Economic Research: Halliburton Pa

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Halliburton Pa

John W. Halliburton was born at Linneus, Linn county, Missouri, December 30, 1846, and has spent his entire life in his native state, his father, Judge Westley Halliburton, having been one of the pioneers of Missouri. The son attended the public and private schools of Linneus, Milan and Brunswick, this state, until the fall of 1863, and during the periods of vacation worked on his father's farm and in a printing office, also clerked in his father's and brother's store. In the fall of 1863 he entered Mount Pleasant College, at Huntsville; Missouri, where he continued his studies until October, 1864, when the school was disbanded on account of Price's raid through the state and the trouble it caused, and, returning to Brunswick, he enlisted in the Confederate army as a member of the company commanded by Captain James Kennedy. This was attached to Searcy's Regiment and Tyler's Brigade until January, 1865. Mr. Halliburton was then transferred to I. N. Sitton's Company, Williams' Regiment, Jackman's Brigade and Shelby's Division. He participated in the battle of Mine Creek, and in June, 1865, received an honorable discharge from General Shelby at Corsicana, Texas. In July following he started for Mexico with a relative, arriving at Chihuahua in November.