From the Greenfield Vedette, July 2,1936 -- JAMES M CARLOCK
James, son of Ashel and Mary L Douglas Carlock (married January 24, 1842, McMinn County, Tennessee), was born at Orleans in Polk County December 29, 1846. He was the third child in a family of eight children, two dying in early childhood. The other five have passed on. They were Rev. LLH Carlock of Bristol, Virginia, John Lewis Carlock of Denver, Colorado, Mrs. Frank Wilson of Moline, Kansas, Mrs. Jerome Murray of Moline, Kansas and Mrs. Henry Mitchell of Garden City, Kansas.

His parents died when he was ten years of age and he came to live with his uncle Peter Hoyl, at the old Hoyl farm east of Greenfield. He attended school in Greenfield, later going south with his uncle's family during the Civil War.

He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Three Creeks, Arkansas July 19, 1864, belonging to Company G 16th MO Infantry, under Captain John M Stemmons. He received his parole at Shreveport, Louisiana, June 5, 1865. He returned to Dade County after the war, making the trip on horseback.

February 3, 1870, he was married to Eliza Ann Vaughn, a member of one of the pioneer families of Dade County. She preceded him in death November 30, 1927.

He was the father of twelve children, eight of whom survive him. They are: Mrs. WS Pelts, Mrs. J Arthur McConnell, Madison, Claude, Elmer and Price Carlock of Greenfield, MO, Mrs. SL Grisham of Dadeville, MO and Felix L Carlock of Sedgwick, Kansas.

He was converted in early manhood and united with the ME church, later he became a charter member and one of the founders of the first Freewill Baptist Church in Dade County about 1876.

He spent about 25 years of his life as a public school teacher and was always active in religious work, being at all times a leader in every good work in his community.

He leaves besides his children, seventeen grandchildren, four great grandchildren and a large circle of family and friends.

He had been very ill for about two years, and until two weeks ago was cared for by his children and friends here, at that time yielding to his insistent urgings he was taken to the Confederate Home at Higginsville, MO, where he hoped under the care of doctors and nurses there to retain his health, but he grew worse and passed away June 26, 1936.

His body was returned here by JW Ward Undertaking company and after funeral services at Union Chapel five miles north of Greenfield, his old home church, Sunday, June 28, he was laid to rest in Vaughn Cemetery beside his wife. He had lived in the community nearly 60 years. "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."

The Blue And The Gray
Francis Miles Finch (1827-1907)

By the flow of the inland river,
Whence the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the grave-grass
quiver,
Asleep are the ranks of the dead:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Under the one, the Blue,
Under the other, the Gray
These in the robings of glory,
Those in the gloom of defeat,
All with the battle-blood gory,
In the dusk of eternity meet:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement-day
Under the laurel, the Blue,
Under the willow, the Gray.

From the silence of sorrowful hours
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
Alike for the friend and the foe;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgement-day;
Under the roses, the Blue,
Under the lilies, the Gray.

So with an equal splendor,
The morning sun-rays fall,
With a touch impartially tender,
On the blossoms blooming for all:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Broidered with gold, the Blue,
Mellowed with gold, the Gray.

So, when the summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmur falleth
The cooling drip of the rain:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment -day,
Wet with the rain, the Blue
Wet with the rain, the Gray.

Sadly, but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done,
In the storm of the years
that are fading
No braver battle was won:
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue,
Under the garlands, the Gray

No more shall the war cry sever,
Or the winding rivers be red;
They banish our anger forever
When they laurel the graves
of our dead!
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment-day,
Love and tears for the Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.

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Name: James Carlock
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1900
Event Place: ED 68 Sac
Township Corry city (part),
Dade, Missouri, United States
Birth Date: Dec 1846
Birthplace: Missouri
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 30
Marriage Year (Estimated): 1870
Mother of how many children:
Number of Living Children:
Immigration Year:
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head James Carlock.......M/54/MO
Wife Eliza A Carlock.......F/52/TN
Dau Mary F Carlock........M/29/MO
Son Madison D Carlock...M/27/MO
Dau Ettie Carlock...........F/25/MO
Son Elmer D Carlock......M/20/MO
Dau Ethel G Carlock.......F/19/MO
Son Claud S Carlock......M/17/MO
Dau Mamie A Carlock.....F/13/MO
Son Pricie C Carlock......M/09/MO