Submitted by:
Mary F. McGhee
John Wilson Givens
John Wilson Givens in
his Spanish American War Uniform
My grandfather was
John Wilson Givens. He was in the Spanish American War & was from Lott,
Falls County, Texas at the time he went to war. When he was 22 years old he was
mobilized at Camp Hawley, Galveston, Texas, A.D. 1898. Private John Wilson
Givens was a member of the First Regiment of the U. S. Volunteer Infantry.
He was in Company H of Houston, Texas. He was a farmer from Lott, Falls
County, Texas at the time he was mobilized.
His father was David C. Givens of Lott, Falls County, Texas.