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William Henry Adair

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William Henry Adair

Birth
Fayette County, Georgia, USA
Death
25 Sep 1929 (aged 85)
Fruithurst, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA
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Fruithurst, Cleburne County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, October 3, 1929

IN MEMORY OF W.H. ADAIR

Funeral and burial services for Mr. Wm. H. Adair, age 86, Confederate veteran,
who passed away at his home in Fruithurst at 10 o'clock last Wednesday
morning, were held at Upper Cane Creek, Thursday afternoon, the Rev. A.T.
Warmack officiating.

Mr. Adair was a native of Fayette County, Georgia where in August 1861 he
joined the Missionary Baptist church, leaving the same day to take up arms in
defense of the South. He is said to have made a good soldier.

Mr. Adair is survived by his wife, one daughter and four sons. Only 14
Confederate veterans are left in Cleburne County. Widows of civil war veterans
out number the men about two to one. There are now 35 women on the pension
roll in Cleburne and 14 men. The average death rate for the entire state is
three a day.
The Cleburne Newspaper Issue of Thursday, October 3, 1929

IN MEMORY OF W.H. ADAIR

Funeral and burial services for Mr. Wm. H. Adair, age 86, Confederate veteran,
who passed away at his home in Fruithurst at 10 o'clock last Wednesday
morning, were held at Upper Cane Creek, Thursday afternoon, the Rev. A.T.
Warmack officiating.

Mr. Adair was a native of Fayette County, Georgia where in August 1861 he
joined the Missionary Baptist church, leaving the same day to take up arms in
defense of the South. He is said to have made a good soldier.

Mr. Adair is survived by his wife, one daughter and four sons. Only 14
Confederate veterans are left in Cleburne County. Widows of civil war veterans
out number the men about two to one. There are now 35 women on the pension
roll in Cleburne and 14 men. The average death rate for the entire state is
three a day.

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