Confederate Obituaries from The State Dispatch  Published at Burlington  Submitted by Lisa Kobrin

 Atwater, John M.
Aged 69 years
Ex-Congressman (elected 1894)
Died Monday
At Farrington’s Mill, eastern Chatham County
State Dispatch July 13, 1910
Copied from The Siler City Grit
(unsure of unit)

Cook, E(lbridge) M.
died recently
Tribute in The State Dispatch Nov. 25, 1908
by Mr. J.R. Ireland who served with him in Co. E, 13^th Reg.
State Dispatch Nov. 25, 1908

Dailey, G(eorge) G(raham)
Aged 67 years
Prominent citizen of Caswell Co.
Of a stroke of apoplexy
Burial at Prospect Church, Yanceyville
State Dispatch July 28, 1909
Copied from The Reidsville Review
(6^th Infantry, Co. K)

Faucette, Elmore
Aged 86 years
Died Tues.
north of Hillsboro, near Cedar Grove, Orange Co.
State Dispatch May 11, 1910
Copied from The Orange County Observer
(6^th Infantry, Co. F)

Foster, A. Pinkney (military records say Pinkney A.)
Aged 69 years
Died Friday April 6
Near Stony Creek Church
After suffering a stroke of apoplexy 1 year ago
“He was a veteran of the Civil War, being unable to walk without crutches”
Burial at Stoney Creek Church
State Dispatch May 11, 1910
(26^th Infantry, Co. C)

Hicks, Washington
Aged 89 years
Died several days ago
In Orange Co., near University Station
He was a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and
the last Mexican War veteran in Orange Co.
State Dispatch April 21, 1909
Copied from The Chapel Hill News
(56^th Infantry, Co. D)

Isley, Eli
Aged 89 years
Died Sun. January 30, 1910
On Route 8, Burlington
Last Surviving member of family of 3 boys & 4 girls
Burial at Bethlehem Church
“In the dark days of the early ‘60s, he was
at the front with Lee and Jackson”
State Dispatch February 2, 1910
(8^th Infantry, Co. I)

Matkins, William
Aged 77 years, 8 mos., 3 days
Died July 13, 1909
Near Gilliams Academy, Caswell Co.
Born Nov. 10, 1832
Served 3 years in the War
Burial at Shiloah, Caswell Co.
State Dispatch July 21, 1909
(47^th Infantry, Co. K)

May, Mrs. Emily Cable (widow of  Nathaniel A.)
Aged 75 years
Died June 1
Near Elmira, Alamance Co.
Her husband died in the Civil War
Burial at Frieden’s Lutheran Church
State Dispatch June 8, 1910
(Husband served 2^nd Infantry, Co. E)

McLean, Mrs. Kate (widow of Marshall)
Aged 72 years
Died Sunday
At home southwest of Gibsonville
She was widowed during the War when her
Husband was killed in a Virginia battle
Burial at Frieden’s Lutheran Church
State Dispatch July 28, 1909
Copied from The Greensboro Patriot
(Husband served 2^nd Infantry, Co. E; killed at Gaines’ Mill, VA on June 27, 1862)

True, John
Died last Saturday
At Glencoe
From cancer
He was an old soldier who lost
Both arms in the War
State Dispatch April 7, 1909
Copied from The Alamance Gleaner
(15^th Infantry, Co. G; arms amputated after wounds at Bristoe Station, VA, Oct. 14, 1863)

Workman, William J.
Died Sun. May 22, 1910
In Chapel Hill Township, Orange Co.
State Dispatch June 15, 1910
Copied from The Orange County Observer
(44^th Infantry, Co. G)

 

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