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Malcom McInnis

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Malcom McInnis

Birth
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
Death
5 Sep 1899 (aged 67)
Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Geneva, Geneva County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Malcom Mclnnis enlisted in the Confederate Army on Sept. 2, 1863. National Archives records show that he was enrolled at the Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory by Major F. L. Childs and that the term for which he enlisted was "the war". He served as a Second Lieutenant, Co. D, 2nd Battalion, North Carolina for Local Defense. He served until the end of the war.
Malcom was always active in church work and the "History of Galatia Presbyterian Church" lists him as Ruling Elder and Clerk of the Session in 1880. He was a farmer in Cumberland Co, NC. Malcom was a 33rd degree Mason. He was Worshipful Master of Lodge #136 in Galatia NC. His portrait hangs in the Masonic Lodge in Raeford NC. After the children were grown, Malcom went to Alabama to live with his son, David Gillis. Also living in Alabama at that time were his son, Donald Malcolm, and his daughter, Eliza. Malcom died on September 5, 1899 was buried in the City Cemetery, Geneva, Geneva Co., AL. His tombstone, which bears the Masonic emblem on the front reads: "Malcom Mclnnis. Bom Mar. 12, 1832. Died Sept. 5, 1899. Asleep in Jesus".
Malcom Mclnnis enlisted in the Confederate Army on Sept. 2, 1863. National Archives records show that he was enrolled at the Fayetteville Arsenal and Armory by Major F. L. Childs and that the term for which he enlisted was "the war". He served as a Second Lieutenant, Co. D, 2nd Battalion, North Carolina for Local Defense. He served until the end of the war.
Malcom was always active in church work and the "History of Galatia Presbyterian Church" lists him as Ruling Elder and Clerk of the Session in 1880. He was a farmer in Cumberland Co, NC. Malcom was a 33rd degree Mason. He was Worshipful Master of Lodge #136 in Galatia NC. His portrait hangs in the Masonic Lodge in Raeford NC. After the children were grown, Malcom went to Alabama to live with his son, David Gillis. Also living in Alabama at that time were his son, Donald Malcolm, and his daughter, Eliza. Malcom died on September 5, 1899 was buried in the City Cemetery, Geneva, Geneva Co., AL. His tombstone, which bears the Masonic emblem on the front reads: "Malcom Mclnnis. Bom Mar. 12, 1832. Died Sept. 5, 1899. Asleep in Jesus".


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