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Aged Veterans Hold Annual Confederate Reunion in Georgia
Tyrone Georgia July 15. Twenty four years ago thirteen Confederate veterans from Hopewell district agreed to meet at Hopewell church every third Friday in July. The last survivor Captain John Farr 93 led a gathering of about 100 with veterans and families. Officers reelected: Judge S. B. Lewis president John Hason vice president J. T. Walker secretary R. A. Rivers chaplain F. M. Slaton treasurer. Notables from Atlanta attended along with Daughters of the Confederacy and United Confederate veterans members.
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Tyrone
Hopewell
Hopewell Church
John Farr
L. L. Landrum
Fayetteville
Samuel B. Lawig
Reunion Association
Fayette County
J. T. Stewart
Americus
Western Brigade
U.C.V
Confeder
M. G. Murchragon
Tennille
Senate
Calvary Brigade
U. C
House
Golden
Williams
Thomas
Dublin
Steward
Murchinson
Nat Harris
B. Lewis
John Hason
J. T. Walker
R. A. ‘Rivers
F. M. Slaton
Atlanta
Joseph Alford
Tiga Anderson
C. W. Stavenz
North Georgia Brigade
Frank Goffen
KH. M. Speer
E. B. Williams
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Marion Speer
Martha Anderson
Children of the Confederacy