John Selden Roane (January 8, 1817 – April 7, 1867) was an American politician who served as the fourth Governor of Arkansas from 1849 to 1852. Prior to this he commanded the Mounted Arkansas Infantry (also known as Mounted Arkansas Volunteers) following the death of Colonel Archibald Yell at the Battle of Buena Vista. Roane also served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.
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8 January 1817 Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee
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Died |
8 April 1867 (aged 50) Jefferson County, Fourth Military District (Arkansas), U.S.
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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