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Captain Walter H. Clark Dies. Milam County Pioneer
Confederate veteran and Milam county pioneer Captain Walter H. Clark, longtime San Gabriel resident, died at his home July 2 1923 at age 79. Born November 7 1848 in North Carolina, he moved to Texas in 1873 and ran a gin business for nearly forty years. He married Almene Wilson in 1866 and Francis Wilson in 1874, with four children and a foster granddaughter surviving. His Army service began at age 17 in Govan’s Brigade Tennessee and Ended with the Confederate forces.
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Milam County
Walter H. Clark
San Gabriel
Southland
Capt. Clark
Brevard
Henderson County
North Carolina
Texas
Almene Wilson
Maddie
Willis
Birdie
Zora
Francis Wilson
Cameron
Leo Wilkerson
Ed. Fipps
Tennessee
Govan
Govan's Brigade, Regiment No. 7, Company H. Clayburn
Hardie