of Burkburnett; eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18, in the Valliant Assembly of God church, with the Rev. Paul Medded officiating.
Arrangements and burial in the Valliant cemetery were under the direction of Norwood-Welch Funeral Home.
McCurtain Gazette
Thursday, October 25, 1968

Notes:

Family of James & Mary Banning moved from Arkansas to Washington in early 1900, between the time daughter Nora was born in Dec 1899 and the date of the US Census in 1900.

James married Mary Elizabeth Spates on 12 Jan 1886 in Hempstead County, Arkansas, USA. Mary was born on 18 Jan 1870 in Arkansas, USA; died on 8 Feb 1938 in Burkburnett, Texas, USA; was buried in Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery, Burkburnett, Wichita County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

James W. Banning
Side:Confederate
Regiment State/Origin:Georgia
Regiment Name:28 Georgia Infantry
Regiment Name Expanded:28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry
COMPANY: E
Rank In: First Lieutenant
Rank In Expanded: First Lieutenant
Rank Out: Captain

He served with Co. E, 29th Georgia Infantry, "Meriwether Invincibles," in the Confederate Army. He enlisted 10 Sep 1861 as a first lieutenant. He was promoted to captain on 15 Oct 1862. He served in Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina. He was commended for his "intrepid coolness, fighting in the ranks, gun in hand, and stimulating his men by his words and example," and was promoted to major (field) in 1864. He was elected Clerk of the Court of Ordinary in Meriwether County, Ga. in 1865. As clerk, he took three oaths of office between 1865 and 1873: one to the Confederate States of America, one to the state of Georgia and one to the United States government. He suffered from cirhosis of the liver.

"The Carroll County Times"
Carrollton, Carroll Co., Georgia

NEWSPAPER Issue of Friday, DECEMBER 3, 1880
NEIGHBORHOOD News

The Vindicator announces the death of Maj. James W. Banning of Meriwether
county.

James married Mary Ann Blalock on 1 May 1860 in Meriwether County, Georgia, USA. Mary (daughter of John S. Blalock and Elizabeth Emily Leverett) was born on 5 Nov 1839 in Georgia, USA; died on 14 Sep 1878 in Greenville, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BANNING, Mrs. Mollie, wife of Maj. J. W. Banning, died at her
residence in Greenville, Sept. 14th 1878; she was born Nov. 5th
1829 and married May 10th, 1850; she was a consistent member of
the Presbyterian church; Vol. 6, No. 40, September 20, 1878,
page 3
MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA - NEWSPAPERS OBITS January 1873 - December 1879

BANNING, Mrs. Mollie, wife of Maj. J. W. Banning, died at her
residence in Greenville, Sept. 14th 1878; she was born Nov. 5th
1829 and married May 10th, 1850; she was a consistent member of
the Presbyterian church; Vol. 6, No. 40, September 20, 1878,
page 3
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