The Last Roll - Dr. Hammond Bouldin

Confederate Veteran
Vol. 13, No. 6, Pg. 281
June 1905

In the life of Dr. Hammond Bouldin was exemplified the love of God, of country, and of his fellow man. In the flush of youth, at his country's call, he joined the 8th Texas Cavalry, and till the star of the Confederacy went down in defeat he was faithful to his duties as soldier and surgeon, and through the successes and failures of succeeding years his love and loyalty to the South and the principles for which he fought never faltered. He was a Confederate soldier to the last. As a lover of his kind, he delighted in later years to gather about him his friends and comrades, and on every suitable occasion it was his pleasure to entertain them with a gracious cordiality and hospitality. In later years, when eyes grew dim and feet were faltering, the word of God was a light for his guidance and a stay for his feebleness, and his passage into the beyond was with hope of a better life. Dr. Bouldin was born in Madison County, Ala. He died at Lawn, Tex., on the morning of April 16, having passed but shortly into his eighty first year. He went to Texas in 1850 and settled in Washington County. Though twice married, only a son and some grandchildren survive him. The last years of his life were passed at Lawn, in Taylor County.