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Charles McElrath Amos

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Charles McElrath Amos

Birth
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Death
13 Oct 1904 (aged 60)
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section A, Plot 30
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from The Free Lance newspaper issue of Oct 14, 1904
C. M. Amos one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg passed peacefully away at his home, 599 S. Church St. yesterday, October 13th at 4:30. His death was not unexpected. Mr. Amos was a gallant Confederate soldier entering the service of the Southland at the first call to arms and being with Lee at the surrender at Appomattox. He was several times wounded during the war and it is thought that his death was due to a wound received in the breast during the War Between the States.
Mr. Amos leaves a wife and four children, two boys and two girls to mourn his loss. Also a mother, a brother and three sisters. Mrs. Jane Budgers, Mrs. Mary E. Cothran, and Mrs. Lula Crawley. Mr. Amos was married in February 1867 just after the war at the age of 23 years old to Miss Emilissa Mccraw.
The funeral exercises will take place from the residence at S. Church St. at 10:00 to morrow morning. The interment to be Oakwood Cemetery.
from The Free Lance newspaper issue of Oct 14, 1904
C. M. Amos one of the oldest citizens of Spartanburg passed peacefully away at his home, 599 S. Church St. yesterday, October 13th at 4:30. His death was not unexpected. Mr. Amos was a gallant Confederate soldier entering the service of the Southland at the first call to arms and being with Lee at the surrender at Appomattox. He was several times wounded during the war and it is thought that his death was due to a wound received in the breast during the War Between the States.
Mr. Amos leaves a wife and four children, two boys and two girls to mourn his loss. Also a mother, a brother and three sisters. Mrs. Jane Budgers, Mrs. Mary E. Cothran, and Mrs. Lula Crawley. Mr. Amos was married in February 1867 just after the war at the age of 23 years old to Miss Emilissa Mccraw.
The funeral exercises will take place from the residence at S. Church St. at 10:00 to morrow morning. The interment to be Oakwood Cemetery.


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