"Ephrian Abner Fant was born at Abberville, South Carolina, on January 4, 1841. His parents moved to Mississippi when he was four years old.
At the age of 20 years, he joined the Confederate Army. His Captain was named Middleton, from Greensbore (sp), Mississippi, Choctaw County. This was in the spring of 1861. He was in the 15th Regiment of Mississippi.
He fought in the battles of Milesprings S.C. in 1861, Shiloh, Tenn. 1862, Corinth, Miss., Baton Rouge, La., Bakers Creek, Miss. After the fall of Vicksburg, he was moved to Georgia., where he entered that campaign. New Hope Church and Peach Tree Creek Georgia, Jonesburg, Georgia. From there he marched to Tennessee. He fought at Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee. He was wounded on his retreat from Nashville, Tennessee, by a bullet in his ankle. Captured and carried to Camp Chase Prison in Ohio, in December 1864.
In 1865 he was paroled from prison, after a one year term. He returned to Mississippi where he lived until he died."
This information was provided to , myself (R. Liston) by my Mother, Frances Daves Liston Branning, Great Granddaughter of Ephrian Abner Fant, in February 1997. If she told me the source of the information, I do not remember. It was on a typed piece of paper.
In another document Ephrian Abner Fant was referred to a Reverend E. A. Fant. Also in this document I noted a reference to a bible belonging to E. A. Fant. It would be very interesting to locate this bible. The bible is supposed to be kept in the home of Mrs. Jessie Perry McGaugh, Ackerman, Mississippi. The document I have which contains this reference was dated in the 1960's.
E. A. Fant. had a daughter named Mary Leutrissa Fant Daves (Also referred to as Molly) ( my Great Grandmother). She had a son named Harvey Ephrian Daves (my Grandfather). He had a daughter, Frances Daves Liston Branning (my Mother). Frances had two children, Sharon (my sister) and myself Richard. Sharon has two sons, Allen and Patrick. I have to sons, Richard Grey Liston and Russell Seth Liston. E. A. Fant. is the Great Great Great Grandfather of these boys.