Person:Lafayette Draughon (1)

Name	Rufus Lafayette Draughon
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	10 Feb 1836	St. Helena, Louisiana, United States
Marriage	14 Feb 1856	St. Helena, Louisiana, United Statesto Nancy Quillin
Death`^?`	2 Jan 1890	Anguilla, Sharkey, Mississippi, United States

References

Pension application of Nancy Draughon, widow of Lafayette R. Draughon, in Louisiana, United States. Louisiana Civil War Pension Applications.

Widow testified that her husband entered the service of the Confederacy in 1862 in Company H, 27th Regiment Volunteer Infantry; that he was honorably discharged at Clinton, La. in May or June 1865; that at the time of his discharge he was a member of Company E, 3rd La. Cavalry; that her husband "was murdered" at Anguilla, Mississippi 2 Jan 1890; that she had no support "outside of the kindnesses of my children"; that she had no property whatsoever, having sold her home in Tangipahoa, La. five years previously; at the time of her application she was living with her daughter Mrs. Ida Schwartz in Kentwood, La.