Henry Heustis
HENRY HEUSTIS
Letter.
Henry Heustis b. August 2, 1828 Indiana
m. 1858 Collin Co., Tx Elizabeth Cook
1. b. 1861 died in infancy
2. b. 1862 died in infancy
3. Three other children born and lived
My uncles have told this story that was related to them by their mother: “He was in the Confederate Army and was taken prisoner, and he was captured by the Indians. They were going to burn him at the stake, but an old Indian squaw cut him look, and told him how to escape. He ran to the river, swam part of the way, then turned, and swam back, and hid. The Indians were in pursuit, and they thought he had gone to the other side. He waited a day or longer, long enough for them to give up the chase, then he swam to the other side, and into the woods. He was so hungry that he almost ate his hat. The first food he saw was some kind of wild game, perhaps a turkey, and he was so hungry that he ate it raw. It took him a long time to get back home after the War.”
He is buried in the Baccus Cemetery, which is the family cemetery on the Henry Cook Head Right, in southwest Collin County.
Letter.
Henry Heustis b. August 2, 1828 Indiana
m. 1858 Collin Co., Tx Elizabeth Cook
1. b. 1861 died in infancy
2. b. 1862 died in infancy
3. Three other children born and lived
My uncles have told this story that was related to them by their mother: “He was in the Confederate Army and was taken prisoner, and he was captured by the Indians. They were going to burn him at the stake, but an old Indian squaw cut him look, and told him how to escape. He ran to the river, swam part of the way, then turned, and swam back, and hid. The Indians were in pursuit, and they thought he had gone to the other side. He waited a day or longer, long enough for them to give up the chase, then he swam to the other side, and into the woods. He was so hungry that he almost ate his hat. The first food he saw was some kind of wild game, perhaps a turkey, and he was so hungry that he ate it raw. It took him a long time to get back home after the War.”
He is buried in the Baccus Cemetery, which is the family cemetery on the Henry Cook Head Right, in southwest Collin County.